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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 385

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: online credit card contributions and providing a penalty.

Credit Crime and criminals Elections — Campaign expense Elections — Officials Financial institution Forfeiture Political parties

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

For campaign finance purposes, this bill prohibits a political committee, conduit, or political party from accepting any contribution made with a credit card via the Internet unless the contributor provides the credit card verification value or code and the billing address associated with the card is located in the United States. However, if the contribution is made by a U.S. citizen living outside of the United States, and the credit card billing address is not a location in the United States, the individual must provide the mailing address of the location in the United States that the individual uses for voter registration purposes.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R)

7 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Quinn (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Tucker (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Nov 7, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 55–42 Nov 19, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 55

Nay · 42

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 9, 2026 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 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 16, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Jan 21, 2026 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. Aug 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murphy, Tittl, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, O'Connor, Penterman, Wichgers and Armstrong; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Quinn and Wanggaard

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Sep 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Tucker added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Nov 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  8. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  10. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Murphy

  11. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  12. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 42

  15. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  19. Nov 21, 2025 · Senate

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  20. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  22. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  24. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch

  26. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  28. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  30. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  31. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Jan 22, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  33. Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-22-2026

  34. Mar 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-27-2026

  35. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  36. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82