Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the transfer of campaign funds, and making penalties applicable
Topics:Elections & voting
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2022
- 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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 Political candidates would no longer be allowed to move their campaign money to political party committees or to their own other campaign committees. The only exception is if the money is being used to pay back the committee for goods or services it already received. People who break this rule could face serious misdemeanor charges, including fines or jail time.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the transfer of campaign funds from a candidate’s committee. The bill prohibits a candidate’s committee from transferring campaign funds to national, state, or local political party central committees, partisan political committees, or a candidate’s committee when the candidate for whom both committees are formed is the same person, except as reimbursement for goods transferred or services rendered to the candidate’s committee. By operation of law, a person who 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.