Delaware Senate Bill 186 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Passed on July 22 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-07-22 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill requires entities contribute more than $100 to a political committees during an election cycle to disclose the name and address of a “responsible party”—that is, someone who shares or exercises direction or control over the entity’s activities. In so doing, this bill provides voters with additional information about where political money comes from, so they can better decide how to cast their votes. In addition, to help political committees and contributors accurately interpret and apply the law relating to the attribution of entity contributions, this bill requires the Elections Commissioner to adopt a uniform summary of the law in this area, with illustrative examples of how the law applies in specific cases. The Elections Commissioner is required to post the summary on its web site, and political committees are required to provide the summary to entity contributors at the request of such contributors.

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Contributions By Entities To Political Committees.

Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]

2014-06-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-17 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-22	Senate	Signed by Governor
2014-06-26	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-25	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 3 On Its Merits
2014-06-18	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2014-06-17	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 12 YES 9 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-17	Senate	Lifted From Table in Senate
2014-06-03	Senate	Laid On Table in Senate
2014-06-03	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-03	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2014-04-30	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2014-04-03	Senate	Assigned to Administrative Services/Elections Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/9ac6f571a566968085257ca8005d9466?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+186/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+186/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/385f3c22585df9c385257cfa0067f97e?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/1b37ea5f82acff2085257d040002f6f2?OpenDocument