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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 517: Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (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 517 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE). Primary sponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
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. Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  6. Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Emerson, Goodwin, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Phelps, Roe and Udell

Sources

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