WisconsinSB5092025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)Senate

An Act to amend 5.02 (12n), 6.02 (1), 6.02 (2), 6.05, 6.22 (6), 6.24 (1), 6.94 and 7.52 (5) (b) of the statutes; Relating to: extending voting rights to certain 17-year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.

Sponsored By: Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic)

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Kristin Dassler-Alfheim

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dianne Hesselbein

    Democratic • Senate

  • LaTonya Johnson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Chris Larson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Melissa Ratcliff

    Democratic • Senate

  • Kelda Roys

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mark Spreitzer

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Deb Andraca

    Democratic • House

  • Margaret Arney

    Democratic • House

  • Brienne Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Ryan Clancy

    Democratic • House

  • Jodi Emerson

    Democratic • House

  • Joan Fitzgerald

    Democratic • House

  • Jenna Jacobson

    Democratic • House

  • Tara Johnson

    Democratic • House

  • Darrin Madison

    Democratic • House

  • Maureen McCarville

    Democratic • House

  • Supreme Moore Omokunde

    Democratic • House

  • Lori Palmeri

    Democratic • House

  • Christian Phelps

    Democratic • House

  • Ann Roe

    Democratic • House

  • Lee Snodgrass

    Democratic • House

  • Angela Stroud

    Democratic • House

  • Shelia Stubbs

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Subeck

    Democratic • House

  • Robyn Vining

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    3/23/2026Senate
  2. Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

    3/20/2026Senate
  3. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

    2/9/2026Senate
  4. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

    10/10/2025Senate
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

    10/9/2025Senate
  6. Introduced by Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Palmeri, Andraca, Arney, Brown, Clancy, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Phelps, Roe, Stroud and Stubbs

    10/9/2025Senate

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