Mississippi House Bill 1375

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-20 - Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Pending: House Apportionment and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Revise The Campaign Finance Laws; To Amend Section 23-15-805, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Secretary Of State To Maintain A Central Site On The Internet To Make Accessible And Searchable To The Public All Public Available Election-related Reports And Information; To Provide That, Beginning On January 1, 2027, All Campaign Finance Reports Shall Be Filed On The Secretary Of State's Online Filing System; To Amend Section 23-15-815, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Powers And Duties Of The Secretary Of State Regarding Campaign Finance Reports; To Require The Secretary Of State To Prepare Certain Forms And A Campaign Finance Manual; To Provide How Long Campaign Finance Reports Shall Be Made Available; To Require The Secretary Of State To Inspect Certain Reports And Statements Of Organization; To Require The Secretary Of State To Create Rules On A Written Complaint And Response Process; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Confidentially Make Investigations Into Statements And Reports That Are Filed; To Provide The Same Authority To The Ethics Commission For Reports And Statements Filed By The Secretary Of State Or Any Person Running For That Office; To Amend Section 23-15-819, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That It Shall Be Unlawful For A Foreign National, Directly Or Through Any Other Person, To Make Any Contribution Or Any Expenditure Of Money Or Other Thing Of Value, Or To Promise Expressly Or Impliedly To Make Any Such Contribution Or Expenditure, In Connection With An Election For Any Constitutional Amendment, Local Ballot Measure, Ballot Referendum, Or Other Similar Measures; To Provide Certain Penalties For Knowingly Violating This Section; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-801, 23-15-803, 23-15-807, 23-15-809, 23-15-811, 23-15-813, 23-15-817 And 23-15-821, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Campaign finance law; revise.

Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	801	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	803	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	805	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	807	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	809	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	811	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	813	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	815	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	817	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	819	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	821	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1375.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1375IN.htm