Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB 599
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)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Penterman (Republican)
- O'Connor (Republican)
- Krug (Republican)
- Kitchens (Republican)
- Hurd (Republican)
- Allen (Republican)
- Knodl (Republican)
- Duchow (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2025 House | Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Nov 12, 2025 House | Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · House
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Referred to committee on Rules - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2 - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2 - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Executive action taken - Nov 10, 2025 · House
Fiscal estimate received - Nov 6, 2025 · House
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow - Nov 4, 2025 · House
Public hearing held - Nov 3, 2025 · House
LRB correction - Oct 30, 2025 · House
Representative Brooks added as a coauthor - Oct 29, 2025 · House
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections - Oct 29, 2025 · House
Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Knodl, Allen, Hurd, Kitchens, Krug, O'Connor and Penterman; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk