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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 34: Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 34 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE). Primary sponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Rob BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Amanda NedweskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2
  4. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1
  5. Executive action taken
  6. Public hearing held
  7. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
  8. Fiscal estimate received
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  10. Introduced by Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell and Tusler

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source