Senate Bill 1114 Summary

• Revises the definition of "candidate" to include individuals who announce candidacy publicly, file for office, receive contributions for their candidacy, or make expenditures with intent to promote their candidacy.

• Changes independent expenditure filing deadlines from seven days before elections to by the tenth day of the month following the expenditure month, with accelerated 48-hour reporting for expenditures of $1,000 or more made within 16 days before an election.

• Adds requirement for independent expenditure filers to disclose donors who contribute $250 or more during the calendar year of the expenditure.

• Requires electioneering communications to include a legible authority line stating the name of the person responsible for the communication and establishes 48-hour filing requirement for communications costing $1,000 or more.

• Modifies electioneering communication definition to clarify timing (between 5:00 p.m. on candidate filing deadline and midnight on election date) and adds social media as a communication method.