HB 2078 Summary

• Establishes separate $500 registration threshold for candidate committees in city and town elections, while maintaining $1,000 threshold for state and legislative candidates.

• Adds new subsection B to section 16-905 specifying that candidates for city and town elections must register as a candidate committee if they receive contributions or make expenditures of at least $500.

• Updates section 16-928 to clarify that city and town clerks (not "officer in charge of elections") serve as filing officers for city and town elections.

• Modifies section 16-931 to require biennial adjustment of both the state/legislative candidate threshold ($1,000) and city/town threshold ($500) by $100 increments in January of odd-numbered years.

• Removes language requiring filing officers to pay fees to the Secretary of State's electronic filing system.