Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 17 D cosponsors

AB 943 — Relating to: going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty.

Last action — Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

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    Introduced
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced January 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

An Act to amend 175.60 (2g) (a), 175.60 (5) (a) 6., 938.34 (14q), 938.78 (3), 939.632 (1) (e) 3. and 973.137 (1); to create 941.236 of the statutes;

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The bill prohibits carrying a firearm in or within 100 feet of polling places and during election canvasses or recounts.

  • 175.60 (2g) (a)

    anywhere in this state except as provided under subs. (15m) and (16) and → anywhere in this state except as provided under subs. (15m) and (16) and ss. 941.236, 943.13 (1m) (c), and 948.605 (2) (b) 1r.

    The change includes a new restriction preventing carrying firearms near polling places.

  • 175.60 (5) (a) 6.

    sub. (16) → sub. (16) and s. 941.236

    Updates the informational requirements for license applicants to include new restrictions related to polling places.

  • 938.34 (14q)

    or for a violation of s. 941.235 → or for a violation of s. 941.235, 941.236

    Includes violations related to carrying a firearm near polling places in the list of offenses leading to license suspension for juveniles.

  • 938.78 (3)

    s. 943.23 (1m) or (1r) → s. 943.23 (1m) or (1r), 941.236

    Adds violations related to polling places to the rules regarding information release after juvenile escapes or absences.

  • 939.632 (1) (e) 3.

    941.235 → 941.235, 941.236

    Updates the list of misdemeanors that include violations for carrying firearms in prohibited areas to now include the new polling place restrictions.

  • 941.236

    Carrying firearm at a polling place. (1) A person who intentionally goes armed with a firearm in, or within 100 feet of, any of the following places is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor: (a) A part of a building that is being used as a polling place, as defined in s. 5.02 (15). The prohibition under this paragraph begins one hour before the polling place opens and ends one hour after the polling place closes. (b) A location where election officials, as defined in s. 5.02 (4e), are conducting a canvass under subch. II of ch. 7 or a recount under s. 9.01.

    Creates a new crime for carrying a firearm at polling places, with specific time restrictions.

  • 941.236

    (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following: (a) A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g) 2. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.

    Establishes exemptions for law enforcement officers and security personnel from the new firearm prohibition at polling places.

Action History

  1. Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor

  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  6. Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Andraca, Kirsch, Udell, Sinicki, Prado, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Roe, Neubauer, Snodgrass, Joers, Arney, J. Jacobson, Stroud and DeSmidt; cosponsored by Senators Larson, L. Johnson, Roys, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Dassler-Alfheim

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 943 do?
An Act to amend 175.60 (2g) (a), 175.60 (5) (a) 6., 938.34 (14q), 938.78 (3), 939.632 (1) (e) 3. and 973.137 (1); to create 941.236 of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 943?
AB 943 is sponsored by Larson, Roys, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), Andraca, Deb (Democrat), Kirsch, Karen (Democrat), Udell, Randy (Democrat), Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Prado, Priscilla (Democrat), Fitzgerald, Joan (Democrat), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), Roe, Ann (Democrat), Neubauer, Greta (Democrat), Snodgrass, Lee (Democrat), Joers, Alex (Democrat), Arney, Margaret (Democrat), Jacobson, Jenna (Democrat), Stroud, Angela (Democrat), DeSmidt, Ben (Democrat), and Johnson, Tara (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 943?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced January 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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