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WV HB2817

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joe Funkhouser

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates all minimum dollar thresholds for reporting independent expenditures, requiring disclosure of any sum spent rather than only amounts exceeding $1,000
  • Requires disclosure of any contributor who gave money for the purpose of furthering an expenditure, removing the previous $1,000 minimum reporting threshold
  • Removes the $5,000 threshold for 24-hour reporting requirements before elections for statewide, legislative, or multicounty judicial candidates, now requiring reports for any amount
  • Eliminates the $10,000 threshold for 48-hour reporting requirements, mandating reports for expenditures of any sum made up to 15 days before an election
  • Removes the $5,000 minimum threshold for maintaining financial records related to electioneering communications, requiring recordkeeping for any expenditure amount

Legislative Description

To require that political action committees (“PACs”) have the same reporting requirement as candidates for public office.

Elections

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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