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Limiting campaign contributions to certain candidates and making civil and criminal penalties applicable
Topics:Crime & correctionsElections & votingState government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill imposes campaign contribution limits on candidates for state senator or representative and candidates for statewide elected office. In an election campaign cycle, a political committee that contributes to five or more candidates shall not contribute more than $5,000 to one candidate; a political committee that contributes to fewer than five candidates shall not contribute more than $2,700 to one candidate; a national political party, state statutory political committee, or county statutory political committee shall not contribute more than $5,000; and no other person shall contribute more than $2,700.
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32D. A person who willfully violates this bill is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.32D for a violation of Code chapter 68A or rules of the ethics and campaign disclosure board, ranging from a reprimand to a civil penalty of not more than $2,000.
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