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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 942

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: notice of change in polling place location. (FE)

Elections Elections — Ballots

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires municipalities to establish polling places for each election at least 30 days before the election. Under current law, after an election and more than 30 days before the next election, the location of a polling place in a municipality may not be discontinued without the approval of the municipality’s governing body after a public hearing at which the public has an opportunity to present testimony on the proposed discontinuation.

Under this bill, if the location of a polling place is discontinued after an election, notice of that change must be mailed to each residence the polling place serves no later than 30 days before the next election.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Haywood (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Taylor (D) , Udell (D)

10 cosponsors

Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Sheehan (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Haywood, Sinicki, Emerson, Kirsch, Udell, Andraca, Brown, Prado, Stubbs, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Roe, Clancy, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Joers, Snodgrass, DeSmidt, Arney, Phelps, Taylor, Bare, J. Jacobson and Stroud; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Roys, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, Wirch and Larson

  2. Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1