HB 1880 Summary

• Requires any person making an expenditure for an electioneering communication to file a statement of information with the campaign spending commission within 24 hours of each expenditure.

• Eliminates the $1,000 aggregate annual threshold for disclosure, requiring reporting for every individual electioneering communication expenditure rather than only when cumulative spending exceeds $1,000 in a calendar year.

• Statement must include the expender's identity, authorized executives, amount and recipient of expenditure, affected elections and candidates, contributor names and addresses, and whether the communication was coordinated with any candidate or committee.

• Defines "electioneering communication" as advertisements referring to a clearly identifiable candidate made within 30 days before a primary election or 60 days before a general election that unambiguously appeal to vote for or against a specific candidate.

• Effective date July 1, 2112.