CHAPTER NUMBER: 565
File Code: Ethics
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 223
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Frosh, Sfikas, Van Hollen, Pinsky, Madden, and Roesser
- Entitled:
-
Election Law and Ethics Law Violations -
Enforcement Procedures
and Penalties
Providing for a civil penalty for specified violations of the Fair
Election Practices Act of the Election Code and specifying a maximum
fine for such violations; increasing the criminal fine for specified
fair election practices law violations; establishing a procedure and
adjudication for specified civil infractions of the fair election
practices laws; altering the statute of limitations for specified
violations of the fair election practices laws and specified ethics
laws; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/17
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Hearing 2/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/20
- Third Reading Passed (45-1)
- 4/5
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/22
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 565
House Action
- 3/20
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 3/21
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (130-3)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CAMPAIGN FINANCING
- DISCLOSURE
- DISTRICT COURTS
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMPAIGN FINANCING; VOTING
- ETHICS
- FINES
- JURISDICTION
- LOBBYING
- PENALTIES
- STATE PROSECUTOR
- STATUTES OF LIMITATION
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
4-401 ,
5-106
)
- Article - 33 Election Code
- (
26-13 ,
26-16 ,
26-20 ,
26-20A
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 034507/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 18, 1997 at: 10:38
Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 836753/2 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997 at: 17:10
Status: Adopted