HOUSE BILL 6

Sponsored By:

Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dypski, Bobo, Snodgrass, Getty, DeCarlo, Brinkley, Wood, Benson, Rudolph, and Pitkin

Entitled:

Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government

Synopsis:

Transferring from the Secretary of State to the State Administrative Board of Election Laws the authority to collect and monitor campaign contribution data reported by persons doing business with State or local government; requiring semiannual reports under specified circumstances; increasing, from $10,000 to $100,000, the threshold contractual amount and the threshold contribution amount for triggering the reporting of campaign contributions made by persons doing business with State or local government; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

7/31

Pre-filed

1/8

First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

1/22

Hearing 2/5 at 1:15 p.m.

2/18

Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters

2/19

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2/21

Third Reading Passed (136-1)

3/29

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (136-1)

Passed Enrolled

5/22

Signed by the Governor Chapter 638

Senate Action

2/24

First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

3/31

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

4/1

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Motion 2rdgs same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Collins) Adopted

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-1)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Chairman, Commerce & Government Matters Comm itte

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

CAMPAIGN FINANCING

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

ELECTION LAWS, ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

NOTICES

PROCUREMENT

REPORTS -see also- RECORDS

SECRETARY OF STATE

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Article - 33 Election Code

( 30-1 , 30-2 , 30-3 , 30-4 )

State Finance and Procurement

( 13-218 , 17-401 , 17-402 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 626459/2 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 19, 1997 at: 10:39 Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 414100/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997 at: 11:41 Status: Adopted