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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 594: Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (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 594 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 16 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
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79

“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 Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  5. Introduced by Senators Larson, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Rivera-Wagner, Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Johnson, Madison, Miresse, Phelps, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs and Subeck

Sources

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