AB1-SSA1-SA2,28,84 11.20 (2t) A registrant who or which is required to file reports under s. 11.12
5(6) (c) 2. with respect to a candidate at the general election shall file the reports no
6later than the 39th and 18th days prior to that election. A registrant who or which
7is required to file reports under s. 11.12 (6) (c) 2. with respect to a candidate at a
8special election shall file the reports no later than the 18th day prior to that election.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gq 9Section 1gq. 11.20 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,28,1210 11.20 (7) In Except as otherwise required under s. 11.21 (16), in the event that
11any report is required to be filed under this section chapter on a nonbusiness day, it
12may be filed on the next business day thereafter.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gr 13Section 1gr. 11.20 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,28,1614 11.20 (9) Except as provided in ss. 11.05 (2r) 11.06 (2m) and 11.19 (2), the duty
15to file reports under this section continues until a termination report is filed in
16accordance with s. 11.19.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gs 17Section 1gs. 11.20 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,28,2418 11.20 (10) (a) Where a requirement is imposed under this section for the filing
19of a financial report which is to be received by the appropriate filing officer no later
20than a certain date, the requirement may be satisfied either by actual receipt of the
21report by the prescribed time for filing at the office of the filing officer, or by filing a
22report with the U.S. postal service by first class mail with sufficient prepaid postage,
23addressed to the appropriate filing officer, no later than the 3rd day before the date
24provided by law for receipt of such report.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gt 25Section 1gt. 11.20 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,29,5
111.20 (12) If a candidate is unopposed in a primary or election, the obligation
2to file the reports required by this chapter does not cease. Except as provided in ss.
311.05 (2r) 11.06 (2m) and 11.19 (2), a registrant who makes or receives no
4contributions, makes no disbursements or incurs no obligations shall so report on the
5dates designated in subs. (2) and (4).
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gu 6Section 1gu. 11.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,29,197 11.21 (2) Furnish to each registrant prescribed forms for the making of reports
8and statements. Forms shall be sent by 1st class mail not earlier than 21 days and
9not later than 14 days prior to the applicable filing deadline under s. 11.20, and
10addressed to the attention of the treasurer or other person indicated on the
11registration statement. Forms need not be sent to a registrant who has made an
12indication that aggregate contributions, disbursements and obligations will not
13exceed the amount specified under s. 11.05 (2r) 11.06 (2m) or to a registrant who has
14been granted a suspension under s. 11.19 (2). Forms for reports shall not be sent by
15the board to a registrant if the registrant is required to file reports with the board
16in an electronic format. Whenever any notice of filing requirements under this
17chapter is sent to a candidate's campaign treasurer, the board shall also send a notice
18to the candidate if he or she has appointed a separate treasurer. Failure to receive
19any form or notice does not exempt a registrant from compliance with this chapter.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gv 20Section 1gv. 11.21 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,30,221 11.21 (15) Inform each candidate who files an application to become eligible to
22receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund of the dollar amount of
23the applicable disbursement limitation under s. 11.31 (1) or (1m), adjusted as
24provided under s. 11.31 (9),
which applies to the office for which such person is a

1candidate. Failure to receive the notice required by this subsection does not
2constitute a defense to a violation of s. 11.27 (1) or 11.31.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gw 3Section 1gw. 11.21 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,31,124 11.21 (16) Require each registrant for whom the board serves as filing officer
5and who or which accepts contributions in a total amount or value of $20,000 or more
6during a campaign period to file each campaign finance report that is required to be
7filed under this chapter in an electronic format, and accept from any other registrant
8for whom the board serves as a filing officer any campaign finance report that is
9required to be filed under this chapter in an electronic format. A registrant who or
10which becomes subject to a requirement to file reports in an electronic format under
11this subsection shall initially file the registrant's report in an electronic format for
12the period which includes the date on which the registrant becomes subject to the
13requirement or, if the registrant is required to report transactions within 24 hours
14of their occurrence, within 24 hours after the date on which the registrant becomes
15subject to the requirement
. To facilitate implementation of this subsection, the board
16shall specify, by rule, a type of software that is suitable for compliance with the
17electronic filing requirement under this subsection. The board shall provide copies
18of the software to registrants at a price fixed by the board that may not exceed cost.
19Each registrant who or which files a report under this subsection in an electronic
20format shall also file a copy of the report with the board that is recorded on a medium
21specified by the board. The copy shall be signed by an authorized individual and filed
22with the board by each registrant no later than the time prescribed for filing of the
23report under this chapter. If a registrant is a committee, the copy shall be certified
24by an authorized individual and filed with the board by the registrant no later than
2524 hours after the occurrence of any transaction that is reportable under s. 11.06 (1).

1If a registrant or other person becomes subject to a requirement to report
2electronically under this subsection, the registrant or other person shall continue to
3report electronically regardless of the amount of contributions accepted or
4expenditures made by the registrant or other person, until a termination report is
5filed.
The board shall provide complete instructions to any registrant who or which
6files a report under this subsection. In this subsection, the "campaign period" of a
7candidate, personal campaign committee or support committee begins and ends with
8the "campaign" of the candidate whose candidacy is supported, as defined in s. 11.26
9(17), and the "campaign period" of any other registrant begins on January 1 of each
10odd-numbered year and ends on December 31 of the following year. Section 990.001
11(4) does not apply to the computation of time permitted for compliance with the filing
12requirements under this subsection.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gx 13Section 1gx. 11.22 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,31,2514 11.22 (3) Furnish to each registrant prescribed forms for the making of reports
15and statements. Forms shall be sent by 1st class mail not earlier than 21 days and
16not later than 14 days prior to the applicable filing deadline under s. 11.20 and
17addressed to the attention of the treasurer or other person indicated on the
18registration statement. Forms need not be sent to a registrant who has made an
19indication that aggregate contributions, disbursements and obligations will not
20exceed the amount specified under s. 11.05 (2r) 11.06 (2m) or to a registrant who has
21been granted a suspension under s. 11.19 (2). Whenever any notice of the filing
22requirements under this chapter is sent to a candidate's campaign treasurer, the
23filing officer shall also send a notice to the candidate if he or she has appointed a
24separate treasurer. Failure to receive any form or notice does not exempt a registrant
25from compliance with this chapter.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1gy
1Section 1gy. 11.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,32,142 11.23 (1) Any group or individual may promote or oppose a particular vote at
3any referendum in this state. Before making disbursements, receiving contributions
4or incurring obligations in excess of $25 $100 in the aggregate in a calendar year for
5such purposes, the group or individual shall file a registration statement under s.
611.05 (1), or (2) or (2r). In the case of a group the name and mailing address of each
7of its officers shall be given in the statement. Every group and every individual
8under this section shall designate a campaign depository account under s. 11.14.
9Every group shall appoint a treasurer, who may delegate authority but is jointly
10responsible for the actions of his or her authorized designee for purposes of civil
11liability under this chapter. The appropriate filing officer shall be notified by a group
12of any change in its treasurer within 10 days of the change under s. 11.05 (5). The
13treasurer of a group shall certify the correctness of each statement or report
14submitted by it under this chapter.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hc 15Section 1hc. 11.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,32,2016 11.23 (2) Any anonymous contribution exceeding $10 received by an individual
17or group treasurer may not be used or expended. The contribution shall be donated
18to the common school fund or to any charitable organization or transferred to the
19board for deposit in the Wisconsin election campaign fund,
at the option of the
20treasurer.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hd 21Section 1hd. 11.24 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,32,2422 11.24 (1w) No candidate or personal campaign committee of a candidate who
23applies for a grant under s. 11.50 may accept any contribution from a committee
24other than a political party committee.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1he 25Section 1he. 11.24 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 11.24 (5).
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hf
1Section 1hf. 11.24 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,33,72 11.24 (4) (a) No person may make a contribution to an incumbent partisan state
3elective official or to the personal campaign committee or support committee
4authorized under s. 11.05 (3) (p) of that official for the purpose of promoting that
5official's nomination or reelection to the office held by the official during the period
6beginning on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year and ending
7on the date of enactment of the biennial budget act.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,33,128 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a person may make a contribution to an
9incumbent partisan state elective official against whom a recall petition has been
10filed during the period beginning on the date that the petition offered for filing is filed
11under s. 9.10 (3) (b) and ending on the date of the recall election unless the official
12resigns at an earlier date under s. 9.10 (3) (c).
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hg 13Section 1hg. 11.25 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,214 11.25 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a registrant may accept contributions
15and make disbursements from a campaign depository account for the purpose of
16making expenditures in connection with a campaign for national office; for payment
17of civil penalties incurred by the registrant under this chapter but not under any
18other chapter
; or for payment of the expenses of nonpartisan campaigns to increase
19voter registration or participation. Notwithstanding par. (a), a personal campaign
20committee or support committee may accept contributions and make disbursements
21from a campaign depository account for payment of inaugural expenses of an
22individual who is elected to state or local office. If such expenses are paid from
23contributions made to the campaign depository account, they are reportable under
24s. 11.06 (1) as disbursements. Otherwise, such expenses are not reportable under s.

111.06 (1). If contributions from the campaign depository account are used for such
2expenses, they are subject to s. 11.26.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hh 3Section 1hh. 11.26 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,84 11.26 (1) (intro.) No individual, except an individual serving as a conduit, may
5make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or nomination to
6any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7)
7acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's
8opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per candidate:
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hj 9Section 1hj. 11.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,1610 11.26 (2) (intro.) No committee, other than a political party committee or
11legislative campaign committee
, and no individual or committee serving as a
12conduit,
may make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or
13nomination to any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under
14s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the
15candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per
16candidate:
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hk 17Section 1hk. 11.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,2018 11.26 (2) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
19state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent or justice, 4% of the value of
20the disbursement level specified in the schedule under s. 11.31 (1)
$45,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hL 21Section 1hL. 11.26 (2) (ad) to (au) of the statutes are created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,2222 11.26 (2) (ad) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $15,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,2323 (am) Candidates for attorney general, $25,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,34,2524 (au) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or
25justice, $10,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hm
1Section 1hm. 11.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,35,72 11.26 (4) No Except as provided in sub. (10), no individual, except an individual
3serving as a conduit,
may make any contribution or contributions to all candidates
4for state and local offices and to any individuals who or committees which are subject
5to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, including legislative campaign
6committees and
committees of a political party, to the extent of more than a total of
7$10,000 in any calendar year.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hn 8Section 1hn. 11.26 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,35,149 11.26 (8) (a) No political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than
10a total of $150,000 $450,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all
11other committees, excluding contributions from legislative campaign committees
12and
transfers between party committees of the party. In this paragraph, a biennium
13commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends with December 31
14of each even-numbered year.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,35,1715 (b) No such political party may receive more than a total of $6,000 $18,000 in
16value of its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or its
17subunits or affiliates, excluding legislative campaign and political party committees.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,35,2118 (c) No committee, other than a political party or legislative campaign
19committee, may make any contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to a
20political party under s. 5.02 (13) in a calendar year exceeding a total value of $6,000
21$18,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hp 22Section 1hp. 11.26 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,35,2523 11.26 (8m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no committee may make a
24contribution to any other committee except a political party, personal campaign, or
25support committee.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,3
1(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any contribution made by a committee that
2is affiliated with a labor organization to any other committee that is affiliated with
3the same labor organization.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hq 4Section 1hq. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.)
5and amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,116 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may
7receive and accept more than 65% of the value of the total disbursement level
8determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate
the
9following amount
during any primary and election campaign combined from all
10committees subject to a filing requirement, including
political party and legislative
11campaign
committees.:
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hr 12Section 1hr. 11.26 (9) (a) 1. to 7. of the statutes are created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,1313 11.26 (9) (a) 1. For a candidate for the office of governor, $400,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,1414 2. For a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, $100,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,1515 3. For a candidate for the office of attorney general, $100,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,1716 4. For a candidate for the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or
17state superintendent, $50,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,1818 5. For a candidate for the office of state senator, $24,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,1919 6. For a candidate for the office of representative to the assembly, $12,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,36,2320 7. For a candidate for any other state or local office, 20% of the value of the total
21disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted as provided under
22s. 11.31 (9) but without respect to any adjustment under s. 11.31 (1m), for the office
23for which he or she is a candidate.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hs 24Section 1hs. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (9) (b) (intro.)
25and amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,6
111.26 (9) (b) (intro.) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may
2receive and accept more than 45% of the value of the total disbursement level
3determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate
the
4following amount
during any primary and election campaign combined from all
5committees other than political party and legislative campaign committees subject
6to a filing requirement.:
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1ht 7Section 1ht. 11.26 (9) (b) 1. to 7. of the statutes are created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,88 11.26 (9) (b) 1. For a candidate for the office of governor, $485,190.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,99 2. For a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, $145,564.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,1010 3. For a candidate for the office of attorney general, $ 242,550.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,1211 4. For a candidate for the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or
12state superintendent, $97,031.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,1313 5. For a candidate for the office of state senator, $15,525.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,1414 6. For a candidate for the office of representative to the assembly, $7,763.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,37,1815 7. For a candidate for any other state or local office, 25% of the value of the total
16disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and as adjusted as provided
17under s. 11.31 (9) but without respect to any adjustment under s. 11.31 (1m), for the
18office for which he or she is a candidate.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hu 19Section 1hu. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hv 20Section 1hv. 11.26 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,38,1121 11.26 (10) No candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and
22application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund may make
23contributions of more than 200% of the amounts specified in sub. (1) to the
24candidate's own campaign from the candidate's personal funds or property or the
25personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the

1candidate's spouse, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
2receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
3or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies
. For purposes of this subsection, any contribution received
4by a candidate or his or her personal campaign committee from a committee which
5is registered with the federal elections commission as the authorized committee of
6the candidate under 2 USC 432 (e) shall be treated as a contribution made by the
7candidate to his or her own campaign. The contribution limit of sub. (4) applies to
8amounts contributed by such a candidate personally to the candidate's own
9campaign and to other campaigns, except that a candidate may exceed the limitation
10if authorized under this subsection to contribute more than the amount specified to
11the candidate's own campaign, up to the amount of the limitation.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hw 12Section 1hw. 11.26 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,38,1513 11.26 (12m) For purposes of this section subs. (1) and (4), a contribution of
14money received from a conduit identified in the manner prescribed in s. 11.06 (11)
15(a) shall be considered a contribution received from the original contributor.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hx 16Section 1hx. 11.265 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1hy 17Section 1hy. 11.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,38,2218 11.31 (1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
19established with reference to the candidates listed below. The levels are subject to
20adjustment under subs. (1m) and (9).
Except as provided in sub. (2), such levels do
21not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or
22authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jc 23Section 1jc. 11.31 (1) (a) to (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,38,2424 11.31 (1) (a) Candidates for governor, $1,078,200 $2,000,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,38,2525 (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $323,475 $500,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,39,1
1(c) Candidates for attorney general, $539,000 $700,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,39,32 (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or state
3superintendent, $215,625 $250,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jd 4Section 1jd. 11.31 (1) (de) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,39,55 11.31 (1) (de) Candidates for justice, $300,000.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1je 6Section 1je. 11.31 (1) (e) and (f) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,39,97 11.31 (1) (e) Candidates for state senator, $34,500 $100,000 total in the primary
8and election, with disbursements not exceeding $21,575 $72,000 for either the
9primary or the election.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,39,1210 (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $17,250 $50,000 total in the
11primary and election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 $36,000 for either
12the primary or the election.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jf 13Section 1jf. 11.31 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,39,2414 11.31 (1m) Disbursement level for candidates in competitive partisan
15primary elections.
The total disbursement level for any candidate for a partisan
16office at a general or special election whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate
17for an office at a primary election preceding that election and who receives less than
18twice as many votes at that primary election as another candidate for the same office
19within the same political party, and who has an opponent in the general or special
20election who received at least 6% of the votes cast for all candidates for the office that
21the candidate seeks on all ballots at the September primary or any special primary
22preceding the general or special election, is 120% of the amount specified in sub. (1)
23for the candidate for the same office who receives the greatest number of votes in the
24primary election, as adjusted as provided in sub. (9).
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jg 25Section 1jg. 11.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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