Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 3, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 7089
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) provide clarification to the term "solicit" by defining the term "collector", (2) redefine "organization expenditure" to include campaign events at which a candidate or candidates are present, (3) impose liability upon certain campaign-related vendors who do not provide to qualified candidate committee treasurers the information necessary for such treasurers to perform their duties under campaign finance laws, (4) move the timing of the consumer price index adjustments for individual contribution amounts and the aggregate contribution amounts candidates are required to raise, from January of the election year to (A) not later than July 3, 2025, for elections held in 2026, and (B) January of the prior year for elections held in subsequent cycles, (5) beginning with the 2030 election, allow major party candidates for Governor to apply for convention campaign grants beginning the January of the year preceding the election, (6) provide that candidates who change their party status after filing their grant applications are ineligible to receive additional grant funds, and (7) address approvals of grant applications in relation to the timing of such consumer price index adjustments.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 27 to April 3, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Apr 3 · stopped35 days
Government Oversight CommitteeFeb 27 to Mar 1819 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Mar 18
- Feb 27Introduced and sent to Government Oversight Committee
- Feb 28Heard in Government Oversight Committee
- Mar 18Government Oversight Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 18Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 19FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 28REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 3FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 3HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 3FILE NO.Both houses