2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 597

Relating to: allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE)

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 1

Prime sponsor

Tomczyk

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 6

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
November 3, 2025	Senate	LRB correction
November 3, 2025	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
October 31, 2025	Senate	Representative Brooks added as a cosponsor
October 30, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
October 30, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senator Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Knodl, Penterman, O'Connor, Hurd, Allen, Krug and Kitchens

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.