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AL SB289

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/16/2023

Primary Sponsor

Sam Givhan

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

  • Permits political action committees (PACs) that are not principal campaign committees to make contributions and expenditures to political parties.

  • Maintains existing prohibition on PACs making contributions to other PACs, except that PACs may contribute to principal campaign committees if the donor PAC is not a principal campaign committee.

  • Allows principal campaign committees to transfer funds only to other principal campaign committees on behalf of the same person.

  • Exempts separate segregated funds established by corporations under federal law from contribution restrictions if the fund receives contributions only from employees and directors within the state.

  • Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law.

Legislative Description

Relating to political action committees; to amend Section 17-5-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to permit PACs to make contributions to political parties in certain circumstances.

Political action committees, allow contributions to political parties

Last Action

Referred to Committee to House Ethics and Campaign Finance

5/16/2023

Committee Referrals

Ethics and Campaign Finance5/16/2023
State Governmental Affairs5/3/2023

Full Bill Text

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