Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin AB 517

Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Palmeri (Democratic)
• Brown (Democratic)
• Udell (Democratic)
• Stroud (Democratic)
• Snodgrass (Democratic)
• Sinicki (Democratic)
• Roe (Democratic)
• Ortiz-Velez (Democratic)
• Miresse (Democratic)
• Madison (Democratic)
• Johnson (Democratic)
• Goodwin (Democratic)
• Fitzgerald (Democratic)
• Emerson (Democratic)
• DeSmidt (Democratic)
• Clancy (Democratic)
• Bare (Democratic)
• Arney (Democratic)
• Andraca (Democratic)
• Joers (Democratic)
• Anderson (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• Bill Text

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Mar 23, 2026 · House
  Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bare
• Feb 9, 2026 · House
  Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
• Jan 28, 2026 · House
  Public hearing held
• Jan 22, 2026 · House
  Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor
• Jan 20, 2026 · House
  Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor
• Oct 17, 2025 · House
  Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
• Oct 15, 2025 · House
  Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
• Oct 15, 2025 · House
  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