Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: residency requirement for purposes of voting.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with limited exceptions, an otherwise eligible voter must be a resident of Wisconsin and of the municipality and ward, if any, where the voter is voting for 28 days before an election in order to vote in the election in that municipality and ward. This bill shortens that residency requirement from 28 days to 10 days.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)
23 cosponsors
Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (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) , Subeck (D) , Udell (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
- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Smith, Spreitzer, Carpenter, Roys, Hesselbein, Ratcliff and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Haywood, Kirsch, Udell, Andraca, Sinicki, Brown, Prado, Stubbs, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Roe, Madison, Clancy, Moore Omokunde, Joers, Snodgrass, DeSmidt, Arney, Phelps, Bare, J. Jacobson and Stroud
- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1