2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 511

Relating to: returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate.

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 9

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith, Wall, Wirch

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: 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 5

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
February 9, 2026	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
October 10, 2025	Senate	Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
October 9, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
October 9, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Krug, Andraca, Arney, Clancy, Emerson, Joers, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell, Sinicki, Miresse and Palmeri

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.