republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/sjr-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration)."
description: "Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SJR 2"
citation: "Wisconsin SJR 2 (2025)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Cabral-Guevara", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "Hutton", "Jacque", "Jagler", "James", "Kapenga", "LeMahieu", "Marklein", "Nass", "Quinn", "Stafsholt", "Testin", "Tomczyk", "Wanggaard", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0797ce7-ba4a-4278-958b-49e7c6eaa5d0"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/joint_resolution/sjr2"
source_hash: "545b752d5688e48aef0ad17826a424644e7433507af73c62780d6918e219805b"
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 SJR 2 (2025) — Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Joint Resolution** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/enrolledbills/2025/REG/SJR2)
2. **Joint Resolution Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SJR2)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **17–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **54–45** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Jagler — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, James, Kapenga, Marklein, Nass, Quinn, Stafsholt, Testin, Tomczyk, Wimberger and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Donovan, Allen, Armstrong, August, Behnke, Born, Brooks, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Petersen, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tittl, Tucker, Tusler, Vos, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, Kaufert, Rodriguez and Kurtz `introduction`
- **2025-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-8-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give joint resolution its third reading
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and adopted, Ayes 17, Noes 15 `reading-3`
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Franklin, Brill and Tranel added as cosponsors
- **2025-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-14-2025 by Committee on Rules
- **2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative VanderMeer added as a cosponsor
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 54, Noes 45 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2025-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Deposited in the office of the Secretary of State on 2-18-2025
- **2025-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-20-2025. Enrolled Joint Resolution 1 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0797ce7-ba4a-4278-958b-49e7c6eaa5d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).