Delaware House Bill 167 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Engrossed on June 22 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-30 - Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act improves the enforcement mechanisms related to Delaware’s campaign finance disclosure laws in four ways. First, this Act amends 8040, Title 15 to require that the Superior Court may not grant a certificate of election to a successful candidate for office until the candidate has paid all fines assessed by the Commissioner of Elections (“Commissioner”) for the candidate’s wilful failure to file a required campaign finance report. And, this Act specifically requires the Commissioner to provide the Superior Court with the information necessary for the Court to perform its function. Second, this Act further amends 8040, Title 15 to prohibit an individual from being a candidate in a future election until all previous campaign finance reports are filed and all previously assessed fines assessed by the Commissioner are paid. Third, this Act clarifies the timeframe in which the Commissioner must notify a candidate that a report is incomplete or tardy and decreases the time in which a candidate may appeal the Commissioner’s decision to issue a fine for a tardy or incomplete report. Fourth, this Act amends 8044, Title 15 to require the Commissioner to publish, on the Department of Elections website, the name of any candidate who has (1) wilfully neglected to file a campaign finance report, (2) been assessed a fine by the Commissioner for wilfully neglecting to file a campaign finance report, or (3) been reported to the Office of the Attorney General by the Commissioner. Additionally, this Act amends 8044(c), Title 15 in keeping with the style and formatting guidelines of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Elections.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-30	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-06-22	Senate	Assigned to Administrative Services/Elections Committee in Senate
2016-06-22	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-22	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-06-22	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-01-20	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2015-06-09	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/3815987b4ceb753085257df5004602c2?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+167/$file/legis.html?open