Senate Bill 61
The method of selecting presidential electors
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 5, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the political parties and the independent and write-in candidates for president and vice president nominate one presidential elector from each congressional district and two electors from the state at large. At the election for president and vice president, a vote for a slate of candidates for president and vice president is a vote for that candidate's presidential electors. Currently, all presidential electors are elected on a statewide basis.
Under this bill, each slate of candidates for president and vice president that wins a congressional district receives one presidential elector and the slate of candidates that wins the state at large receives two additional presidential electors.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 5, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics.
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Feb 5, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Jacque and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Ramthun, Dittrich, Kuglitsch and Skowronski
- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor