Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 361: Relating to: authorizing electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. (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 361 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on June 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: authorizing electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. (FE). Primary sponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic). It lists 8 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): Democratic 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Angelina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47

“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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Fiscal estimate received
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  5. Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Spreitzer, Keyeski and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Snodgrass, Bare, Cruz, Joers, Miresse, Sinicki and Udell

Sources

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