Assembly Bill 673
Campaign contributions to the governor or certain committees by lobbyists, principals, and other persons who may be affected by proposed administrative rules
Topics: Administrative rules, Elections: Campaign expense, Governor, Lobbying
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 7, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, with limited exceptions, no lobbyist or principal may make a political contribution to a partisan elective state official, including the governor, or his or her personal campaign committee, except in the year of the official's election during the period between June 1 and the day of the general election.
This bill provides that no person may make a political contribution to the governor or his or her personal campaign or authorized support committee if the person may be affected by a proposed rule on which action by the governor is pending.
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Violators are subject to a forfeiture (civil penalty) of not more than treble the amount of the unlawful contribution for each violation. Intentional violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
The bill also provides that no lobbyist who attempts to influence rule making by a state agency may make a political contribution to the governor or his or her personal campaign committee at any time that action on a proposed rule on which the lobbyist has attempted to influence action is pending before the governor.
Similarly, the bill provides that no person who engages a lobbyist (principal) may make a political contribution to the governor or his or her personal campaign committee if the principal's lobbyist is prohibited from doing so. Lobbyists who violate the prohibition created by the bill are subject to a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Principals who violate the prohibition are subject to a forfeiture of not more than $5,000 for each violation.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Democrats.
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Authors (16)
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 7, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform.
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Mar 7, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 7, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vruwink, Sinicki, Zamarripa, Ringhand, C. Taylor, Danou, Jorgensen, Turner, Kessler, Hebl, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Clark, Pasch, Pocan and Toles
- Mar 7, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Election and Campaign Reform
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis