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WI SB520

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

10/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Melissa Ratcliff

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions to referendum committees in Wisconsin
  • Prohibits referendum committees from accepting contributions from foreign nationals
  • Addresses a regulatory gap created by a Federal Election Commission decision that determined ballot initiatives do not qualify as "elections" under federal foreign contribution bans
  • Defines "foreign national" by reference to federal law (11 CFR 110.20(a)(3) and 52 USC 30121(b))
  • Amends Wisconsin Statutes section 11.1208(4) to add these explicit prohibitions

Legislative Description

Expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.

Last Action

Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

2/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs10/9/2025

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