Bill Text: IA HSB54 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to attribution statements on political materials and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-01-31 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/06/2019 8:00AM House Lounge. [HSB54 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB54-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
54
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
ETHICS
AND
CAMPAIGN
DISCLOSURE
BOARD
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
attribution
statements
on
political
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materials
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
68A.405,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
section
:
4
Sec.
2.
Section
68A.405,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
5
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
(3)
“Published
material”
means
any
newspaper,
magazine,
7
shopper,
outdoor
advertising
facility,
poster,
direct
mailing,
8
brochure,
internet
site,
campaign
sign,
or
any
other
form
of
9
printed
or
electronic
general
public
political
advertising.
10
“Published
material”
includes
television,
video,
or
motion
11
picture
advertising
,
live
telephone
calls,
automated
telephone
12
calls,
or
text
messages
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
Under
current
law,
published
material
designed
to
expressly
17
advocate
the
nomination,
election,
or
defeat
of
a
candidate
18
for
public
office
or
the
passage
or
defeat
of
a
ballot
issue
19
is
required
to
include
an
attribution
statement
indicating
20
who
is
responsible
for
the
published
material.
This
bill
21
adds
live
telephone
calls,
automated
telephone
calls,
and
22
text
messages
to
the
definition
of
“published
material”.
A
23
person
who
violates
a
provision
of
Code
chapter
68A
is
subject
24
to
civil
penalties
imposed
by
the
Iowa
ethics
and
campaign
25
disclosure
board,
including
remedial
action,
a
reprimand,
and
26
a
civil
penalty
of
up
to
$2,000.
In
addition,
a
person
who
27
willfully
violates
a
provision
of
Code
chapter
68A
is
guilty
28
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
29
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
30
$315
but
not
more
than
$1,875.
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