republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-223.md

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Bill	Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.	Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2025	AB 223	Wisconsin AB 223 (2025)	bill		enacted	B. Jacobson Brooks Dittrich Duchow Gundrum Knodl Kreibich Melotik Murphy Mursau Nedweski O'Connor Penterman Piwowarczyk Rodriguez Spiros Steffen Tucker	1	33	4	2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00	2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c8582c3a-773b-4d5a-9bc8-72bd3d69525f	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab223	4aee21a38e867e352d371ba37438c7e0afe15f4cc87d78a75f21c0b08a53000e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 223 (2025) — Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCURRENCE — 19–14 (pass) · upper
• Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — 18–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Jacobson — primary (person)
• Brooks — primary (person)
• Dittrich — primary (person)
• Duchow — primary (person)
• Gundrum — primary (person)
• Knodl — primary (person)
• Kreibich — primary (person)
• Melotik — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Mursau — primary (person)
• Nedweski — primary (person)
• O'Connor — primary (person)
• Penterman — primary (person)
• Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
• Rodriguez — primary (person)
• Spiros — primary (person)
• Steffen — primary (person)
• Tucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, B. Jacobson, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen and Tucker; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Marklein, Quinn and Tomczyk introduction
• 2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-03T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2025-10-16T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-10-16T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
• 2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed passage, reading-3
• 2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly receipt
• 2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development referral-committee
• 2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in receipt
• 2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 enrolled
• 2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Attempted to present to the Governor on 3-24-2026 by directive of the Speaker
• 2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2026 by directive of the Speaker executive-receipt
• 2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 126 executive-signature
• 2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Published 3-28-2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8582c3a-773b-4d5a-9bc8-72bd3d69525f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).