Wisconsin House Bill 617

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 5.85 (5), 5.86, 6.79 (2) (d) and 7.03 (1) (c); to amend 5.05 (12), 5.84 (1), 5.84 (2), 5.85 (1), 5.87 (1), 5.91 (17), 6.18 (form), 6.33 (1), 6.87 (3) (d), 6.87 (9), 7.37 (12), 7.51 (1), 10.01 (2) (e), 12.60 (1) (a) and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.; to create 5.057, 6.855 (3m), 6.86 (1) (as) and 7.15 (16) of the statutes; Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Rep. Scott Krug [R]	Rep. Patrick Snyder [R]	Rep. Jerry O'Connor [R]	Rep. Dan Knodl [R]
Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara [R]

2025-11-19 - House - Assembly: Read a third time and passed (Y: 53 N: 44 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-19 - House - Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table (Y: 53 N: 44 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-02-10	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-20	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
2025-11-20	Senate	Received from Assembly
2025-11-19	House	Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-19	House	Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44
2025-11-19	House	Rules suspended
2025-11-19	House	Ordered to a third reading
2025-11-19	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
2025-11-19	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 53, Noes 44
2025-11-19	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snodgrass
2025-11-19	House	Read a second time
2025-11-18	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-13	House	Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
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 Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2
2025-11-12	House	LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)
2025-11-12	House	Executive action taken
2025-11-11	House	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson
2025-11-11	House	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson
2025-11-11	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Krug
2025-11-06	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson
2025-11-06	House	Public hearing held
2025-11-05	House	LRB correction
2025-11-04	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
2025-11-04	House	Introduced

SB624 (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/ab617
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB617.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB617-ASA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB617-ASA2.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB617-AA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB617-AA2.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB617-ASA3.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/campaigns_and_elections/1952769.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcamendmentmemos/2025/REG/AB617.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab617/ab617_elec.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab617/ab617_da.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/government_operations_labor_and_economic_development/1987471.pdf
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/av0125
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/av0126