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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 635 |
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| 5 | 5 | | November 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives J. ANDERSON, SNODGRASS, C. |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, BILLINGS, CABRERA, CONLEY, DRAKE, |
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| 7 | 7 | | EMERSON, JOERS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, OHNSTAD, PALMERI, SHELTON, SINICKI, |
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| 8 | 8 | | SUBECK and JACOBSON, cosponsored by Senators LARSON, CARPENTER, L. |
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| 9 | 9 | | JOHNSON, HESSELBEIN and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Campaigns |
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| 10 | 10 | | and Elections. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to create 11.0101 (25) (a) 3. of the statutes; relating to: the definition |
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| 13 | 13 | | of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under this bill, for campaign finance purposes, a political action committee |
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| 16 | 16 | | includes a person, other than an individual, that spends more than $1,000 in a |
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| 17 | 17 | | 12-month period on expenditures for express advocacy, expenditures made to |
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| 18 | 18 | | support or defeat a referendum, or contributions made to a candidate committee, |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislative campaign committee, or political party. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Current law provides that a political action committee is a person, other than |
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| 21 | 21 | | an individual, that either has express advocacy as its major purpose or spends more |
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| 22 | 22 | | than 50 percent of its total spending in a 12-month period on expenditures for |
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| 23 | 23 | | express advocacy, expenditures made to support or defeat a referendum, and |
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| 24 | 24 | | contributions made to a candidate committee, legislative campaign committee, or |
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| 25 | 25 | | political party. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 11.0101 (25) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 11.0101 (25) (a) 3. It spends more than $1,000 in a 12-month period on |
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| 30 | 30 | | expenditures for express advocacy, expenditures made to support or defeat a |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 635 |
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| 38 | 38 | | referendum, and contributions made to a candidate committee, legislative campaign |
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| 39 | 39 | | committee, or political party. In this subdivision, spending does not include a |
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| 40 | 40 | | committee's fundraising or administrative expenses. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (END) |
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