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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 924

Grants for the purchase of election supplies and equipment and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: County: Elections, Elections Commission, Municipality: Elections

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 6, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. The committee's chair at the time was Dan Feyen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 944. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

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

This bill authorizes the Elections Commission to award grants to municipalities for the purchase of election supplies and equipment, including electronic poll books and accessibility supplies and equipment. Under the bill, a municipality must apply for a grant no later than 180 days before a general election and agree to have the commission conduct at least one random inspection of the supplies and equipment that the municipality purchases with the grant moneys.

The bill also allows a county to apply for a grant on behalf of a municipality located in the county, and the county may administer the grant if authorized by the municipality. Under the bill, no grant may be less than $250. In addition, the bill requires the commission to conduct an audit of the grant program no later than 90 days after each general election and submit an audit report to the legislature.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

25 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 33 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (25)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 20, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Feb 17, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 9, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Feb 6, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.

  6. Feb 6, 2026

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Mayadev, Andraca, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, J. Jacobson, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Phelps, Prado, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs and Udell

  2. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 17, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate