WI AB 517
deadRelating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 517 pass?
No. WI AB 517 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 517 about?
WI AB 517 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 517?
Palmeri, Brown, Udell and 18 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 517.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-15
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Palmeriprimary
- Brownprimary
- Udellprimary
- Stroudprimary
- Snodgrassprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Roeprimary
- Ortiz-Velezprimary
- Miresseprimary
- Madisonprimary
- Johnsonprimary
- Goodwinprimary
- Fitzgeraldprimary
- Emersonprimary
- DeSmidtprimary
- Clancyprimary
- Bareprimary
- Arneyprimary
- Andracaprimary
- Joersprimary
- Andersonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-10-15
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
introduction
2025-10-15
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-17
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
2026-01-20
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor
2026-01-22
Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor
2026-01-28
Public hearing held
2026-02-09
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2026-02-12
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bare
amendment-introduction
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
Versions
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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