Kentucky House Bill 548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 23 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-28 - to State & Local Government (S)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Amend KRS 121.015 to amend definition of "contributing organization" and to add new definition for "electioneering communication" and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.190 to extend requirements for disclosure in campaign advertisements to Internet and electronic communication network announcements, to cover electioneering communications, and to apply disclosures in advertisements and communications made by additional groups and organizations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require any person or group making electioneering communications expenditures in an amount greater than $3,000 during an election to follow the same registration and reporting schedule as candidates and slates of candidates and specify the information to be reported, and to require any person or group making electioneering communications expenditures in an amount greater than $1,000 in the 15 days before an election to file reports electronically within 48 hours of the expenditure or the communication, whichever is sooner, and to specify that contributions for electioneering communications make the contributors a contributing organization.

AN ACT relating to campaign finance.

Rep. James Kay [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-28	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2016-03-23	Senate	received in Senate
2016-03-22	House	3rd reading, passed 59-35
2016-03-09	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2016-03-08	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 9, 2016
2016-03-08	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-07	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2016-03-03	House	posted in committee
2016-03-01	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2016-02-29	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB548.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB548/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB548/HFA1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB548/FN.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB548/vote_history.pdf