Senate Bill 1183 Summary

• Revises the definition of "candidate" to require affirmative action such as announcing candidacy, filing for office, receiving contributions, or making expenditures to promote candidacy for office.

• Changes independent expenditure reporting threshold from $100,000 to $1,000,000 and requires filings by the tenth day of the month following the expenditure month, with 48-hour filings for large expenditures near elections.

• Reduces electioneering communication reporting threshold from $1,000 to $100 and requires all electioneering communications to include an authority line stating the name of the person responsible, in plainly legible font.

• Adds "social media" to the definition of electioneering communications and requires disclosure of donors contributing $50 or more to persons making electioneering communications.

• Corrects code references in sections 67-6606 and 67-6621 relating to nonbusiness entity expenditures and lobbyist duties.