2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 540

An Act to amend 5.02 (12n), 6.02 (1), 6.02 (2), 6.05, 6.22 (6), 6.24 (1), 6.94 and 7.52 (5) (b) of the statutes; Relating to: extending voting rights to certain 17-year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.

Status: A - Campaigns and Elections

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688

History

Date / House Action Journal
10/15/2025 Asm.Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Palmeri, Andraca, Arney, Brown, Clancy, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Phelps, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs and Miresse;
cosponsored by Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Hesselbein
312
10/15/2025 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections312
10/17/2025 Asm.Representative Subeck added as a coauthor319
2/9/2026 Asm.Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor550
3/20/2026 Asm.Representative Vining added as a coauthor683
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688
 
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