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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 158

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Relating to: reducing limits for contributions from political action committees.

Elections — Campaign expense

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill reduces by half the limits that apply to political action committee

contributions to candidates. The limits under the bill are the same, generally, as

those that applied to political action committee contributions prior to 2016.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Crowley (D) , Emerson (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Anderson, Brostoff, Cabrera, Crowley, Emerson, Sargent, Shankland, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Johnson and Smith

  2. Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1