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AZ HB2503
Bill
Status
5/19/2020
Primary Sponsor
Athena Salman
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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Requires registration to include entity name and address, plus name, title, email, and phone number of the person authorizing the contribution.
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Requires notifications to include contribution amount, recipient entity, candidate name and race, support or opposition designation, and contribution date.
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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