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S.F. No. 0003 |
Campaign finance-organizations. |
Sponsored
By: Joint Corporations, Elections and Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to campaign finance; providing that
restrictions on expenditures to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate
do not apply to organizations as specified; providing a definition; conforming
state law to a United States Supreme Court ruling; requiring notification in
advertising; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.
11/18/2010 Bill Number Assigned
1/11/2011 S Received for Introduction
1/11/2011 S Introduced and Referred to S07
1/18/2011 S07 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s)
Case, Hines, Johnson, Martin and Scott
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused
0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/18/2011 S
Placed on General File
SF0003SW001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 1 Delete
"repealing" insert "providing that".
Page 1-line 2 Delete
"organizations making independent".
Page 1-line 3 After "candidate"
insert "do not apply to organizations as specified".
Page 1-line 5 After "advertising;"
insert "providing a civil penalty for violations;".
Page 1-line 11 After "22‑25‑110(a)"
insert "and by creating a new subsection (c)".
Page 4-line 6 After "literature." insert "Restrictions
pursuant to this subsection are subject to the following:".
Page 4-lines 7
through 9 Delete and insert:
"(i) The communications media in using the campaign
literature or campaign advertising shall print or announce the name of the
candidate, organization or committee paying for the advertising. If the campaign literature or campaign
advertising is made as an independent expenditure, the literature or
advertisement shall include the names and telephone numbers of the three
individuals, political action committees, corporations, unions or other
organizations making the largest contribution to the organization making the
independent expenditure. If an acronym
is used to name any entity, the full name shall also be printed or spoken. For purposes of determining the three
contributors to be disclosed, the contributions of each entity to the
organization making the independent expenditure during the one (1) year period
before the election being affected are aggregated;
(ii) The
disclosures required in this subsection shall be printed clearly and legibly in
a conspicuous manner or, if the advertisement is broadcast on a
telecommunications system, the disclosure shall be spoken;
(c) Any
organization that fails to disclose as required by this section is liable in a
civil action brought by the attorney general, district or county attorney or
city or town attorney, as appropriate, for a civil penalty of up to three (3)
times the total amount of the expenditure.".
HINES
1/19/2011 S
Passed CoW
1/20/2011 S
Passed 2nd
SF0003S3001/ADOPTED
Page 4-line 7 In the Hines Committee of the Whole
Amendment (SF003SW001/A) to this line, after "is
made as an independent expenditure," insert "as defined in W.S. 22‑25‑102(k),".
HINES
SF0003S3002/ADOPTED
Page 4-line 7
through 9 In the Hines Committee of the Whole
Amendment (SF0003SW001/A) to these lines, after "advertisement shall include the names" delete
"and telephone numbers". CASE
1/21/2011 S
Laid Back Without Prejudice
SF0003S3003/ADOPTED
Page 4-lines 7
thru 9 In the Hines Committee of the
Whole Amendment (SF0003SW001/A) to these lines, in paragraph (i) created by
that amendment, after "organization making the
independent expenditure." insert "If more than three (3) contributors made the largest
contributions to the organization making the independent expenditure, the
organization shall report the largest contributors, sorted by out-of-state and
in-state contributors, to the secretary of state, who shall publish them on the
database maintained pursuant to W.S. 22‑25‑107(e).";
Page 4-lines 7
thru 9 In the Hines Committee of the
Whole Amendment (SF0003SW001/A) to these lines, in the last line of paragraph
(i) created by that amendment, delete "election
being affected" insert "advertising
purchase". MEIER
SF0003S3004/FAILED
Delete the
Hines Committee of the Whole Amendment (SF0003SW001/A) entirely.
Delete the
Hines Third Reading Amendment (SF003S3001/A) entirely.
Delete the
Case Third Reading Amendment (SF0003S3002/A) entirely.
Delete the
Meier Third Reading Amendment (SF0003S3003/A) entirely. CASE
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Barnard, Burns, Case, Christensen,
Esquibel, F., Hicks,
Nays: Senator(s) Anderson, Bebout, Coe, Cooper,
Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Geis, Hastert, Hines, Martin, Meier, Peterson,
Rothfuss and Scott
Ayes 15 Nays
15 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/24/2011 S Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe,
Cooper, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks,
Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Peterson,
Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern
Nays:
Senator(s) Meier and Perkins
Ayes 28 Nays
2 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/27/2011 H
Received for Introduction
1/31/2011 H
Introduced and Referred to H07
2/8/2011 H07
Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Blikre, Byrd, Illoway, Jaggi, Kroeker, Patton, Roscoe,
Shepperson and Stubson
Ayes 9 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/8/2011 H
Placed on General File
SF0003HS001/ADOPTED
(TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 1-line 6 After ";" delete balance of
the line.
Page 1-line 7 Delete "violations;" insert
"requiring reports;".
Page 1-line 12 After "(k)" insert ",
22‑25‑106(b)(i) and by creating a new subsection (h)".
Page 3-after
line 22 Insert:
"22-25-106.
Filing of campaign reports.
(b) Reports of
itemized statements of receipt and statements of receipts and expenditures, and
statements of termination shall be made with the appropriate filing officers
specified under W.S. 22‑25‑107 and in accordance with the
following:
(i) Except as
otherwise provided in this section, any political action committee, candidate's
campaign committee, or any political action committee formed under federal law
or the law of another state that contributes to a Wyoming political action
committee or to a candidate's campaign committee, any
organization making an independent expenditure under W.S. 2‑25‑102(k),
and any other organization supporting or opposing any ballot proposition which
expends any funds in any primary, general or special election shall file an
itemized statement of receipts at least seven (7) days before the election
current to any day from the eighth day up to the fourteenth day before the
election and shall also file a statement of receipts and expenditures within
ten (10) days after a primary, general or special election;
(h) In
addition to any other report required by this section, an organization required
by W.S. 22‑25‑110(c) to report expenditures shall report as
follows:
(i) The
report shall identify the organization making the expenditure and the
individual acting on behalf of the organization in making the expenditure;
(ii) The
report shall be filed at least seven (7) days before the next primary, general
or special election with information current to any day from the eighth day up
to the fourteenth day before the election;
(iii) If
not previously reported, the report shall include the disclosure of any source
of funding to the organization in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to
further the expenditure.".
Page 4-lines
12 through 14 Reinsert stricken
language.
Page 4-after
line 14 Insert:
"(c) Any organization making an expenditure
pursuant to W.S. 22‑25‑102(k) which is subject to this subsection
and in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall report the expenditure as
specified in W.S. 22‑25‑106(h).".
Page 4-lines
15 through 24 Delete entirely.
Page 5-lines 1
through 24 Delete entirely.
Page 6-lines 1
through 4 Delete entirely. STUBSON, VICE CHAIRMAN
2/9/2011 H
Passed CoW
2/10/2011 H
Passed 2nd
SF0003H3001/ADOPTED
(CORRECTED COPY) (TO ENGROSSED
COPY)
Page 1-line 12 After "(k)" and after the
standing committee amendment (SF0003HS001/AE) to this line insert ", 22‑25‑107(a)(vii)".
Page 3-After
line 22 In the standing committee
amendment (SF0003HS001/AE) to this line in paragraph (b)(i) inserted by that
amendment, After "W.S." delete "2‑25‑102(k)"
insert "22‑25‑102(k)".
Page 4-Before
line 1 Insert:
"22‑25‑107. Where
statements to be filed.
(a) All
statements required under this chapter shall be filed as follows:
(vii) Any
political action committee or organization supporting or opposing any statewide
initiative or referendum petition drive, any statewide ballot proposition or
any candidate for statewide office and any
organization making an independent expenditure under W.S. 22‑25‑102(k)
and filing pursuant to W.S. 22‑25‑106(b)(i) or (h) shall
file statements required by this section with the secretary of state.". PATTON, STUBSON
2/11/2011 H
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten,
Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers,
Connolly, Craft, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gingery, Goggles,
Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone,
Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Patton,
Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Steward,
Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Nicholas, B.
Excused:
Representative(s) Davison, Gay, Greear and Shepperson
Ayes 55 Nays
1 Excused 4 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/14/2011 S Received for Concurrence
2/22/2011 S Did Concur
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s)
Nays:
Senator(s) Barnard, Dockstader, Esquibel, F., Hastert, Johnson, Martin,
Meier, Nicholas, P., Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss and Von Flatern
Excused:
Senator(s) Emerich
Ayes 16 Nays
13 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/22/2011 Assigned
Number SEA No. 0048
2/22/2011 S
President Signed SEA No. 0048
2/22/2011 H
Speaker Signed SEA No. 0048
2/24/2011 Governor
Signed SEA No. 0048
2/24/2011 Assigned
Chapter Number
Chapter
No. 0074 Session Laws of Wyoming 2011