Bill Title: Creates the Small Donor Democracy Matching System for Fair Elections Act. Amends the Election Code. Creates a small donor campaign contribution matching system for candidates for the offices of Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, State Senator, and State Representative. Creates the Small Donor Democracy Matching Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Sets forth requirements for accessing the small donor matching system. Sets forth provisions for the funding of the matching contributions. Imposes limits on the access to matching funds. Allows the General Assembly to increase various amounts, subject to public referendum. Provides for penalties for violations of the provisions. Sets forth disclosure requirements. Creates the Campaign Finance Board within the State Board of Elections to implement the campaign contribution matching system. Includes severability provisions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1424 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Engrossed	2017-05-16	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2017-02-09	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 004	2017-05-08	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 003	2017-03-30	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 002	2017-03-27	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2017-02-28	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
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