Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.
AB 906 bans foreign nationals from contributing to or influencing referendum committees that support or oppose ballot measures. It defines "foreign national" broadly to include non-citizens, foreign governments, and foreign-owned entities, and requires committees to obtain written confirmations from contributors that they are not foreign nationals and haven’t received over $100,000 from foreign sources in the past four years. Committees must also attest they haven’t accepted such funds and cannot allow foreign nationals to direct or control their activities related to referendums. The bill directly affects referendum committees, campaign finance committees, and anyone contributing to ballot measure campaigns.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
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Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl
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Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Tittl and Wichgers;
cosponsored by Senators Testin, Jacque, Marklein and Tomczyk
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13 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Dittrich
RRepublican
P
Chuck Wichgers
RRepublican
P
Cindi Duchow
RRepublican
P
Dan Knodl
RRepublican
P
Dave Armstrong
RRepublican
P
Dave Murphy
RRepublican
P
Elijah Behnke
RRepublican
P
Jerry O'Connor
RRepublican
P
Jim Piwowarczyk
RRepublican
P
Paul Tittl
RRepublican
P
Rick Gundrum
RRepublican
P
Rob Kreibich
RRepublican
P
Will Penterman
RRepublican
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