Assembly Bill 1220
Coordination of mass communications
Topics: Elections: Advertising, Elections: Campaign expense, Political parties
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 19, 2026
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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, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections. The committee's chair at the time was Dave Maxey. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 1155. That version died when the session ended.
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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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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 prohibits a political action committee, independent expenditure committee, or other person from making expenditures for certain mass communications that are coordinated with a candidate or the candidate’s agent or the legislative campaign committee or political party of the candidate’s political party in violation of the contribution limits and source restrictions applicable to the candidate. Current law imposes this same prohibition on expenditures for express advocacy that are coordinated with a candidate, the candidate’s agent, or an LCC or PP. Under current law, an expenditure is coordinated if either of the following applies: 1) the candidate, candidate’s agent, LCC, or PP communicates directly with and specifically requests that the PAC, IEC, or other person make the expenditure and the PAC, IEC, or other person explicitly assents to the request before making the expenditure; or 2) the candidate, candidate’s agent, LCC, or PP exercises control over the expenditure or the content, timing, location, form, intended audience, number, or frequency of the communication.
This bill eliminates the definition of coordination applicable to express advocacy expenditures and creates new definitions for coordination that apply to expenditures for express advocacy and to expenditures for a mass communication. The bill provides that an expenditure for express advocacy is coordinated if the candidate, candidate’s agent, LCC, or PP exercises control over or engages in substantial discussions or negotiations with the person making the expenditure regarding the content, timing, location, form, intended audience, or frequency of the communication. Similarly, the bill specifies that a mass communication is coordinated if the candidate, the candidate’s agent, or the LCC or PP exercises control over or engages in substantial discussions or negotiations with the person making the expenditure regarding the content, timing, location, form, intended audience, or frequency of the mass communication.
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The bill defines mass communication as a message that is disseminated by means of one or more communications media, a mass electronic communication, a mass distribution, or a mass telephoning, but not including a bona fide poll conducted for the purpose of objectively identifying or collecting data concerning the attitude or preference of electors. The bill requires the person making the disbursement to report information including the name and address of the person that received the disbursement and whether the person making the disbursement for the mass communication coordinated with the candidate.
Who's behind it
15 representatives are its . All 15 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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Mar 19, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Tenorio, Miresse, Clancy, Kirsch, Johnson, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Billings, Roe, Arney, Fitzgerald, Brown and McCarville; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Wall, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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
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