Bill Text: IA HF2289 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to voluntary campaign expenditure limitations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-10 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2289 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2289-Introduced.html
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BY
McKEAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voluntary
campaign
expenditure
limitations.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
68A.507
Declaration
of
voluntary
1
campaign
expenditure
limitation.
2
1.
A
candidate
for
the
senate
or
house
of
representatives
3
may
submit
to
the
general
assembly
a
declaration
that
the
4
candidate
will
not
expend
more
than
the
following
amounts
5
during
the
course
of
the
candidate’s
campaign,
including
6
expenditures
made
during
both
primary
and
general
elections:
7
a.
For
a
candidate
for
the
senate,
one
hundred
thousand
8
dollars.
9
b.
For
a
candidate
for
the
house
of
representatives,
fifty
10
thousand
dollars.
11
2.
A
declaration
described
in
subsection
1
shall
be
12
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
no
later
than
three
days
13
following
the
date
upon
which
the
candidate
receives
a
14
nomination
or
makes
a
filing
under
chapter
43,
44,
or
45
to
15
have
the
candidate’s
name
placed
on
a
ballot
for
election
to
16
the
senate
or
house
of
representatives.
17
3.
A
candidate
who
has
submitted
a
declaration
described
18
in
subsection
1
shall
submit
all
reports
that
the
candidate
or
19
the
candidate’s
committee
are
required
to
submit
to
the
board
20
pursuant
to
section
68A.402
subsequent
to
the
submission
of
the
21
declaration
to
the
president
of
the
senate,
for
a
candidate
for
22
the
senate,
or
to
the
speaker
of
the
house
of
representatives,
23
for
a
candidate
for
the
house
of
representatives.
24
4.
a.
The
president
of
the
senate
shall
monitor
campaign
25
expenditures
by
candidates
for
the
senate
who
have
submitted
26
a
declaration
described
in
subsection
1
and
shall
inform
the
27
senate
if
a
candidate
who
has
submitted
such
a
declaration
28
has
made
expenditures
totaling
more
than
one
hundred
thousand
29
dollars.
30
b.
The
speaker
of
the
house
of
representatives
shall
31
monitor
campaign
expenditures
by
candidates
for
the
house
of
32
representatives
who
have
submitted
a
declaration
described
in
33
subsection
1
and
shall
inform
the
house
of
representatives
34
if
a
candidate
who
has
submitted
such
a
declaration
has
made
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expenditures
totaling
more
than
fifty
thousand
dollars.
1
5.
A
violation
of
this
section
is
not
subject
to
a
penalty
2
pursuant
to
section
68A.701.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
voluntary
campaign
expenditure
7
limitations
for
candidates
for
the
Iowa
senate
and
house
8
of
representatives.
The
bill
allows
a
candidate
for
the
9
Iowa
senate
or
house
of
representatives
to
submit
to
the
10
general
assembly
a
declaration
that
the
candidate
will
make
11
expenditures
totaling
less
than
$100,000
for
the
senate,
12
or
$50,000
for
the
house
of
representatives.
A
candidate
13
who
submits
such
a
declaration
shall
submit
reports
that
14
the
candidate
is
required
to
submit
to
the
Iowa
ethics
and
15
campaign
disclosure
board,
and
the
president
of
the
senate,
16
for
a
candidate
for
the
senate,
or
the
speaker
of
the
17
house
of
representatives,
for
a
candidate
for
the
house
of
18
representatives
shall
monitor
the
total
amount
of
expenditures.
19
The
president
of
the
senate
shall
inform
the
senate
if
a
20
candidate
for
the
senate
who
has
submitted
a
declaration
has
21
made
campaign
expenditures
exceeding
$100,000,
and
the
speaker
22
of
the
house
of
representatives
shall
inform
the
house
of
23
representatives
if
a
candidate
for
the
house
of
representatives
24
who
has
submitted
a
declaration
has
made
campaign
expenditures
25
exceeding
$50,000.
26
A
violation
of
the
bill
is
not
subject
to
a
criminal
penalty
27
for
a
violation
of
Code
chapter
68A.
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