2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 517

An Act to renumber 11.1208 (4); to create 11.1208 (4) (b) of the statutes; Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.

Status: A - Campaigns and Elections

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688

History

Date / House Action Journal
10/15/2025 Asm.Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Joers, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Johnson, Madison, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Udell, Brown and Palmeri;
cosponsored by Senators Ratcliff, Larson, Spreitzer, Smith, Carpenter, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys, Wall, Wirch and Hesselbein
310
10/15/2025 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections310
10/17/2025 Asm.Representative Subeck added as a coauthor319
1/20/2026 Asm.Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor486
1/22/2026 Asm.Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor489
1/28/2026 Asm.Public hearing held 
2/9/2026 Asm.Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor550
2/12/2026 Asm.Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bare571
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688
 
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