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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 78

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Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes.

Elections — Campaign expense

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

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

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D)

13 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Emerson (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Mar 1, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1