Relating to campaign finance, including disclosure report and contribution requirements, and making penalties applicable

The bill also categorizes a contribution or expenditure made using a fictitious address as an illegal contribution or expenditure. The bill prohibits a foreign national, currently defined in Code, from directly or indirectly making or specifically promising to make a monetary or in-kind contribution to a candidate or candidate’s committee in connection with a state or local campaign or election in this state. The bill also prohibits candidates and candidate’s committees from accepting such contributions, and prohibits persons from knowingly accepting monetary donations from a foreign national for the purposes of making an independent expenditure. The bill prohibits a foreign national from directly or indirectly participating in the decision-making process of a person with regard to such person’s election-related activities. The bill includes items that constitute election-related activities.28. By operation of law, a person who willfully violates a provision of the 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 $430 but not more than $2,560.