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OK SB1051
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dusty Deevers
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AI Summary
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Organizations making campaign expenditures for mailers, advertisements, or election communications must submit their president/CEO and treasurer/CFO names, addresses, and contact information to the Ethics Commission within 5 business days
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Campaign expenditures through fictitious names, unregistered entities, or LLCs established primarily to conceal identity are prohibited; entities using P.O. boxes must disclose renter and beneficial owner information
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Attorney General may subpoena post office box records, bank records, LLC registrations, and service provider records to identify anonymous campaign expenditure entities
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Violations carry civil penalties up to $25,000 and criminal fines up to $10,000 for willful violations; violators must reimburse state investigative costs and repeat offenders face a 5-year ban on campaign expenditures
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Ethics Commission must maintain a publicly accessible database of all disclosures; effective date is July 1, 2025, with emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Campaign expenditures; creating the Campaign Expenditure Transparency Act. Effective date. Emergency.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
2/4/2025