Bills › 89th General Assembly
Limiting campaign contributions to certain candidates and making civil and criminal penalties applicable
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2021
- 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 New rules would limit how much money people and political groups can give to candidates running for state legislature or statewide offices. Depending on the group, these donations are capped at either $2,700 or $5,000 per election cycle. Anyone who intentionally breaks these rules could face fines or jail time.1
Read the official explanation
This bill imposes campaign contribution limits on candidates for state senator or representative and candidates for statewide elected office. 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 $2,700.701, 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 $2,560.32D for a violation of the bill, ranging from a reprimand to a civil penalty of not more than $2,000.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 165 Limiting campaign contributions to certain candidates and making civil and criminal penalt…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 128 Limiting campaign contributions to certain candidates and making civil and criminal penalt…88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
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