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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 523: Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots.

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 523 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Primary sponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic). It lists 12 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 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
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 Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Wirch and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, DeSmidt, Emerson, Johnson, McCarville, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell and Palmeri

Sources

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