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AZ HB2467

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stephanie Stahl Hamilton

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law to allow corporations, limited liability companies, and labor organizations to make contributions to candidate committees for the first time, previously prohibited under A.R.S. § 16-916.

  • Requires registration and notification to appropriate filing officers within one day of making contributions that meet threshold amounts: $5,000+ in statewide races, $2,500+ in legislative races, or $1,000+ in local races within a single jurisdiction.

  • Registration must include the entity's name, address, and contact information (name, title, email, phone) of the person authorizing the contribution.

  • Notifications must disclose the contribution amount, recipient, candidate name and race, whether supporting or opposing the candidate, and the contribution date.

  • Entities failing to register or notify face civil penalties up to three times the total contribution amount, and persons making knowingly false filings are guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

Legislative Description

Campaign finance; corporate contributions; registration

Registration

Last Action

House read second time

1/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/23/2025
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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