AZ SB1195

Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-917 to add criminal penalties for knowingly making purported independent expenditures of $25,000 or more that do not meet the legal definition of independent expenditure.

Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly makes such improper expenditures or knowingly receives the corresponding in-kind contribution.

Maintains existing requirement that political committees, corporations, limited liability companies, and labor organizations making independent expenditures must send copies of campaign literature or advertisements to affected candidates within 24 hours of submission.

Preserves existing civil penalty of three times the cost of literature or advertisements distributed in violation of independent expenditure rules.