| Last Action | 03/07/25: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to campaign finance. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Corrections Impact
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist |
| Bill Request Number | 445 |
| Sponsors | J. Hodgson, K. Banta, J. Branscum, D. Elliott, P. Griffee, D. Grossberg, D. Lewis, P. Stevenson, W. Thomas, W. Williams |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption of a violation; prohibit foreign nationals from making a donation, contribution, or expenditure, soliciting another person to make a donation, contribution, or expenditure, or participating in another person's decision to influence a ballot measure; establish a cause of action for accepting or soliciting contributions from prohibited sources and failing to certify, report, or retain records; establish a right of privacy in donations to tax-exempt organizations; establish a penalty for a state or local governmental entity, court, or officer of the court that violates the right of privacy; amend KRS 121.190 to require a "paid for by" disclosure for advertisements advocating or opposing a ballot measure. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Courts, Circuit - Campaign finance, prohibited sources, ballot measures, cause of action Crimes and Punishments - Right of privacy, donations to tax-exempt organizations, Class A misdemeanor Elections and Voting - Foreign nationals, contributions, independent expenditures, ballot measures, prohibition Elections and Voting - Political issues committee, prohibited sources, reporting, record retention, requirements State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, reporting, certification, ballot measures, requirements Campaign Finance - Foreign nationals, contributions, independent expenditures, ballot measures, prohibition Campaign Finance - Political issues committee, prohibited sources, reporting, record retention, requirements Campaign Finance - Right of privacy, donations to tax-exempt organizations Civil Actions - Campaign finance, prohibited sources, ballot measures, cause of action Civil Procedure - Campaign finance, prohibited sources, ballot measures, cause of action Corrections Impact - Campaign finance, prohibited sources, ballot measures, cause of action |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement | Corrections Impact to Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.015 to include in the definition of "independent expenditure" the expenditure of money or other things of value for a communication that advocates or opposes a ballot measure; delete new language creating definitions for "directly," "indirectly," "person," and "prohibited source"; amend KRS 121.175 to include fundraisers in the definition of "allowable campaign expenditures"; allow members of the General Assembly to use campaign funds to contribute directly to another candidate, slate of candidates, political party, or caucus campaign committee until his or her campaign funds have been exhausted and the account has been closed, provided contribution limits aren't exceeded; amend KRS 121.180 to specify that a candidate or slate of candidates may contribute campaign funds directly to another candidate or slates of candidates for state or federal office; amend KRS 121.190 to require that any type of general public political advertising which advocates or opposes a candidate, slate of candidates, group of candidates, or ballot measure be identified by the words "paid for by." |
| Index Headings |
Corrections Impact - Contributions, state candidates, federal candidates Elections and Voting - Campaign funds, allowable expenditures General Assembly - Campaign funds, allowable expenditures State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, allowable expenditures, General Assembly Technical Corrections - HB 45/SCS 1 Campaign Finance - Allowable expenditures, General Assembly, members Campaign Finance - Contributions, state candidates, federal candidates Campaign Finance - Independent expenditure, define Campaign Finance - Political advertising, disclosure, requirements |
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | S. Rawlings |
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except require that a person or entity making an independent expenditure to a political issues committee is requried to affirm that the person or entity has not knowingly or willfully accepted funds for the purpose of influencing any Kentucky election. |
| Index Headings |
Campaign Finance - Political issues committee, reporting, requirements Elections and Voting - Political issues committee, reporting, requirements State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, political issues committee, reporting, requirements |
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