---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 35"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 35 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Brill", "Brooks", "Dittrich", "Green", "Gundrum", "Hurd", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Nedweski", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk", "Sortwell", "Steffen", "Tusler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/992d124b-f034-47e8-9caa-7ba706d45bf1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab35"
source_hash: "be23f6f61645a3516e4ebce81c12f7da98dc3367a3ac327f7c8d5be689ef4a02"
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 35 (2025) — Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB35-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB35)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15 — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended 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** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-10-10T05:00:00+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** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- **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, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `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`
- **2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-20-2025 `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 43 `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/992d124b-f034-47e8-9caa-7ba706d45bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).