Wisconsin House Bill 599

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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)

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)

Rep. Cindi Duchow [R]	Rep. Dan Knodl [R]	Rep. Scott Allen [R]	Rep. Karen Hurd [R]
Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]	Rep. Scott Krug [R]	Rep. Jerry O'Connor [R]	Rep. William Penterman [R]
Sen. Cory Tomczyk [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2025-11-12	House	Referred to committee on Rules
2025-11-12	House	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2
2025-11-12	House	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2
2025-11-12	House	Executive action taken
2025-11-10	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-06	House	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow
2025-11-04	House	Public hearing held
2025-11-03	House	LRB correction
2025-10-30	House	Representative Brooks added as a coauthor
2025-10-29	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
2025-10-29	House	Introduced

SB597 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab599
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB599.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB599-AA1.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/campaigns_and_elections/1952137.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab599/ab599_elec.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcamendmentmemos/2025/REG/AB599.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/rules/1989270.pdf