Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, for campaign finance purposes, a political action committee
includes a person, other than an individual, that spends more than $1,000 in a
12-month period on expenditures for express advocacy, expenditures made to
support or defeat a referendum, and contributions made to a candidate committee,
legislative campaign committee, or political party.
Current law provides that a political action committee is a person, other than
an individual, that either has express advocacy as its major purpose or spends more
than 50 percent of its total spending in a 12-month period on expenditures for
express advocacy, expenditures made to support or defeat a referendum, and
contributions made to a candidate committee, legislative campaign committee, or
political party.
Sponsors
Full history
- Jul 13, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Miller and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Anderson, Berceau, Brostoff, Crowley, Hebl, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor and Zamarripa
- Jul 13, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Utilities
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1