AB 595 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)

AB 595 updates Wisconsin's voter registration system to better comply with federal voting laws. It requires the Elections Commission to verify U.S. citizenship for all voters by matching registration data with state databases from the Department of Transportation, State Registrar, and Department of Corrections. Municipal clerks must report monthly on voter status changes, including removals due to citizenship issues, and share audit results with election officials. The bill directly affects election administrators, state agencies handling voter data, and voters whose eligibility is verified through these new processes.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Oct 24, 2025 Vetoed Apr 8, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill updates Wisconsin election laws to improve compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act and modernize voter registration management. It establishes new requirements for the Elections Commission to adjudicate complaints against itself, mandates regular data-sharing agreements to verify voter citizenship, and creates new mechanisms to remove ineligible voters from registration lists. The bill also introduces a fee structure for accessing the official voter registration list.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the Elections Commission's authority to handle complaints alleging its own violations of federal law and extends data-matching requirements to include the Department of Corrections and the State Registrar.
ENFORCEMENT

Requires the Elections Commission to make a final determination on complaints alleging its own violation of the Help America Vote Act if a substantial question of material fact exists, prohibiting dismissal of such complaints.

REQUIREMENT

Mandates that data-sharing agreements between the Elections Commission and the Department of Transportation, State Registrar, and Department of Corrections be updated at least every two years to verify voter citizenship.

Requires the Elections Commission to publish the results of all dismissed complaints on its website to ensure transparency.

FISCAL

Establishes a fee of $1,000 or less for electronic copies of the official voter registration list and allows additional fees for physical copies to cover reproduction and postage costs.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarifies and streamlines procedures for removing ineligible voters from the registration list, including specific rules for deceased voters, address changes, and changes in residence to other states.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Apr 8, 2026
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026
lower
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Nov 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2
lower
Oct 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Krug, Knodl, O'Connor, Steffen, Penterman, Armstrong, Kitchens, Allen, Hurd, Murphy, Tittl, Maxey, Snyder, Nedweski, Green, Spiros and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Quinn
lower
17 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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