Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to voluntary campaign expenditure limitations
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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
AI summary People running for the Iowa Senate or House can choose to promise they will spend less than a certain amount of money on their campaigns. Senate candidates must stay under $100,000, while House candidates must stay under $50,000. Leaders in the legislature will watch these spending reports and tell their respective chambers if a candidate goes over those limits.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to voluntary campaign expenditure limitations for candidates for the Iowa senate and house of representatives. The bill allows a candidate for the Iowa senate or house of representatives to submit to the general assembly a declaration that the candidate will make expenditures totaling less than $100,000 for the senate, or $50,000 for the house of representatives. A candidate who submits such a declaration shall submit reports that the candidate is required to submit to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board, and the president of the senate, for a candidate for the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives, for a candidate for the house of representatives shall monitor the total amount of expenditures. The president of the senate shall inform the senate if a candidate for the senate who has submitted a declaration has made campaign expenditures exceeding $100,000, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall inform the house of representatives if a candidate for the house of representatives who has submitted a declaration has made campaign expenditures exceeding $50,000. A violation of the bill is not subject to a criminal penalty for a violation of Code chapter 68A.