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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 296

Treatment of contributions used to finance recall petition drives

Topics: Elections: Campaign expense, Recall

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 3, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, contributions used for the purpose of payment of expenses incurred in connection with the circulation, offer to file, or filing of a petition to recall an officeholder prior to the time that a recall primary or election is ordered, or after that time if incurred in contesting or defending the order, are generally subject to reporting but are not subject to contribution limitations under the campaign finance law. Contributions used for the purpose of payment of expenses incurred in supporting or opposing an officeholder against whom a recall petition has been filed are subject to the limitations.

This bill treats gifts, receipts, and transfers, including certain in-kind transactions, made for the purpose of payment of expenses in connection with the circulation, offer to file, or filing of a petition to recall an officeholder prior to the time that a recall primary or election is ordered, or in contesting or defending such an order, as contributions to any candidate who is supported or whose opponent is opposed for purposes of contribution limitations in the same manner as other contributions to such a candidate. Under the bill, the contributions become subject to the limitations on the day that any person registers his or her intent to circulate a recall petition. If a recall election is ordered, contributions made before and after the filing of the recall petition are aggregated for purposes of the contribution limitations. The bill also specifically provides that actions taken for the purpose of contesting or defending a recall election order are reportable transactions under the campaign finance law to the same extent as other actions taken for the purpose of influencing the recall or retention of an officeholder.

Who's behind it

17 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 17 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (17)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 3, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform.

  3. Oct 3, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Roys, Bernard Schaber, Sinicki, Turner, Pasch, Hebl, Berceau, Young, Clark, Toles, Kessler, C. Taylor, Pocan, Zamarripa, Barca, Seidel and Grigsby;Cosponsored by Senators C. Larson and Risser

  2. Oct 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Election and Campaign Reform

  3. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Signed on in support

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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