Wisconsin Senate Bill 594

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20)
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 renumber and amend 7.60 (4) (c); to amend 5.01 (4) (a), 5.01 (4) (b), 5.01 (4) (c), 7.08 (1) (c), 7.50 (1) (b), 7.50 (1) (c), 7.50 (2) (intro.), 7.51 (4) (a), 7.51 (5) (a) 3., 7.53 (1) (a), 7.60 (4) (a), 10.02 (3) (intro.) and 120.06 (7) (b); to create 5.05 (1) (g), 5.20, 6.80 (2) (g), 7.60 (4) (c) 3., 7.60 (4) (c) 4., 7.62, 8.05 (1) (L), 10.02 (4) and 20.510 (1) (ed) of the statutes; Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Sen. Christopher Larson [D]	Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim [D]	Sen. LaTonya Johnson [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]
Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner [D]	Rep. Lee Snodgrass [D]	Rep. Deb Andraca [D]	Rep. Margaret Arney [D]
Rep. Ryan Clancy [D]	Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]	Rep. Jodi Emerson [D]	Rep. Tara Johnson [D]
Rep. Darrin Madison [D]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]	Rep. Christian Phelps [D]	Rep. Ann Roe [D]
Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Rep. Angela Stroud [D]	Rep. Shelia Stubbs [D]	Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-02-09	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2025-11-10	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-30	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
2025-10-30	Senate	Introduced

AB516 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb594
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB594.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb594/sb594_elec.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/licensing_regulatory_reform_state_and_federal_affairs/1986597.pdf