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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Subeck, C. Anderson,
J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Billings, Cabrera, Clancy, Conley,
Drake, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Shelton and
Snodgrass, cosponsored by Senators Larson, Smith, L. Johnson and
Hesselbein. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
AB733,1,5 1An Act to amend 11.1101 (figure), 11.1101 (1) (intro.), 11.1101 (1) (a), 11.1101
2(2) (intro.), 11.1101 (2) (a), 11.1101 (3), 11.1101 (4), 11.1103 (1) (intro.) and (2)
3(intro.), 11.1103 (3), 11.1112 and 11.1113 (3) (b); to repeal and recreate
411.1104; and to create 11.1101 (5) and 11.1204 (4) of the statutes; relating to:
5campaign contribution limits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law allows unlimited campaign contributions to certain entities, such
as political action committees, legislative campaign committees, and political
parties, but prohibits a political action committee from contributing more than
$12,000 in any calendar year to a political party or legislative campaign committee.
This bill limits the contributions that an individual may make to a political party or
legislative campaign committee to the amounts that an individual may make to a
candidate committee, as provided under the bill. The bill also limits the contributions
that a political party or legislative campaign committee may make to a candidate
committee to the amounts that an individual may make to a candidate committee,
as provided under the bill. In addition, the bill limits the contributions that a
candidate committee may make to a political party or legislative campaign
committee to the amounts that the candidate committee may make under current
law to another candidate committee but retains the unlimited contributions under
current law for contributions that a candidate makes to his or her candidate
committee from the candidate's personal funds.

The bill also decreases the individual and candidate committee contribution
limit from $20,000 to $10,000 for contributions made to candidates for governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state
superintendent, or justice of the supreme court and reduces by half the limits that
apply to political action committee contributions to candidates. The limits under the
bill are the same, generally, as those that applied to political action committee
contributions prior to 2016.
Finally, current law allows a political party or legislative campaign committee
to establish a segregated fund to use for general purposes but not for making
contributions to a candidate committee or for making disbursements for express
advocacy. Persons other than a political action committee, corporation, cooperative,
labor organization, or American Indian tribe may make unlimited contributions to
the segregated fund. A political action committee, corporation, cooperative, labor
organization, or American Indian tribe may make a contribution to the fund in
amounts not to exceed $12,000 in the aggregate in a calendar year. The bill
eliminates the provision allowing a political party or legislative campaign committee
to establish such a fund.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB733,1 1Section 1. 11.1101 (figure) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,3,212 Figure 11.1101: - See PDF for table PDF
AB733,2 22Section 2. 11.1101 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,3,2623 11.1101 (1) Individual limits. (intro.) An individual may contribute to a
24candidate committee, political party, or legislative campaign committee no more
25than the following amounts specified for the a candidate whose nomination or
26election the individual committee or party supports [See Figure 11.1101 following]:
AB733,3 27Section 3. 11.1101 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,3,2928 11.1101 (1) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
29state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, or justice, $20,000 $10,000.
AB733,4 30Section 4 . 11.1101 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,3,3531 11.1101 (2) Candidate committees. (intro.) A candidate committee may
32contribute to another candidate committee, a political party, or a legislative
33campaign committee
no more than the following amounts specified for the a
34candidate whose nomination or election the other candidate committee, political
35party, or legislative campaign committee
supports [See Figure 11.1101 following]:
AB733,5 36Section 5. 11.1101 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,3,3837 11.1101 (2) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
38state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, or justice, $20,000 $10,000.
AB733,6 39Section 6. 11.1101 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,4,340 11.1101 (3) Political action committees. A political action committee may
41contribute to a political party or legislative campaign committee no more than

1$12,000 in any calendar year, and to a
candidate committee no more than the
2following amounts specified for the candidate whose nomination or election the
3committee supports [See Figure 11.1101 following]:
AB733,4,44 (a) Candidates for governor, $86,000 $43,000.
AB733,4,55 (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $26,000 $13,000.
AB733,4,66 (c) Candidates for attorney general, $44,000 $22,000.
AB733,4,87 (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or
8justice, $18,000 $9,000.
AB733,4,99 (e) Candidates for state senator, $2,000 $1,000.
AB733,4,1010 (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $1,000 $500.
AB733,4,1211 (g) Candidates for court of appeals judge in districts which contain a county
12having a population of more than 750,000, $6,000 $3,000.
AB733,4,1313 (h) Candidates for court of appeals judge in other districts, $5,000 $2,500.
AB733,4,1614 (i) Candidates for circuit judge in circuits having a population of more than
15300,000, or candidates for district attorney in prosecutorial units having a
16population of more than 300,000, $6,000 $3,000.
AB733,4,1817 (j) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district
18attorney in other prosecutorial units, $2,000 $1,000.
AB733,4,1919 (k) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:
AB733,4,2020 1. Four Two hundred dollars.
AB733,4,2421 2. Two cents One cent times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or
22district, according to the latest federal census or the census information on which the
23district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, but not more than
24$5,000 $2,500.
AB733,7 25Section 7. 11.1101 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB733,5,5
111.1101 (4) Other persons. A person, other than a person subject to sub. (1),
2(2), or (3) or s. 11.1112, may contribute to a political party or legislative campaign
3committee no more than $12,000 in any calendar year, and to a
candidate committee
4no more than the following amounts specified for the candidate whose nomination
5or election the committee supports:
AB733,5,66 (a) Candidates for governor, $86,000 $43,000.
AB733,5,77 (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $26,000 $13,000.
AB733,5,88 (c) Candidates for attorney general, $44,000 $22,000.
AB733,5,109 (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or
10justice, $18,000 $9,000.
AB733,5,1111 (e) Candidates for state senator, $2,000 $1,000.
AB733,5,1212 (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $1,000 $500.
AB733,5,1413 (g) Candidates for court of appeals judge in districts that contain a county
14having a population of more than 750,000, $6,000 $3,000.
AB733,5,1515 (h) Candidates for court of appeals judge in other districts, $5,000 $2,500.
AB733,5,1816 (i) Candidates for circuit judge in circuits having a population of more than
17300,000, or candidates for district attorney in prosecutorial units having a
18population of more than 300,000, $6,000 $3,000.
AB733,5,2019 (j) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district
20attorney in other prosecutorial units, $2,000 $1,000.
AB733,5,2121 (k) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:
AB733,5,2222 1. Four Two hundred dollars.
AB733,6,223 2. Two cents One cent times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or
24district, according to the latest federal census or the census information on which the

1district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, but not more than
2$5,000 $2,500.
AB733,8 3Section 8. 11.1101 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB733,6,74 11.1101 (5) Political parties and legislative campaign committees. A political
5party or legislative campaign committee may contribute to a candidate committee
6no more than the following amounts specified for the candidate whose nomination
7or election the candidate committee supports:
AB733,6,98 (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state
9treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, or justice, $10,000.
AB733,6,1010 (b) Candidates for state senator, $1,000.
AB733,6,1111 (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $1,000.
AB733,6,1312 (d) Candidates for court of appeals judge in districts which contain a county
13having a population of more than 750,000, $3,000.
AB733,6,1414 (e) Candidates for court of appeals judge in other districts, $2,500.
AB733,6,1715 (f) Candidates for circuit judge in circuits having a population of more than
16300,000, or candidates for district attorney in prosecutorial units having a
17population of more than 300,000, $3,000.
AB733,6,1918 (g) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district
19attorney in other prosecutorial units, $1,000.
AB733,6,2020 (h) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:
AB733,6,2121 1. Two hundred dollars.
AB733,6,2422 2. One cent times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or district,
23according to the latest federal census or the census information on which the district
24is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, but not more than $2,500.
AB733,9
1Section 9. 11.1103 (1) (intro.) and (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021
2Wisconsin Act 265
, are amended to read:
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