Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 6 D cosponsors

SB 517 — Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE)

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

  1. 1
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    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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Odds of enactment

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Summary

An Act to amend 7.15 (1) (e) and 7.30 (2) (c); to create 7.31 (6) and 7.315 (5) of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  3. Fiscal estimate received

  4. Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor

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

  6. Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Emerson, Goodwin, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Phelps, Roe and Udell

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (112)

112 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

civil-rights elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 517 do?
An Act to amend 7.15 (1) (e) and 7.30 (2) (c); to create 7.31 (6) and 7.315 (5) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 517?
SB 517 is sponsored by Moore Omokunde, Johnson, LaTonya (Democrat), Ratcliff, Melissa (Democrat), Dassler-Alfheim, Kristin (Democrat), Spreitzer, Mark (Democrat), Wirch, Robert (Democrat), Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Emerson, Goodwin, Madison, McCarville, Neubauer, Phelps, Roe, and Udell.
What is the current status of SB 517?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced October 09, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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