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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
July 13, 2017 - Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen,
Johnson, Miller and Vinehout, cosponsored by Representatives Anderson,
Berceau, Brostoff, Crowley, Hebl, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent,
Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor and Zamarripa. Referred to
Committee on Elections and Utilities.
SB355,1,2
1An Act to create 11.0101 (25) (a) 3. of the statutes;
relating to: the definition
2of political action committee for campaign finance purposes.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, for campaign finance purposes, a political action committee
includes a person, other than an individual, that spends more than $1,000 in a
12-month period on expenditures for express advocacy, expenditures made to
support or defeat a referendum, and contributions made to a candidate committee,
legislative campaign committee, or political party.
Current law provides that a political action committee is a person, other than
an individual, that either has express advocacy as its major purpose or spends more
than 50 percent of its total spending in a 12-month period on expenditures for
express advocacy, expenditures made to support or defeat a referendum, and
contributions made to a candidate committee, legislative campaign committee, or
political party.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB355,1
3Section
1. 11.0101 (25) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB355,2,34
11.0101
(25) (a) 3. It spends more than $1,000 in a 12-month period on
5expenditures for express advocacy, expenditures made to support or defeat a
1referendum, and contributions made to a candidate committee, legislative campaign
2committee, or political party. In this subdivision, spending does not include a
3committee's fundraising or administrative expenses.
