As of March 12, Ballotpedia has tracked five election-related bills in the Wisconsin State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the five, Ballotpedia tracked one from March 6-12. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is:
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WI SB98: Verifying citizenship of individuals on the official voter registration list and contents of operator’s licenses and identification cards (FE), Assembly Members Scott Allen (R), David Armstrong (R), Elijah Behnke (R), Amy Binsfeld (R), Janel Brandtjen (R), Robert Brooks (R), Barbara Dittrich (R), Cindi Duchow (R), James Edming (R), Chanz Green (R), Rick Gundrum (R), Joel Kitchens (R), Dan Knodl (R), Gae Magnafici (R), Tom Michalski (R), Clint Moses (R), David Murphy (R), Jeffrey Mursau (R), Adam Neylon (R), Jerry O’Connor (R), Nik Rettinger (R), Donna Rozar (R), Michael Schraa (R), Paul Tittl (R), and Ron Tusler (R) and Sens. Julian Bradley (R), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R), Robert Cowles (R), Stephen Nass (R), Duey Stroebel (R), and Cory Tomczyk (R).
- As introduced, this bill requires the department of transportation to provide the elections commission access to personally identifiable information in order to verify that individuals on the voter registration list are U.S. citizens.
During the week of March 6-12, Ballotpedia tracked 27 Senate election-related bills nationally. As of March 12, Ballotpedia has tracked 659 Senate bills nationally. Ballotpedia tracked the most Senate bills this year in the New York State Senate with 120, while Ballotpedia tracked the fewest Senate bills in Louisiana, Massachusetts, and West Virginia with zero.
