Limiting campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill imposes campaign contribution limits on candidates for public office that are identical to those set forth in federal campaign finance regulations. A person who willfully violates the bill is, pursuant to Code section 68A.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. A variety of civil remedies are also available in Code section 68B.32D for a violation of the bill, ranging from a reprimand to a civil penalty of not more than $2,000.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named February 12, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Jason Schultz REmail
• Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
• Sen. Sandy Salmon REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§68A.507

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.

Similar bills

• HF 288 Limiting campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable
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• HF 2430 Limiting individual campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable
  91st General Assembly · In committee
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• HF 2222 Limiting campaign contributions, and making penalties applicable
  90th General Assembly · In committee
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Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.