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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 520
October 9, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Ratcliff
,
Larson
,
Spreitzer
,
Smith
,
Carpenter
,
Keyeski
,
Pfaff
,
Roys
,
Wall
,
Wirch
and
Hesselbein
, cosponsored 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
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB520,1,3
1
An Act
to renumber
11.1208 (4);
to create
11.1208 (4) (b) of the statutes;
2
relating to:
expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a
3
contribution to a referendum committee.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides that no person may make or accept a contribution, make a disbursement, make an expenditure, or incur an obligation in violation of the federal law that prohibits a foreign national from making a contribution in connection with any federal, state, or local election. This bill provides, in addition, that no foreign national may make a contribution to a referendum committee and no referendum committee may accept a contribution from a foreign national. A recent decision by the Federal Election Commission allowed a foreign national to make a contribution to a ballot initiative committee because the FEC determined that a ballot initiative is not an “election” for purposes of the federal law prohibiting contributions from foreign nationals.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB520,1
4
Section
1
.
11.1208 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 11.1208 (4) (a).
SB520,2
1
Section
2
.
11.1208 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB520,2,5
2
11.1208
(4)
(b) No foreign national may make a contribution to a referendum
3
committee, and no referendum committee may accept a contribution from a foreign
4
national. In this paragraph, “foreign national” has the meaning given in
11 CFR
5
110.20 (a) (3)
and
52 USC 30121
(b).
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