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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 334

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Relating to: judgments concerning a candidate's felony violation of certain campaign finance or election fraud laws.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals — Felony Elections — Campaign expense Fraud Judgment

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a candidate for public office who commits certain campaign

finance or election fraud violations is guilty of a Class I felony, the penalty for which

is a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed three years and six

months, or both. Under this bill, if a candidate is adjudged guilty of such a felony in

a criminal proceeding, the court's judgment in the matter must include an order that

the candidate's candidate committee be dissolved in accordance with current law and

that the candidate return unencumbered campaign funds to the donors in amounts

not exceeding the original contributions or donate those funds to the common school

fund. Additionally, the bill requires the court to appoint a new treasurer for the

candidate committee to carry out the court's dissolution order.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Knodl (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

11 cosponsors

Cabrera (D) , Gustafson (R) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Murphy (R) , Myers (D) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 8, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 8, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jun 14, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Knodl, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Sortwell, Cabrera, Myers, Joers, Murphy, Sinicki, Ohnstad and Gustafson

  2. Jun 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection

  3. Aug 15, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Aug 29, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 6, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Knodl

  6. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Nov 9, 2023 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  11. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1