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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 511: Relating to: returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate.

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 511 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate. Primary sponsor: Jeff Smith (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic). It lists 20 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 28 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Scott KrugCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
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. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  5. Introduced by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Krug, Andraca, Arney, Clancy, Emerson, Joers, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell, Sinicki, Miresse and Palmeri

Sources

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