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AZ HB2503

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/19/2020

Primary Sponsor

Athena Salman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-916 to require corporations, limited liability companies, and labor organizations to register and notify filing officers within one day of making contributions exceeding specified thresholds to influence candidate elections.

  • Establishes tiered contribution thresholds: $5,000 or more in statewide races, $2,500 or more in legislative races, and $1,000 or more in single county/city/town/local races.

  • Requires registration to include entity name and address, plus name, title, email, and phone number of the person authorizing the contribution.

  • Requires notifications to include contribution amount, recipient entity, candidate name and race, support or opposition designation, and contribution date.

  • Establishes civil penalties of up to three times the total contributions for failures to register or notify, and classifies knowingly false filings as class 1 misdemeanors.

Legislative Description

Campaign finance; corporate recipients; registration

Campaign Contributions

Last Action

Assigned to House RULES Committee

5/19/2020

Full Bill Text

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