AB 1235 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: reporting of mass communications.

This bill updates Wisconsin election laws to require political committees to report specific spending details when they make mass communications, such as sending 500 or more identical emails, making 500 or more identical phone calls, or distributing 500 or more identical printed materials. It defines mass communications as messages sent during the 60 days before an election that clearly reference a certified candidate and are intended to appeal for or against their vote. Committees including political action committees, independent expenditure committees, and legislative campaign committees must file registration statements and detailed reports about these expenditures within 10 business days of making the communication or exceeding spending thresholds. The changes apply to any group supporting or opposing candidates in elections and aim to increase transparency around campaign spending on large-scale outreach efforts.
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Introduced Mar 19, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Tenorio, Miresse, Sinicki, Clancy, Kirsch, Johnson, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Billings, Roe, Hong, Arney, Sheehan, Brown and McCarville; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Smith, Roys, Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer
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