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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 220

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Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.

Elections Elections — Registration Recall United states — President

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, any person may circulate nomination papers for a candidate if the person is eligible to vote in Wisconsin or is a U.S. citizen aged 18 or older who, if he or she were a Wisconsin resident, would not be disqualified from voting in the state. A person is eligible to vote in Wisconsin if he or she is a U.S. citizen aged 18 or older who has resided in an election district in this state for at least 28 consecutive days.

Under this bill, a person must be eligible to vote in Wisconsin in order to circulate nomination papers for a candidate. However, under the bill, nomination papers and petitions for the candidacy of candidates for the offices of president and vice president of the United States may continue to be circulated by any person eligible to vote in Wisconsin or by any U.S. citizen aged 18 or older who, if he or she were a Wisconsin resident, would not be disqualified from voting in the state.

Similarly, under current law, any person who is eligible to vote in Wisconsin or who is a U.S. citizen aged 18 or older and who, if he or she were a Wisconsin resident, would not be disqualified from voting in the state may circulate a recall petition.

Under the bill, a person must be eligible to vote in Wisconsin in order to circulate a recall petition and have the signatures on the petition be counted toward a recall.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Marklein (R) , Quinn (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

B. Jacobson (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tucker (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 25, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Marklein, Quinn and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Piwowarczyk, B. Jacobson, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen and Tucker

  2. Apr 25, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Jan 7, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1