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SB1035 • 2025

employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist

employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators Keyeski, Hesselbein, Larson and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Emerson, Arney, DeSanto, J. Jacobson, Kaufert, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Roe, Sheehan, Snodgrass, Tenorio, Tusler, Udell and Stroud
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

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employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist

employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist Status: S - Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

What This Bill Does

  • employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist Status: S - Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-17 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Keyeski , Hesselbein , Larson and Spreitzer ; cosponsored by Representatives Bare , Emerson , Arney , DeSanto , J. Jacobson , Kaufert , Moore Omokunde , Neubauer , Roe , Sheehan , Snodgrass , Tenorio , Tusler , Udell and Stroud

  3. 2026-02-17 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

Official Summary Text

employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist
Status: S - Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 1035
February 17, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Keyeski
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
Bare
,
Emerson
,
Arney
,
DeSanto
,
J. Jacobson
,
Kaufert
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Snodgrass
,
Tenorio
,
Tusler
,
Udell
and
Stroud
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB1035,1,2
1
An Act

to create
19.45 (8m) of the statutes;
relating to:
employment by a
2
former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for 12 months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, from being employed as a lobbyist. “Lobbyist” is defined as an individual who is compensated by a principal and whose duties include attempting to influence state legislative action or state administrative rule-making action on behalf of the principal; if an individual’s duties on behalf of a principal are not limited exclusively to lobbying, the individual is a lobbyist only if he or she makes lobbying communications on each of at least five days during a six-month reporting period.
Violators of the prohibition are subject to a forfeiture (civil penalty) of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Intentional violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and are subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year or both for each violation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB1035,1
3
Section
1
.
19.45 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1035,2,3
1
19.45
(8m)
No individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for 12
2
months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, may be
3
employed as a lobbyist, as defined in s. 13.62 (11).
SB1035,2,4
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