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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1529 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to campaign finance; amending Rules
2.30, 2.33, 2.35, 2.42, 2.50, 2.52, 2.79, 2.98, and
2.99 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission (74 O.S.
2021, Ch. 62, App. I), which relate to candidate
committees, limited and unlimited committees,
contributions and expenditures, electioneering
communications, and political action committees;
prohibiting certain contributions; prohibiting
acceptance of certain contributions; limiting
committees eligible to make certain expenditures;
requiring certain officers to be residents of this
state; prohibiting certain compensation; limiting
committees eligible to make certain communications;
modifying allowable purposes for certain committees;
requiring certain registration; prohibiting
contribution from certain out-of-state committees or
organizations; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Rule 2.30 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.30. A candidate committee shall not accept a
contribution from the authorized committee of a candidate for
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federal office. A candidate committee shall not make a contribution
to any other candidate for state or federal office.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Rule 2.33 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.33. (A) A. No person shall make, and no limited
committee shall accept, a contribution to any limited committee in
excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in any calendar year,
except as otherwise permitted by law or these Rules. A contribution
to a limited committee that is designated directly or indirectly to
be used for the benefit of a particular candidate or candidates
shall be considered a contribution by the contributor to the
candidate or candidates.
(B) B. No limited committee shall make, and no political party
committee shall accept, a contribution to the political party
committee in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in any
calendar year.
(C) C. No limited committee or unlimited committee shall make,
and no other limited committee or unlimited committee shall accept,
a contribution to another limited committee or unlimited committee
in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in any calendar year.
(D) D. No limited committee shall make, and no candidate
committee shall accept, a contribution to any candidate committee in
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excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) prior to a primary
election.
(E) E. No limited committee shall make, and no candidate
committee shall accept, a contribution to any candidate committee of
a candidate whose name will appear on the ballot for a runoff
primary election in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)
prior to a runoff primary election. Provided, however, after the
primary election a limited committee that has made a contribution of
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or less to the candidate committee
prior to the primary election may make an additional contribution of
no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to the candidate
committee prior to the runoff primary election.
(F) F. No limited committee shall make, and no candidate
committee shall accept, a contribution to any candidate committee
prior to a general election in excess of Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00). Provided, however, after the primary election or
runoff primary election, whichever is the last for determining a
political party’s nominee, a limited committee that has made a
contribution of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or less to the
candidate committee prior to the primary election or runoff primary
election, or both, may make an additional contribution of no more
than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to the candidate committee
prior to the general election.
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(G) G. After the general election, a limited committee that has
made no contribution to a candidate or a contribution of less than
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in the aggregate under the
provisions of subsections (D) D, (E) E, or (F) F of this Rule may
make an additional contribution or contributions in an amount or
amounts that, aggregated with any prior contributions, do not exceed
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to that candidate committee.
(H) H. No limited committee shall make a total contribution to
a candidate in excess of the aggregate contribution limits of
subsections (D) D, (E) E, and (F) F of this Rule or in excess of
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to the candidate committee of a
candidate who is unopposed for election.
(I) I. For purposes of this section Rule, “contribution” shall
include multiple contributions, the amounts of which shall be
aggregated.
(J) J. A limited committee may make contributions to candidates
for county, municipal, or school district office as permitted by
law.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY Rule 2.35 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.35. Any person not otherwise prohibited by law,
including but not limited to individuals, partnerships, limited
liability companies, corporations and labor unions, may A limited
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committee, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or
labor union shall not make contributions in any amount to an
unlimited committee organized exclusively for the purpose of making
independent expenditures or electioneering communications. An
unlimited committee organized exclusively for the purpose of making
independent expenditures or electioneering communications may make
contributions in any amount to another unlimited committee organized
exclusively for the purpose of making independent expenditures or
electioneering communications.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY Rule 2.42 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.42. Contributions to an unlimited political action
committee may be used to make expenditures for independent
expenditures or electioneering communications, for contributions to
another unlimited political action committee organized exclusively
for the purpose of making independent expenditures or electioneering
communications, for operating expenses of the unlimited committee,
or for other purposes not otherwise prohibited by law or these Rules
that further purposes of the committee. “Purposes of the committee”
shall mean purposes expressed in the committee’s bylaws, articles of
organization or similar document or, if there is no such document,
in the committee’s statement of organization as those purposes are
stated prior to the making of an expenditure.
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SECTION 5. AMENDATORY Rule 2.50 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.50. A. An independent expenditure may be made in any
amount by a political party committee, by a political action
committee, or by any other entity not otherwise prohibited by law or
these Rules from making an independent expenditure; provided, such
committee or entity shall be formed and domiciled in this state.
The treasurer and compliance officer of such committee or entity
shall be residents of this state with a valid street address and
telephone number where such officers may be reached during work
hours.
B. An individual or entity who receives compensation directly
or indirectly from an unlimited political action committee that
makes an independent expenditure on behalf of a candidate or
candidate committee shall not receive compensation directly or
indirectly from such candidate or candidate committee. Receipt of
such compensation shall constitute coordination prohibited by these
Rules.
SECTION 6. AMENDATORY Rule 2.52 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.52. An electioneering communication may be made in any
amount by a political party committee, by a political action
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committee, or by any other entity not otherwise prohibited by law or
these Rules from making an electioneering communication; provided,
such committee or entity shall be formed and domiciled in this
state. The treasurer and compliance officer of such committee or
entity shall be residents of this state with a valid street address
and telephone number where such officers may be reached during work
hours.
SECTION 7. AMENDATORY Rule 2.79 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.79. A political action committee is any group of two or
more persons that receives contributions or makes expenditures for
any of the following purposes:
(1) 1. Making contributions to candidates or candidate
committees;
(2) making contributions to other political action committees;
(3) making 2. Making independent expenditures;
(4) making 3. Making electioneering communications; or
(5) advocating 4. Advocating the approval or defeat of a state
question.
Unless they choose to be considered as such, family members, as
defined by these Rules, or members of the same household shall not
be considered a political action committee.
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SECTION 8. AMENDATORY Rule 2.98 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.98. A political action committee registered with the
Federal Election Commission that makes a contribution or
contributions to a candidate or candidates for state office shall
not be required to register or to file a Report of Contributions and
Expenditures with the Ethics Commission, provided the contribution
or contributions are reported to the Federal Election Commission and
are available to the public in the same manner as a political action
committee registered under the laws of this state. The treasurer
and compliance officer of such committee shall be residents of this
state with a valid street address and telephone number where such
officers may be reached during work hours.
SECTION 9. AMENDATORY Rule 2.99 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.99. A political action committee or an organization
exempt from taxation pursuant to 25 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(4) that
is registered in another state that makes a contribution or
contributions to a candidate or candidates for state office shall
file a Report of Contributions and Expenditures for Non-Oklahoma
Committees but has not registered in this state shall be prohibited
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from making contributions to candidates for any office in this
state.
SECTION 10. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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