Subjects

Elections — Campaign expense

169 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 134 Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126. Died at session end 2025
• AB 385 Relating to: online credit card contributions and providing a penalty. Vetoed 2025
• AB 517 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2025
• AJR 57 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Died at session end 2025
• SB 126 Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126. Became law 2025
• SB 403 Relating to: online credit card contributions and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SB 520 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2025
• SJR 58 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1141 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the offices of justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, and circuit court judge, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1200 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1201 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1202 Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1219 Relating to: campaign contribution limits. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1220 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1070 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the offices of justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, and circuit court judge, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1153 Relating to: campaign contribution limits. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1154 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1155 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1156 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1157 Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. Died at session end 2025
• AB 299 Relating to: requiring identification of a military voter for voting absentee. Died at session end 2023
• AB 335 Relating to: judgments concerning a candidate's felony violation of certain campaign finance or election fraud laws. Became law 2023
• AB 380 Relating to: requiring a watermark on mailed absentee ballots. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 414 Relating to: public funds for substantially identical materials distributed by state senators and representatives to the assembly prior to a general election and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• AB 493 Relating to: counting write-in votes in the general election. Died at session end 2023
• AB 495 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2023
• AB 563 Relating to: top-five primaries and instant runoff voting for the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 570 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2023
• AB 572 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote. Vetoed 2023
• AB 597 Relating to: establishing a plan to register qualified electors who are detained in jail and to allow the electors to vote while detained. Died at session end 2023
• AB 635 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2023
• AB 636 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2023
• AB 643 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2023
• AB 662 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2023
• AB 663 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2023
• AB 733 Relating to: campaign contribution limits. Died at session end 2023
• AB 760 Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 817 Relating to: the provision of absentee ballots to nonresident students at the University of Wisconsin System. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 853 Relating to: local candidates filing campaign finance reports and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 911 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2023
• AJR 78 Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (first consideration). Died at session end 2023
• SB 306 Relating to: requiring identification of a military voter for voting absentee. Died at session end 2023
• SB 334 Relating to: judgments concerning a candidate's felony violation of certain campaign finance or election fraud laws. Died at session end 2023
• SB 379 Relating to: requiring a watermark on mailed absentee ballots. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 408 Relating to: public funds for substantially identical materials distributed by state senators and representatives to the assembly prior to a general election and providing a penalty. Became law 2023
• SB 490 Relating to: counting write-in votes in the general election. Died at session end 2023
• SB 528 Relating to: top-five primaries and instant runoff voting for the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 593 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote. Died at session end 2023
• SB 599 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2023
• SB 600 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2023
• SB 601 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2023
• SB 602 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2023
• SB 603 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2023
• SB 604 Relating to: campaign contribution limits. Died at session end 2023
• SB 631 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 741 Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 767 Relating to: the provision of absentee ballots to nonresident students at the University of Wisconsin System. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 822 Relating to: local candidates filing campaign finance reports and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2023
• SJR 73 Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (first consideration). Adopted 2023
• AB 1211 Relating to: authorizing a local government to require advance payment from a presidential or vice-presidential campaign for certain expected public event costs. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AJR 141 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1107 Relating to: authorizing a local government to require advance payment from a presidential or vice-presidential campaign for certain expected public event costs. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SJR 113 Relating to: recall of enrolled 2023 Senate Bill 408. Passed one chamber 2023
• SJR 121 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Died at session end 2023
• AB 350 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2021
• AB 352 Relating to: notice of certain campaign finance contributions made to a judge or justice. Died at session end 2021
• AB 531 Relating to: campaign contribution limits. Died at session end 2021
• AB 532 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2021
• AB 533 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• AB 534 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2021
• AB 535 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2021
• AB 536 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• AB 755 Relating to: campaign finance changes recommended by the Ethics Commission. Died at session end 2021
• AB 819 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2021
• SB 213 Relating to: actions for violations of elections laws. Vetoed 2021
• SB 511 Relating to: political expenditures by corporations and cooperative associations. Died at session end 2021
• SB 526 Relating to: campaign contribution limits. Died at session end 2021
• SB 527 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2021
• SB 528 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• SB 529 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2021
• SB 530 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2021
• SB 531 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• SB 718 Relating to: campaign finance changes recommended by the Ethics Commission. Became law 2021
• SB 795 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2021
• SB 75 Relating to: establishing campaign contribution limits for contributions to certain persons. Died at session end 2019
• SB 76 Relating to: decreasing individual and candidate committee contributions for statewide officeholders. Died at session end 2019
• SB 77 Relating to: reducing limits for contributions from political action committees. Died at session end 2019
• SB 78 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2019
• SB 79 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2019
• SB 80 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2019
• SB 81 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2019
• AB 158 Relating to: reducing limits for contributions from political action committees. Died at session end 2019
• AB 405 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2019
• AB 407 Relating to: notice of certain campaign finance contributions made to a judge or justice. Died at session end 2019
• AB 911 Relating to: authorizing a local government to require advance payment from a presidential or vice-presidential campaign for certain expected public event costs. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 929 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2019
• AB 972 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes, public financing of campaigns, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 780 Relating to: authorizing a local government to require advance payment from a presidential or vice-presidential campaign for certain expected public event costs. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 850 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2019
• SB 861 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes, public financing of campaigns, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 932 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 1038 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Became law 2019
• AJR 148 Relating to: establishing that making political contributions and spending money to influence elections may not be considered free speech for corporations (first consideration). Died at session end 2019
• AB 32 Relating to: the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents. Died at session end 2017
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• AB 135 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2017
• AB 137 Relating to: notice of certain campaign finance contributions made to a judge or justice. Died at session end 2017
• AB 446 Relating to: establishing campaign contribution limits for contributions to certain persons. Died at session end 2017
• AB 447 Relating to: decreasing individual and candidate committee contributions for statewide officeholders. Died at session end 2017
• AB 459 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2017
• AB 460 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2017
• AB 472 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2017
• AB 976 Relating to: attempts to influence action upon model or similar proposed legislation, reporting by certain persons providing or state public officials receiving certain things of value, and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2017
• SB 352 Relating to: establishing campaign contribution limits for contributions to certain persons. Died at session end 2017
• SB 353 Relating to: decreasing individual and candidate committee contributions for statewide officeholders. Died at session end 2017
• SB 354 Relating to: reducing limits for contributions from political action committees. Died at session end 2017
• SB 355 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2017
• SB 356 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2017
• SB 357 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2017
• SB 358 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2017
• SB 375 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2017
• SB 413 Relating to: political expenditures by corporations and cooperative associations. Died at session end 2017
• SB 779 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2017
• AB 55 Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures. Died at session end 2015
• AR 18 Relating to: prohibiting certain contributions to legislative campaign committees and personal campaign committees. Died at session end 2015
• AR 19 Relating to: offering and consideration of campaign finance proposals. Died at session end 2015
• SB 27 Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures. Died at session end 2015
• AB 175 Relating to: communications by members of the legislature. Died at session end 2015
• AB 176 Relating to: reporting of the principal place of employment of certain individuals who make political contributions. Died at session end 2015
• AB 265 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 293 Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law. Died at session end 2015
• AB 387 Relating to: campaign finance. Became law 2015
• AB 464 Relating to: attempts to influence action upon model or similar proposed legislation, reporting by certain persons providing or state public officials receiving certain things of value, and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2015
• AB 472 Relating to: prohibiting individuals from doing campaign work while working for other registrants. Died at session end 2015
• AB 588 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2015
• AB 590 Relating to: notice of certain political contributions made to a judge or justice. Died at session end 2015
• AB 605 Relating to: campaign finance reporting by social welfare organizations; individual contribution limits to political parties and committees; political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations; and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law. Died at session end 2015
• AB 860 Relating to: reporting of contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes. Died at session end 2015
• AB 881 Relating to: reimbursement of costs incurred by the county for a grand jury proceeding. Died at session end 2015
• AB 891 Relating to: prohibiting partisan elective state officials from accepting contributions during budget deliberations. Died at session end 2015
• AJR 67 Relating to: Wisconsin Legislative Resolution to Restore Free and Fair Elections in the United States. Died at session end 2015
• AJR 86 Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration). Died at session end 2015
• SB 151 Relating to: communications by members of the legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 201 Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law. Died at session end 2015
• SB 292 Relating to: campaign finance. Died at session end 2015
• SB 295 Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 630 Relating to: reporting of contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes. Died at session end 2015
• SB 647 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2015
• SB 651 Relating to: reimbursement of costs incurred by the county for a grand jury proceeding. Died at session end 2015
• SJR 56 Relating to: Wisconsin Legislative Resolution to Restore Free and Fair Elections in the United States. Died at session end 2015
• SJR 74 Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration). Died at session end 2015
• SB 6 Relating to: prohibiting the use of telephone automatic dialing-announcing devices for political messages and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 91 Relating to: communications by members of the legislature. Died at session end 2013
• SB 90 Relating to: communications by members of the legislature. Died at session end 2013
• SB 98 Relating to: reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law. Died at session end 2013
• AB 141 Relating to: notice of certain political contributions made to a judge or justice. Died at session end 2013
• AB 145 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2013
• AB 225 Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance laws; exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election; identifying documentation to establish proof of residency for voter registration; recording the type of identifying document provided as proof of residence; limiting the times for voting by absentee ballot in person; the method of reporting election returns by municipalities; fees for election recounts; the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment; residency of election officials; recall petition requirements; the procedure for recounting ballots when electors voting in person are required to sign the poll list and fail to do so; challenging an elector's registration during recount proceedings; witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates; nominees submitted by the Government Accountability Board candidate committee; securing ballot containers; party representation for election officials serving at polling places; and scheduling of referendums. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 298 Relating to: creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 353 Relating to: the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law, public financing of elections for certain state offices, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 354 Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations. Died at session end 2013
• AB 378 Relating to: reporting of the principal place of employment of certain individuals who make political contributions. Died at session end 2013
• AB 501 Relating to: the form and content of certain communications made for political purposes. Died at session end 2013
• AB 543 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 166 Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law. Died at session end 2013
• SB 282 Relating to: reporting of the principal place of employment of certain individuals who make political contributions. Died at session end 2013
• SB 356 Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations. Died at session end 2013
• SB 654 Relating to: disclosure of political activity. Died at session end 2013
• SB 655 Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance and lobbying laws. Became law 2013