Raised Bill No. 1078 - Campaign Finance Laws Summary

• Excludes Internet solicitations for political contributions from the definition of "expenditure," treating actual contributions (not solicitations) as expenditures.

• Adds campaign training events provided by legislative caucus committees (up to $6,000 annually) and communications by tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organizations to the list of non-expenditures.

• Allows state contractors and prospective state contractors who have submitted pending legislative proposals to solicit contributions for state senator and representative candidates, removing previous blanket restrictions on such solicitation.

• Permits legislative caucus committees to make organization expenditures during primary campaigns for participating Citizens' Election Program candidates, eliminating the prior prohibition.

• Establishes that Internet contribution solicitations themselves are not campaign expenditures, though any resulting contributions are counted as expenditures.