2011 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 93

CHAPTER NUMBER: 575
File Code: Elections Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 592
Sponsored By:
Delegates Cardin, Rosenberg, Barkley, Bobo, Carr, Frick, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, Morhaim, Stein, and F. Turner
Entitled:
Election Law - Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications - Reporting

Synopsis:

Altering the definition of "independent expenditure"; authorizing the State Board of Elections to audit specified independent expenditure reports and specified electioneering communication reports; requiring a person to file an independent expenditure or electioneering communication report after the person makes aggregate expenditures of more than $10,000 in an election cycle for campaign material that is a public communication; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/24
First Reading Ways and Means
2/7
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/21

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/20
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/21
Third Reading Passed (97-41)
4/8
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (103-38)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/24
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/7
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/4
Favorable with Amendments
Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Pugh) Adopted
4/5
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Withdrawn
Substitute Committee Amendment (Education Health and Environmental Affairs) Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Shank)
Special Order until 4/11 (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
4/6
Floor Amendment (Senator Shank) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Shank) Rejected (12-35)
Floor Amendment (Senator Shank) Rejected (12-34)
Motion Special Order until later today (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (9-35)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/7
Floor Amendment (Senator Getty) Rejected (16-30)
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (38-8)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/19
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 575

Sponsored by:

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate Eric G. Luedtke, District 14
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Advertising
Auditors and Audits
Campaign Financing
Disclosure
Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting
Elections, State Board of
Electronic Commerce -see also- Electronic Funds Transfer
Ethics
Gifts
Political Candidates
Public Information
Radio
Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
Referendum
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Television -see also- Cable Television
Treasurers

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law
( 1-101 , 1-101 , 2-102 , 13-306 , 13-307 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 335363/02     Offered on: March 22, 2011   at: 11:09 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 163323/01     Offered on: April 11, 2011   at: 12:17 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Number: 163323/02     Offered on: April 11, 2011   at: 12:17 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 633325/01     Offered on: April 11, 2011   at: 6:44 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 704230/03     Offered on: April 9, 2011   at: 3:09 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Number: 704230/05     Offered on: April 9, 2011   at: 3:10 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 773227/01     Offered on: April 11, 2011   at: 12:33 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Committee Votes :
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 21, 2011: Third Reading Passed (97-41)
April 8, 2011: Third Reading Passed (103-38)
Senate
April 6, 2011: Floor Amendment (Shank) {163323/2 Rejected (12-35)
April 6, 2011: Floor Amendment (Shank) {773227/1 Rejected (12-34)
April 6, 2011: Motion Special Order until later today (Jacobs) Rejected (9-35)
April 7, 2011: Floor Amendment (Getty) {633325/1 Rejected (16-30)
April 7, 2011: Floor Amendment (Getty) {633325/1 Rejected (16-30)
April 7, 2011: Third Reading Passed (38-8)
April 7, 2011: Third Reading Passed (38-8)