Skip to content

Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 304

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: hours for voting by absentee ballot in person at the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site. (FE)

Elections — Ballots Municipality — Officers Voting

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Under current law, a voter may vote by absentee ballot in person at the office of the municipal clerk or at an alternate site as near as practicable to the clerk’s office, as designated by the municipality. The period for voting absentee in person begins 14 days preceding the election and ends on the Sunday preceding the election, and the municipality must state the hours in the type E election notice, which, with one exception, is required to be published on the fourth Tuesday preceding each primary or election.

Under this bill, the office of the municipal clerk or alternate site must be open for at least 20 hours during the period for voting absentee in person, and the type E notice must state the specific office hours during which a voter may cast an in-person absentee ballot without prior appointment.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Nass (R)

12 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sortwell (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 8

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. Jun 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Sortwell, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor and Piwowarczyk

  2. Jun 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Jul 1, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  5. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1