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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 1157

Reporting a contributor’s place of employment

Topics: Elections: Campaign expense, Employment

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 19, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. The committee's chair at the time was Dan Feyen. 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 Assembly as AB 1202. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires any committee that receives campaign finance contributions of more than $100, cumulatively, from an individual to report the name and address of the individual’s principal place of employment and occupation, if any. Current law requires the committee to report the occupation of an individual contributor who makes contributions of more than $200, cumulatively.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. All 5 are Democrats.

17 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (17)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 19, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.

  3. Mar 19, 2026

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Tenorio, Miresse, Sinicki, Kirsch, Johnson, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Billings, Roe, Arney, Brown, McCarville, Stroud, Palmeri and Stubbs

  2. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor