Senate Bill 630
Reporting of contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes
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
Jan 22, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Elections and Local Government. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill clarifies the reporting requirements made applicable to political parties and certain committees authorized to receive contributions from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117 .
Act 117 permits corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian Tribes to make contributions of up to $12,000 a year to a segregated fund established and administered by a political party or a legislative campaign committee. Act 117 also permits corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes to make unlimited contributions to independent expenditure committees and referendum committees.
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Act 117 requires each such political party and committee to prepare itemized reports of contributions received and disbursements made by the political party or committee.
This bill requires political parties and legislative campaign committees to separately itemize contributions made to a segregated fund by corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes. The bill also requires independent expenditure committees and referendum committees to separately itemize contributions received by corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes.
Finally, the bill requires political parties and legislative campaign committees to separately itemize on their campaign finance reports disbursements made from their segregated funds.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 22, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Elections and Local Government.
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Jan 22, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 22, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators C. Larson, Vinehout and Harris Dodd; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Barca, Mason, Ohnstad, Sargent, Subeck, Considine, Spreitzer, Brostoff and Pope
- Jan 22, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor