Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 10 D cosponsors

SB 511 — Relating to: returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate.

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced October 09, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

An Act to amend 6.87 (9) of the statutes;

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill requires municipal clerks to return absentee ballots with improperly completed certificates or no certificates to voters instead of allowing discretion in such cases.

  • 6.87(9)

    the clerk may → the clerk shall

    This change mandates that clerks must return absentee ballots with issues to voters rather than having the option to do so.

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  3. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

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

  5. 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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 103 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (103)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 511 do?
An Act to amend 6.87 (9) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 511?
SB 511 is sponsored by Snodgrass, Krug, Andraca, Arney, Clancy, Emerson, Joers, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell, Sinicki, Miresse, Palmeri, Smith, Jeff (Democrat), Carpenter, Tim (Democrat), Dassler-Alfheim, Kristin (Democrat), Johnson, LaTonya (Democrat), Keyeski, Sarah (Democrat), Larson, Chris (Democrat), Ratcliff, Melissa (Democrat), Wall, Jamie (Democrat), and Wirch, Robert (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 511?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced October 09, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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