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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 335

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Relating to: judgments concerning a candidate's felony violation of certain campaign finance or election fraud laws.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals — Felony Elections — Campaign expense Fraud Judgment

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a candidate for public office who commits certain campaign

finance or election fraud violations is guilty of a Class I felony, the penalty for which

is a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed three years and six

months, or both. Under this bill, if a candidate is adjudged guilty of such a felony in

a criminal proceeding, the court's judgment in the matter must include an order that

the candidate's candidate committee be dissolved in accordance with current law and

that the candidate return unencumbered campaign funds to the donors in amounts

not exceeding the original contributions or donate those funds to the common school

fund. Additionally, the bill requires the court to appoint a new treasurer for the

candidate committee to carry out the court's dissolution order.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Gustafson (R) , Joers (D) , Krug (R) , Murphy (R) , Myers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R)

5 cosponsors

Jacobson (D) , Knodl (R) , O'Connor and Maxey , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Nov 6, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Nov 6, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 13, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jun 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Sortwell, Conley, Cabrera, Myers, Joers, Ohnstad, Krug, Gustafson, Murphy and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Knodl, Spreitzer and Taylor

  2. Jun 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Aug 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  4. Aug 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  6. Oct 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  8. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives O'Connor and Maxey added as coauthors

  12. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023

  24. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  27. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-15-2023

  31. Nov 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023

  32. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 52

  33. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Published 12-7-2023