Legislation - HB0157

Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, receipt of funds, and permissible disbursements; requiring an authorized candidate campaign committee that results from the exploratory committee to make any equipment purchases from the exploratory committee at the fair market value of the equipment; etc.

Committees

Original:: Government, Labor, and Elections Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Emergency Bill

Cross-filed with: SB0065

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0111 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): Upon Enactment

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 8/20/2025 Legislative Date 8/20/2025 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/14/2026 Legislative Date 1/14/2026 Action First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory Committees Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/16/2026 Legislative Date 1/16/2026 Action Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	8/20/2025	8/20/2025	Pre-filed
House	1/14/2026	1/14/2026	First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
			Text - First - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory Committees
House	1/16/2026	1/16/2026	Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.

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