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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 622

Congressional redistricting

Vetoed by the governor

Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Nov 18, 2021. Lawmakers did not ⁠, so it stands.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 20, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 21 to 12

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 60 to 38

  5. Governor, stopped here

    Vetoed Nov 18, 2021.

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, May 17, 2022: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”

Read the governor's veto message · All vetoes this session

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill redistricts, according to the number of inhabitants, the congressional districts of this state based on the results of the 2020 federal decennial census of population. In accordance with that census, the bill maintains the number of congressional districts at eight. All districts created under the bill are composed of whole counties or municipalities or U.S. census tracts or blocks (subunits of tracts) reflecting population and boundaries as of April 1, 2020.

Current law requires congressional districts to be as uniform in population as is practicable. The table below illustrates, for the congressional districts proposed, the numeric amount and the percentage by which the districts with the smallest and largest populations deviate from the ideal population for a congressional district.

Read the full summary

The population figures contained in the table are derived from the results of the federal decennial census.

- See PDF for table If this bill passes both houses of the legislature, current law requires the legislative reference bureau, when it enrolls the bill for presentation to the governor for approval, to attach an updated appendix that includes all of the following: the population statistics for the congressional districts created under the bill; a statewide map of the congressional districts created under the bill; a map of the congressional districts created under the bill that are in Milwaukee County; and, with certain exceptions, a detail map illustrating the division of any city, village, or town among two or more congressional districts.

For further information, see the appendix printed at the end of this bill. The appendix was prepared by the legislative reference bureau and contains the following information: population statistics for the eight congressional districts, a statewide map of congressional districts, and a map of each congressional district.

The population data contained in the appendix is derived from the federal decennial census.

Who's behind it

Devin LeMahieu, a Republican, is its ⁠.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 2 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (1)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 4 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Government Operations vote to recommend it

Passed, 3 to 2 · Nov 4, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to adopt it

Failed, 11 to 22 · Nov 8, 2021

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “ADOPTION”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 21 to 12 · Nov 8, 2021

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 60 to 38 · Nov 11, 2021 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (60)

No (38)

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. May 17, 2022

    The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.

  2. Nov 18, 2021

    The governor vetoed it.

  3. Nov 16, 2021

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Nov 11, 2021

    The Assembly passed it too, 60 to 38.

  5. Nov 9, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Nov 8, 2021

    The Assembly received it.

  7. Nov 8, 2021

    The Senate passed it, 21 to 12.

  8. Nov 8, 2021

    “Placed on the foot of the 11th order of business on the calendar of 11-8-2021” (the official wording)

  9. Nov 4, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.

  10. Oct 28, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  11. Oct 20, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection.

  12. Oct 20, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator LeMahieu; cosponsored by Representative Vos

  2. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. Oct 28, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 4, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 4, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  6. Nov 4, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Nov 5, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-8-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Bewley, Erpenbach, Ringhand, Roys and Wirch

  9. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 11th order of business on the calendar of 11-8-2021

  10. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Refused to adopt Senate Substitute Amendment 1, Ayes 11, Noes 22

  12. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  15. Nov 8, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Nov 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Nov 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Nov 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-11-2021 by Committee on Rules

  19. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 60, Noes 38

  24. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Nov 12, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Nov 15, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  27. Nov 16, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-16-2021

  28. Nov 18, 2021 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 11-18-2021

  29. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  30. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Terms on this page

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary