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AB379 • 2025

forms of proof of identification for voting

forms of proof of identification for voting

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Sponsor
Representatives Kirsch, Snodgrass, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Cruz, Joers, Madison, Miresse, Phelps, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck and Udell, cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Wirch, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Campaigns and Elections
Effective date
Not listed

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forms of proof of identification for voting

forms of proof of identification for voting Status: A - Campaigns and Elections

What This Bill Does

  • forms of proof of identification for voting Status: A - Campaigns and Elections

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2025-09-12 Asm.

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  3. 2025-07-31 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Kirsch , Snodgrass , Arney , Bare , Clancy , Cruz , Joers , Madison , Miresse , Phelps , Sheehan , Sinicki , Stroud , Subeck and Udell ; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter , Wirch , Keyeski , Larson , Ratcliff and Spreitzer

  4. 2025-07-31 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

Official Summary Text

forms of proof of identification for voting
Status: A - Campaigns and Elections

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 379
July 31, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Kirsch
,
Snodgrass
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Clancy
,
Cruz
,
Joers
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Phelps
,
Sheehan
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Subeck
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
Carpenter
,
Wirch
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
AB379,1,2
1
An Act

to create
5.02 (6m) (a) 5. of the statutes;
relating to:
forms of proof of
2
identification for voting.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires an individual who is a qualified elector to provide proof of identification to vote. The document that the individual presents for proof of identification must contain the individual’s name and a photograph of the individual. Documents that are considered proof of identification are enumerated in statute and include a U.S. passport, an identification card issued by a U.S. uniformed service, an operator’s license issued by the Department of Transportation, and an identification card issued by DOT.
This bill adds to the list of documents that may be used as proof of identification for voting a valid operator’s license or identification card that satisfies federal REAL ID requirements and is issued by a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB379,1
3
Section

1
.
5.02 (6m) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB379,2,3
1
5.02
(6m)
(a) 5. An operator’s license or identification card issued by any
2
state, as defined in P.L.
109-1
3, section 201 (5), that satisfies the requirements of
3
P.L.
109-1
3, section 202.
AB379,2,4
4
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