HOUSE BILL 1

Sponsored By:

Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dembrow, Baldwin, Bobo, Brinkley, Clagett, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dypski, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Getty, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Kittleman, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Minnick, D. Murphy, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rudolph, Shriver, Snodgrass, Stup, Turner, Wood, Workman, and Cadden

Entitled:

Campaign Finance and Ethics Law - Fund-Raising, Disclosure, and Enforcement

Synopsis:

Providing a civil penalty and fine and increasing the criminal fine for specified election law violations; prohibiting with certain exceptions fund-raising activities by and for Statewide office holders and members of the General Assembly during specified periods; requiring electronic format submission of specified campaign finance reports by specified dates; prohibiting specified fund-raising activities by specified lobbyists for specified campaigns; 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 (131-0)

3/29

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (134-2)

Passed Enrolled

5/22

Governor vetoed - Duplicative

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 (39-2)

Sponsored by:

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

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Chairman, Commerce & Government Matters Comm itte

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Flanagan, District 14B

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Donald E. Murphy, District 12A

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

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

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

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ATTORNEY GENERAL

CAMPAIGN FINANCING

COMPTROLLER

COMPUTERS

DISCLOSURE

DISTRICT COURTS

ELECTION LAWS, ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF

ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMPAIGN FINANCING; VOTING

ETHICS

FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES

FINES

GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- LEGISLATIVE POLICY COM.; AELR

GOVERNOR

JURISDICTION

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

LOBBYING

PENALTIES

PUBLIC INFORMATION

PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- TREASURERS

REPORTS -see also- RECORDS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

STATE PROSECUTOR

STATUTES OF LIMITATION

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 4-401 , 5-106 )

Article - 33 Election Code

( 1-1 , 1-1 , 26-3 , 26-10 , 26-11 , 26-12 , 26-13 , 26-16 , 26-20 , 26-20A )

State Government

( 15-607 , 15-607 , 15-704 , 15-707 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 266552/7 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 19, 1997 at: 10:12 Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 104806/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997 at: 11:36 Status: Adopted