AB 6172025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 617
Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)
In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 4
Status
In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.
Referred to: Assembly Campaigns and Elections, Assembly Rules, Senate Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 27
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2026 | Senate | Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| February 10, 2026 | Senate | Fiscal estimate received |
| November 20, 2025 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development |
| November 20, 2025 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44 |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Rules suspended |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered to a third reading |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 53, Noes 44 |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snodgrass |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Read a second time |
| November 18, 2025 | Assembly | Fiscal estimate received |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2) |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2 |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2 |
| November 11, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson |
| November 11, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson |
| November 11, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Krug |
| November 6, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson |
| November 6, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| November 5, 2025 | Assembly | LRB correction |
| November 4, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections |
| November 4, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representatives Krug, Snyder, O'Connor and Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara |
Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.