Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to certain campaign communications, providing for fees, and providing for penalties
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
- 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 regulates audio or video broadcasts, cable or internet transmissions, or automated or live telephone calls which are used in political campaigns. The bill expands current attribution statement requirements to include but not be limited to radio advertisements and certain automated or live telephone calls, as described in the bill. The bill also requires that a disclaimer be made for certain other automated or live telephone calls, as described in the bill.405 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed the total amount of the expenditures made to produce and transmit the communication.
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By operation of law, a person who willfully violates a provision of the bill is guilty of a serious misdemeanor, which is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.
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