As of Oct. 8, Ballotpedia has tracked 17 election-related bills in the Wisconsin State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 17, Ballotpedia tracked four from Oct. 2-8. Republicans sponsored three, while a bipartisan group of legislators sponsored one. The four bills are below:
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WI SJR73: Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (first consideration), Reps. Scott Allen (R), David Armstrong (R), Tyler August (R), Amy Binsfeld (R), Mark Born (R), Janel Brandtjen (R), Barbara Dittrich (R), Robert Donovan (R), Cindi Duchow (R), James Edming (R), Joy Goeben (R), Chanz Green (R), Nate Gustafson (R), Scott Johnson (R), Joel Kitchens (R), Scott Krug (R), Gae Magnafici (R), Dave Maxey (R), Tom Michalski (R), Clint Moses (R), Amanda Nedweski (R), Adam Neylon (R), Jerry O’Connor (R), William Penterman (R), Nik Rettinger (R), Donna Rozar (R), Ellen Schutt (R), Patrick Snyder (R), John Spiros (R), Robert Swearingen (R), and Ron Tusler (R), and Sens. Joan Ballweg (R), Julian Bradley (R), Howard Marklein (R), Stephen Nass (R), Patrick Testin (R), Cory Tomczyk (R), and Van Wanggaard (R).
- As introduced, this bill creates a constitutional amendment to be submitted to voters to decide whether or not to require voters to provide photographic identification to cast a ballot.
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WI SJR71: Eligibility to vote in Wisconsin (second consideration), Reps. Scott Allen (R), David Armstrong (R), Tyler August (R), Elijah Behnke (R), Amy Binsfeld (R), Ty Bodden (R), Mark Born (R), Janel Brandtjen (R), Robert Brooks (R), Calvin Callahan (R), Alex Dallman (R), Barbara Dittrich (R), Cindi Duchow (R), James Edming (R), Joy Goeben (R), Chanz Green (R), Rick Gundrum (R), Nate Gustafson (R), Karen Hurd (R), Scott Johnson (R), Gae Magnafici (R), Dave Maxey (R), Paul Melotik (R), Tom Michalski (R), Clint Moses (R), David Murphy (R), Jeffrey Mursau (R), Amanda Nedweski (R), Jerry O’Connor (R), William Penterman (R), Kevin Petersen (R), Jon Plumer (R), Nik Rettinger (R), Donna Rozar (R), Peter Schmidt (R), Michael Schraa (R), Ellen Schutt (R), Patrick Snyder (R), Robert Summerfield (R), Robert Swearingen (R), and Robert Wittke (R), and Sens. Joan Ballweg (R), Julian Bradley (R), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R), Mary Felzkowski (R), Andre Jacque (R), John Jagler (R), Howard Marklein (R), Stephen Nass (R), Romaine Quinn (R), Rob Stafsholt (R), Duey Stroebel (R), Patrick Testin (R), Cory Tomczyk (R), and Van Wanggaard (R).
- As introduced, this bill creates a constitutional amendment to be submitted to voters to decide whether or not to specify that a qualified voter can only be a U.S. citizen 18 years or older who is a resident of an election district and that a qualified voter may be able to vote in an election for national, state, or local office or at a statewide or local referendum.
