---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the nomination of presidential electors."
description: "Relating to: the nomination of presidential electors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 149"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 149 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Brill", "Kreibich", "Sortwell", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28fba2a2-db31-49de-9814-35e7d79e6350"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab149"
source_hash: "b08ac731b9162847f1430caf65e6242c21709f1f171044f59b5cb69827a8fb4a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 149 (2025) — Relating to: the nomination of presidential electors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB149)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Brill, Kreibich and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Jacque `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2025-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-16-2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 47 `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Published 11-1-2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28fba2a2-db31-49de-9814-35e7d79e6350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).