HB 164 Summary

• Requires persons and noncandidate committees making electioneering communications costing more than $2,000 aggregate to a single vendor in one week to file weekly reports with the Campaign Spending Commission during the 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election.

• Changes "disclosure date" definition to mean the date an electioneering communication is publicly distributed, rather than the date expenditures are made.

• Expands the definition of "electioneering communication" to include advertisements sent by mail at any rate and removes requirement that communications be expenditures of an organization.

• Requires noncandidate committees that make only independent expenditures to disclose the three top contributors to the committee in all paid advertisements.

• Effective March 15, 2094.