SB 597

Wisconsin Senate bill in Session 2025REG.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: November 3, 2025.

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

Bill ID WI-2025REG-SB-597
Session 2025REG
Status in_committee
Committee Government Operations
Senate in_committee 2025-11-03
Elections / Voting
Summary

An Act to repeal 6.86 (2) and 6.87 (4) (b) 2.; to amend 6.18 (intro.), 6.86 (1) (a) 3., 6.86 (1) (ac), 6.86 (1) (b), 6.86 (2m) (a), 6.87 (1), 6.87 (2) (intro.), 6.875 (3) (a), 6.875 (4) (a), 7.08 (1) (c) and 7.15 (1) (j); to create 5.02 (24d), 6.86 (1) (ad), 12.13 (6) and 12.60 (1) (e) of the statutes; 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)

Sponsor
Tomczyk
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-10-30 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-11-03 Status in_committee
2025-11-03 Latest Action LRB correction
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