Campaigns and Campaign Finance

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide details on the specific legal procedures for updating or changing the rules, so this claim was removed.

Campaign Finance Disclosure Rules

This bill requires the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance to provide examples of in-kind contributions that need to be disclosed to lawmakers and candidates for state office.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Registry of Election Finance to create rules about what counts as an 'in-kind contribution'.
• The registry must give these rules to each member of the General Assembly at the start of every year.
• Candidates running for state office also get a copy within one week after they name their treasurer.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of the Tennessee General Assembly
• Candidates for state office in Tennessee

Terms To Know

In-kind contribution

A type of donation given not as money but through goods or services, which must be reported.

Registry of Election Finance

The agency responsible for managing and enforcing campaign finance rules in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is unclear how the new rules will affect current practices.
• The bill does not specify penalties for failing to comply with these disclosure requirements.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1742
By Rudd

SENATE BILL 1756
By Briggs
SB1756
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2,
Chapter 10, relative to campaign finance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-107(c)(2), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting instead:
(2) The registry of election finance shall, by rule promulgated in accordance with
the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, enumerate a
nonexclusive listing of examples of the various categories of contributions that constitute
"in-kind contributions" requiring disclosure. The registry shall provide a copy of such rule
to each member of the general assembly at the beginning of each yearly session and
each candidate for state office within one (1) week of the candidate certifying a treasurer
with the registry. Any changes or revisions to the rules must be promulgated pursuant to
§ 4-55-103(1).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.