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OK SB1051

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dusty Deevers

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • Attorney General may subpoena post office box records, bank records, LLC registrations, and service provider records to identify anonymous campaign expenditure entities

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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