Bills · 2023-2024 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
Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Spreitzer (D)
Full history
- Oct 30, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Hesselbein and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives J. Anderson, Snodgrass, C. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Billings, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Shelton, Sinicki and Subeck
- Oct 30, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1