HB2210 Summary

• Adds "affiliated entity" definition to campaign finance law, establishing criteria for entities that are bound by decisions of other entities, share governing board members, or are chartered by other entities.

• Creates new "covered transfer" definition requiring disclosure when one person donates, transfers, or pays money to another person who makes independent expenditures or transfers money to others making independent expenditures, with exceptions for ordinary business transactions and segregated accounts.

• Requires committees to report covered transfers as separate line items in campaign finance reports, treating them similarly to other contribution categories.

• Requires entities making or obligating themselves to make independent expenditures or ballot measure expenditures exceeding $5,000 within 30 days before early voting to file expenditure reports within 24 hours.

• Expands expenditure report requirements to include entity name, tax exempt status, mailing address, principal business address, agent for service of process contact information, and individual filer contact information.