Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB220 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 220
5	5	April 25, 2025 - Introduced by Senators WANGGAARD, MARKLEIN, QUINN and
6	6	TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives PIWOWARCZYK, B. JACOBSON,
7	7	BROOKS, DITTRICH, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, KNODL, KREIBICH, MELOTIK,
8	8	MURPHY, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, RODRIGUEZ, SPIROS,
9	9	STEFFEN and TUCKER. Referred to Committee on Government Operations,
10	10	Labor and Economic Development.
11	11	AN ACT to renumber and amend 8.40 (2); to amend 8.10 (3) (intro.), 8.15 (4)
12	12	(a), 8.20 (3) and 9.10 (2) (em) 2.; to create 8.40 (2) (b) of the statutes; relating
13	13	to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall
14	14	petitions.
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	Under current law, any person may circulate nomination papers for a
17	17	candidate if the person is eligible to vote in Wisconsin or is a U.S. citizen aged 18 or
18	18	older who, if he or she were a Wisconsin resident, would not be disqualified from
19	19	voting in the state. A person is eligible to vote in Wisconsin if he or she is a U.S.
20	20	citizen aged 18 or older who has resided in an election district in this state for at
21	21	least 28 consecutive days.
22	22	Under this bill, a person must be eligible to vote in Wisconsin in order to
23	23	circulate nomination papers for a candidate. However, under the bill, nomination
24	24	papers and petitions for the candidacy of candidates for the offices of president and
25	25	vice president of the United States may continue to be circulated by any person
26	26	eligible to vote in Wisconsin or by any U.S. citizen aged 18 or older who, if he or she
27	27	were a Wisconsin resident, would not be disqualified from voting in the state.
28	28	Similarly, under current law, any person who is eligible to vote in Wisconsin or
29	29	who is a U.S. citizen aged 18 or older and who, if he or she were a Wisconsin
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37	37	SECTION 1
38	38	resident, would not be disqualified from voting in the state may circulate a recall
39	39	petition.
40	40	Under the bill, a person must be eligible to vote in Wisconsin in order to
41	41	circulate a recall petition and have the signatures on the petition be counted toward
42	42	a recall.
43	43	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
44	44	enact as follows:
45	45	SECTION 1. 8.10 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46	46	8.10 (3) (intro.) The certification of a qualified circulator under s. 8.15 (4) (a)
47	47	who is a qualified elector of this state shall be appended to each nomination paper.
48	48	The number of required signatures on nomination papers filed under this section is
49	49	as follows:
50	50	SECTION 2. 8.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
51	51	8.15 (4) (a) The certification of a qualified circulator who is a qualified elector
52	52	of this state stating his or her residence with street and number, if any, shall appear
53	53	at the bottom of each nomination paper, stating he or she personally circulated the
54	54	nomination paper and personally obtained each of the signatures; he or she knows
55	55	they are electors of the ward, aldermanic district, municipality or county, as the
56	56	nomination papers require; he or she knows they signed the paper with full
57	57	knowledge of its content; he or she knows their respective residences given; he or
58	58	she knows each signer signed on the date stated opposite his or her name; and, that
59	59	he or she, the circulator, is a qualified elector of this state, or if not a qualified
60	60	elector of this state, is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident
61	61	of this state, would not be disqualified from voting under s. 6.03; that he or she
62	62	intends to support the candidate; and that he or she is aware that falsifying the
63	63	certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a). The circulator shall indicate the
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87	87	date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature. The
88	88	certification may be made by the candidate or any qualified circulator.
89	89	SECTION 3. 8.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
90	90	8.20 (3) The certification of a qualified circulator under s. 8.15 (4) (a) who is a
91	91	qualified elector of this state shall be appended to each nomination paper, except
92	92	that for candidates for the offices of president and vice president, the certification of
93	93	the qualified circulator under s. 8.15 (4) (a) shall state that the circulator is a
94	94	qualified elector of this state, or if not a qualified elector of this state, is a U.S.
95	95	citizen aged 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident of this state, would not be
96	96	disqualified from voting under s. 6.03.
97	97	SECTION 4. 8.40 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 8.40 (2) (a) and amended to
98	98	read:
99	99	8.40 (2) (a) The certification of a qualified circulator stating his or her
100	100	residence with street and number, if any, shall appear at the bottom of each
101	101	separate sheet of each petition specified in sub. (1), stating that he or she personally
102	102	circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures; that the
103	103	circulator knows that they are electors of the jurisdiction or district in which the
104	104	petition is circulated; that the circulator knows that they signed the paper with full
105	105	knowledge of its content; that the circulator knows their respective residences
106	106	given; that the circulator knows that each signer signed on the date stated opposite
107	107	his or her name; that, except as provided in par. (b), the circulator is a qualified
108	108	elector of this state, or if not a qualified elector of this state, that the circulator is a
109	109	U.S. citizen age 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident of this state, would not
110	110	be disqualified from voting under s. 6.03; and that the circulator is aware that
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139	139	falsifying the certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a). The circulator shall
140	140	indicate the date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature.
141	141	SECTION 5. 8.40 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
142	142	8.40 (2) (b) For a recall petition the certification under par. (a) shall state that
143	143	the circulator is a qualified elector of this state.
144	144	SECTION 6. 9.10 (2) (em) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
145	145	9.10 (2) (em) 2. The circulator is not a qualified circulator elector of this state.
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