Wisconsin Vote Reports
2025 WI Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2025 and ranks state assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
Senate Votes
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Expanding Medicaid for Postpartum Women
SB23 Expanding Medicaid for Postpartum Women (passed 32 to 1 on 4/22/2025). Would expand Medicaid to offer up to 12 months of postpartum coverage.
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Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers"
AB140 Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers" (passed 29 to 3 on 6/18/2025). Creates a “data center” exception to the 12% maximum property-value rule for certain Tax Incremental Districts (TIDs).
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Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens
AB308 Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens (passed 21 to 12 on 11/18/2025). Would have prohibited public funding of healthcare services for any person who is not lawfully present in the United States.
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Ban on Local “Guaranteed Income” Programs
AB165 Ban on "Guaranteed Income" Programs (passed 18 to 15 on 11/18/2025). Would have banned political subdivisions from making “regular periodic cash payments that are unearned” to individuals under a “guaranteed income program.”
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Limiting the Definition of Abortion
SB553 Limiting the Definition of Abortion (passed 18 to 15 on 11/18/2025). Would exempt from the definition of abortion a “medical procedure or treatment designed or intended to prevent the death of a pregnant woman and not designed or intended to kill the unborn child.”
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Repealing the Governor's 400-Year Veto
SB389 Repealing the Governor's 400-Year Veto (passed 18 to 15 on 11/18/2025). Would repeal Governor Tony Evers' 2023 "partial veto" that provides an annual $325 per-pupil adjustment in the school-district revenue formula until 2425.
House Votes
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Denying Parole to Repeat Offenders
AB85 Denying Parole to Repeat Offenders (passed 53 to 43 on 3/13/2025). Would have required the Department of Corrections to recommend revoking a person's extended supervision, parole, or probation if the person is charged with a crime while on release.
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Ban on Local “Guaranteed Income” Programs
AB165 Ban on "Guaranteed Income" Programs (passed 53 to 42 on 4/22/2025). Would have banned political subdivisions from making “regular periodic cash payments that are unearned” to individuals under a “guaranteed income program.”
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Pharmaceutical Abortions
AB43 Pharmaceutical Abortions (passed 87 to 10 on 5/13/2025). Would permit a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense “self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives.”
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Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers"
AB140 Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers" (passed 91 to 6 on 5/13/2025). Creates a “data center” exception to the 12% maximum property-value rule for certain Tax Incremental Districts (TIDs).
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Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens
AB308 Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens (passed 51 to 44 on 9/11/2025). Would have prohibited public funding of healthcare services for any person who is not lawfully present in the United States.
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Election Integrity
AB617 Election Integrity (passed 53 to 44 on 11/19/2025). Would change election law to include automatic absentee ballot text-message notifications, election-night reporting requirements, and the canvassing of electronic ballots at local polling places.
2024 WI Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2024 and ranks state assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
Senate Votes
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"Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
SB166 "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military (passed 33 to 0 on 9/14/2023). Removes “gender-specific” language from Article 133 of the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice, which prohibits “conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman.”
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Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
AB494 Voter ID for Absentee Ballots (passed 22 to 11 on 11/14/2023). Would require persons seeking “indefinitely confined status” due to “frailty, physical illness, or a disability” to submit proof of voter indentation before receiving automatic absentee ballots.
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Second Amendment Financial Privacy
SB466 Second Amendment Financial Privacy (passed 22 to 10 on 1/16/2024). Forbids a financial institution from requiring the use of a merchant category code that identifies the merchant as a firearms retailer and provides that no governmental entity may maintain a list of firearms owners.
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Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
Motion to Refer: AB51 Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers (passed 22 to 10 on 2/20/2024). Stopped the advancement of a bill that would allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to become law enforcement officers.
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Restoring Sound Money
AB29 Restoring Sound Money (passed 23 to 9 on 3/12/2024). Creates a sales and use tax exemption for gold, silver, and other precious metals.
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Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
AB910 Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits (passed 30 to 2 on 3/12/2024). Prohibits online retailers from selling cigars or pipe tobacco without a “remote” permit, including for the collection of state taxes, and mandates the use of an age verification system.
House Votes
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Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Due Process
AB553 Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Due Process (passed 62 to 36 on 11/7/2023). Establishes free speech, academic freedom, and due process standards at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges.
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Second Amendment Financial Privacy
SB466 Second Amendment Financial Privacy (passed 62 to 35 on 1/18/2024). Forbids a financial institution from requiring the use of a merchant category code that identifies the merchant as a firearms retailer and provides that no governmental entity may maintain a list of firearms owners.
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Legalizing Abortion Up to 14 Weeks
AB975 Legalizing Abortion Up to 14 Weeks (passed 53 to 46 on 1/25/2024). Would have placed on the April 2024 ballot a referendum on legalizing abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy, except in the case of a “medical emergency.”
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Eliminating the Waiting Period After Divorce
AB291 Eliminating the Waiting Period After Divorce (passed 93 to 6 on 1/25/2024). Eliminates the six-month waiting period for remarriage after a divorce.
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Public Utility Monopolies
AB470 Public Utility Monopolies (passed 85 to 12 on 2/15/2024). Adopts a "right of first refusal" for incumbent public utilities to build transmission projects.
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Restoring Sound Money
AB29 Restoring Sound Money (passed 86 to 12 on 2/20/2024). Creates a sales and use tax exemption for gold, silver, and other precious metals.
2023 WI Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2023 and ranks state assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
Senate Votes
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Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
SB110 Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage (passed 32 to 1 on 9/14/2023). Would extend postpartum coverage for Medicaid recipients from two months to 12 months.
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100-Day Drug Supplies for SeniorCare Recipients
SB263 100-Day Drug Supplies for SeniorCare Recipients (passed 33 to 0 on 9/14/2023). Would allow SeniorCare participants to purchase 100-day supplies of prescription drugs.
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Safeguarding Wisconsin’s 1849 Abortion Ban
SB343 Safeguarding Wisconsin's 1849 Abortion Ban (passed 22 to 10 on 10/17/2023). Would provide that “abortion” under state law “does not include a physician’s performance medical procedures or treatments designed or intended to prevent the death of a pregnant woman and not designed or intended to kill the unborn child.”
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Repealing Work-Permit Requirements for Minors
SB436 Repealing Work-Permit Requirements for Minors (passed 21 to 11 on 10/17/2023). Would eliminate the requirement for a minor who is 14 or 15 years of age to obtain a state-authorized work permit prior to employment.
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Preventing Local “Guaranteed Income” Programs
AB146 Preventing Local "Guaranteed Income" Programs (passed 22 to 10 on 10/17/2023). Prevents political subdivisions from making expenditures “for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a guaranteed income program.”
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Prohibiting Sex Mutilation Against Children
AB465 Prohibiting Sex Mutilation Against Children (passed 22 to 10 on 10/17/2023). Prohibits “gender transition medical intervention” for individuals under 18 years of age.
House Votes
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Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
AB51 Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers (passed with near-unanimous consent on 3/22/2023). Would allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to become law enforcement officers.
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Preventing Local “Guaranteed Income” Programs
AB146 Preventing Local "Guaranteed Income" Programs (passed 60 to 34 on 4/25/2023). Prevents political subdivisions from making expenditures “for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a guaranteed income program.”
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Easy Access to ‘Morning-After’ Pills
AB176 Easy Access to 'Morning-After' Pills (passed 82 to 11 on 6/21/2023). Would permit a pharmacist to dispense “self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives” without a prescription from a physician or other medical professional.
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Prohibiting Sex Mutilation Against Children
AB465 Prohibiting Sex Mutilation Against Children (passed 63 to 34 on 10/12/2023). Prohibits “gender transition medical intervention” for individuals under 18 years of age.
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Taxpayer Money for Professional Baseball
AB439 Taxpayer Money for Professional Baseball (passed 69 to 27 on 10/17/2023). Would appropriate $411,500,000 in state and local funds through FY 2045-46, along with $50,000,000 in loans, for improvements to the Milwaukee Brewers baseball stadium.
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‘Free’ Driver Education for Low-Income Residents
AB394 'Free' Driver Education for Low-Income Residents (passed with near-unanimous consent on 10/17/2023). Establishes a driver education grant program for low-income individuals who satisfy the “income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price meal in the federal school lunch program.”
2021-2022 WI Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2021 and 2022 and ranks state assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
Senate Votes
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Terminating the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
SJR3 Terminating the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (passed 18 to 13 on 1/26/2021). Terminated the COVID-19 public health emergency declared by Governor Tony Evers in Executive Order #104 on January 19, 2021, and all actions of the Governor and all emergency orders issued pursuant to the declaration of the public health emergency.
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U.S. Citizenship Requirement to Vote
SJR32 U.S. Citizenship Requirement to Vote (passed 21 to 12 on 1/25/2022). Proposes to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to provide that only a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who is a resident of an election district in Wisconsin is eligible to vote in the state.
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Article V Convention: Constitutional Amendments
AJR9 Article V Convention: Constitutional Amendments (passed 17 to 16 on 1/25/2022). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, to call for a "Convention of the States" for the purpose of proposing constitutional amendments.
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Article V Convention: Term Limits
SJR102 Article V Convention: Term Limits (passed 17 to 15 on 2/22/2022). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, to call for a convention to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution establishing term limits for members of Congress.
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Parental Rights
AB963 Parental Rights (passed 19 to 12 on 3/8/2022). Would prohibit the state from infringing on the fundamental right of parents or guardians to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their children.
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No-Knock Search Warrants
AB834 No-Knock Search Warrants (passed 20 to 12 on 3/8/2022). Permits law enforcement officers to execute “no-knock” search warrants in certain “dangerous” or “ineffective” situations.
House Votes
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Terminating the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
SJR3 Terminating the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (passed 52 to 42 on 2/4/2021). Terminated the COVID-19 public health emergency declared by Governor Tony Evers in Executive Order #104 on January 19, 2021, and all actions of the Governor and all emergency orders issued pursuant to the declaration of the public health emergency.
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Article V Convention: Constitutional Amendments
AJR9 Article V Convention: Constitutional Amendments (passed 58 to 36 on 5/11/2021). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, to call for a "Convention of the States" for the purpose of proposing constitutional amendments.
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Limiting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws
AB293 Limiting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws (passed 61 to 36 on 6/9/2021). Provides restrictions on state and local officials in Wisconsin from enforcing federal laws regulating firearms, accessories, and ammunition.
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No-Knock Search Warrants
AB834 No-Knock Search Warrants (passed 58 to 34 on 1/25/2022). Permits law enforcement officers to execute “no-knock” search warrants in certain “dangerous” or “ineffective” situations.
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Parental Rights
AB963 Parental Rights (passed 60 to 34 on 2/22/2022). Would prohibit the state from infringing on the fundamental right of parents or guardians to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their children.
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U.S. Citizenship Requirement to Vote
SJR32 U.S. Citizenship Requirement to Vote (passed 60 to 35 on 2/24/2022). Proposes to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to provide that only a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who is a resident of an election district in Wisconsin is eligible to vote in the state.