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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 518: Relating to: polling place accessibility. (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 518 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: polling place accessibility. (FE). Primary sponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). 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): Democratic 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
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. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  6. Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Phelps, Roe, Stroud and Udell

Sources

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