HB23-1245 Summary

• Establishes a $400 per-person contribution limit for municipal office candidates, excluding small donor committees which can contribute up to $4,000 per election.

• Requires independent expenditure committees making expenditures in municipal elections to file reports with the municipal clerk.

• Creates different campaign finance disclosure schedules for municipalities based on population: municipalities with fewer than 1,000 residents maintain existing filing dates, while municipalities with 1,000 or more residents must file reports 60, 30, and 15 days before the major election and 30 days after.

• Extends municipal campaign finance record retention from one year to ten years from filing date, and from one year to six years after office for elected candidates' records.

• Requires municipal clerks to make campaign finance reports publicly available online or for in-person inspection, with ability to charge fees for printouts related to open records requests.