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:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,40,15
111.31 (2) Limitation imposed. No candidate for state office at a spring or general
2election who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the
3Wisconsin election campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from
4the his or her campaign treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the
5amount prescribed in sub. (1) or (1m), whichever is applicable, adjusted as provided
6under sub. (9)
, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
7receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
8or s. 11.50 (2) (i) sub. (3p) applies. No candidate for state office at a special election
9who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin
10election campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from the his or
11her
campaign treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the amount
12prescribed under sub. (1), adjusted as provided under sub. (9), for the preceding
13spring or general election for the same office, unless the board determines that the
14candidate is not eligible to receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her
15application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
or s. 11.50 (2) (i) sub. (3p) applies.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jh 16Section 1jh. 11.31 (2m) of the statutes is repealed:
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jj 17Section 1jj. 11.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,40,2318 11.31 (3) Gubernatorial campaigns. For purposes of compliance with the
19limitations imposed under sub. (2), candidates for governor and lieutenant governor
20of the same political party who both accept grants from the Wisconsin election
21campaign fund may agree to combine disbursement levels under sub. (1) (a) and (b),
22adjusted as provided under sub. (9),
and reallocate the total level between them. The
23candidates shall each inform the board of any such agreement.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jk 24Section 1jk. 11.31 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,41,4
111.31 (3p) Candidates receiving additional grants; exception. If a candidate
2receives a grant under s. 11.50 (9) (b), (ba), or (bb), the disbursement limitation of
3that candidate for the campaign in which the grant is received is increased by the
4amount of that grant.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jL 5Section 1jL. 11.31 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,41,96 11.31 (9) Adjustment of disbursement levels. (a) In this subsection,
7"consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each
812-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor
9statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
AB1-SSA1-SA2,41,2210 (b) The dollar amounts of all disbursement limitations specified in sub. (1) shall
11be subject to a cost-of-living adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in
12accordance with this subsection. To determine the adjustment, the board shall
13calculate the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the
1412-month period ending on December 31 of each odd-numbered year and the
15consumer price index for calendar year 2003. For each biennium, the board shall
16adjust the disbursement limitations specified under sub. (1) by that percentage to the
17extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25 in
18the case of amounts of $1 or more, which amount shall be in effect until a subsequent
19rule is promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b),
20and (3), determinations under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency
21rule under s. 227.24 without providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary
22for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare, and without a finding of emergency.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jm 23Section 1jm. 11.38 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,42,1424 11.38 (1) (a) 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., any such corporation or association
25may establish and administer a separate segregated fund and solicit contributions

1from individuals to the fund to be utilized by such corporation or association, for the
2purpose of supporting or opposing any candidate for state or local office but the
3corporation or association may not make any contribution to the fund. The fund shall
4appoint a treasurer and shall register as a political committee under s. 11.05. A
5parent corporation or association engaging solely in this activity is not subject to
6registration under s. 11.05, but shall register and file special reports on forms
7prescribed by the board disclosing its administrative and solicitation expenses on
8behalf of such fund. A corporation not domiciled in this state need report only its
9expenses for administration and solicitation of contributions in this state together
10with a statement indicating where information concerning other administration and
11solicitation expenses of its fund may be obtained. The reports shall be filed with the
12filing officer for the fund specified in s. 11.02 in the manner provided under s. 11.21
13(16), if applicable, or otherwise in the manner
in which continuing reports are filed
14under s. 11.20 (4) and (8).
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jn 15Section 1jn. 11.38 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,42,2016 11.38 (6) Any individual or campaign treasurer who receives funds in violation
17of this section shall promptly return such funds to the contributor or, donate the
18funds to the common school fund or a charitable organization or transfer the funds
19to the board for deposit in the Wisconsin election campaign fund
, at the treasurer's
20option.
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jp 21Section 1jp. 11.38 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,43,822 11.38 (8) (b) Except as authorized in s. 11.05 (12) (b) and (13), prior to making
23any disbursement on behalf of a political group which is promoting or opposing a
24particular vote at a referendum and prior to accepting any contribution or making
25any disbursement to promote or oppose a particular vote at a referendum, a

1corporation or association organized under ch. 185 shall register with the
2appropriate filing officer specified in s. 11.02 and appoint a treasurer. The
3registration form of the corporation or association under s. 11.05 shall designate an
4account separate from all other corporation or association accounts as a campaign
5depository account, through which all moneys received or expended for the adoption
6or rejection of the referendum shall pass. The corporation or association shall file
7periodic reports under s. 11.20 and under s. 11.21 (16), if applicable, providing the
8information required under s. 11.06 (1).
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jq 9Section 1jq. 11.50 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-SSA1-SA2,43,1110 11.50 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) For purposes of qualification for a grant from the general
11account:
AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jr 12Section 1jr. 11.50 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 11.50 (1) (a) 1. a.
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