Wisconsin State Legislation

Bill would ban retail price setting for UPC-coded consumer goods using data. Enforcement would be by state agencies with civil penalties up to $10,000.

Lawmakers would require counties to conduct risk-limiting audits of selected statewide contests. Audits would preserve excess ballots rather than remove them.

Proposed residency exemption for DACA students at UW System would have let them pay resident tuition; the measure did not pass.

Wisconsin bill would require health plans to publish all prior-authorization services and criteria, with 60 days' notice for changes.

Wisconsin taxpayers would have received a 50% credit up to $250 per year for qualifying local newspaper subscriptions, for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, under a failed bill.

Wisconsin bill would expand campaign-finance rules to mass communications, timing 60 days before election, and require reporting of coordinated expenditures; the measure did not pass.

Bill would bar corporations, cooperatives, labor organizations, and tribes from contributing to segregated funds. The measure failed to become law.

Attorney general could sue for civil rights violations in housing, employment, education, or public accommodations, seek damages and civil penalties, or require voluntary compliance; the measure failed to become law.

Bill would create a grant program run by the Department of Administration to help municipalities obtain LEED certification for buildings, with $1 million for 2025–26.

Bill would let circulators sign and circulate nomination papers for multiple candidates in a single election, and would loosen intent requirements while preserving some certifications.