Senate Bill 1125

To create an exception to the definition of contribution permitting state central committees to set up a web site or web sites for the purpose of gathering online contributions for candidates for the offices of state senator or state representative and for state-wide offices, to make technical and conforming changes to the "house party" exception to the definition of expenditure, to make technical and conforming changes to the political committee registration process, to make changes to the campaign finance filing calendars by eliminating multiple reports filed within a few days of each other, to allow preexisting unincorporated groups to make expenditures for referendum advocacy or opposition, to require those entities making independent expenditures which are required to disclose the top five donors in their attributions to identify the aggregate amount of funds donated by each such donor in their campaign finance disclosure statements, to grant the State Elections Enforcement Commission the ability to deviate from the mandatory late filing penalty if the committee took steps to ensure timely filing, and to make other technical and conforming changes to the campaign finance statutes.

In the Senate

• GAE

  Sponsor

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

In the Senate Mar 12 – Mar 14

1. Mar 12Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
2. Mar 14Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee