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SF0012 • 2009

Campaign contributions.

AN ACT relating to elections; increasing the maximum allowable amount for individual contributions to candidates for political office and candidate campaign committees as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Elections
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senator Burns
Last action
2009-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0012H2001

2nd reading • THRONE

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by THRONE

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SF0012HW001

Committee of the Whole • ILLOWAY

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by ILLOWAY

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SF0012HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H07

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Bill History

  1. 2009-03-03 House

    H Failed 3rd Reading

  2. 2009-03-02 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  3. 2009-03-02 House

    Amendment Adopted

  4. 2009-02-27 House

    H Passed CoW

  5. 2009-02-27 House

    Amendment Adopted

  6. 2009-02-27 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  7. 2009-02-27 House

    Amendment Adopted

  8. 2009-02-19 House

    H Placed on General File

  9. 2009-02-19 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  10. 2009-02-05 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  11. 2009-01-21 House

    H Received for Introduction

  12. 2009-01-21 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  13. 2009-01-20 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  14. 2009-01-19 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  15. 2009-01-15 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  16. 2009-01-15 Senate

    S07 Recommended Do Pass

  17. 2009-01-13 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07

  18. 2009-01-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  19. 2008-11-24 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0163

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0012

Campaign contributions.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Burns and Representative(s) Brown and Illoway

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
elections; increasing the maximum allowable amount for individual contributions to candidates for political office
and candidate campaign committees
as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 22
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25
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102(c) is amended to read:

22
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25
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102.

Contribution of funds or election assistance restricted; limitation on contributions; right to communicate; civil penalty.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, no individual other than the candidate, or the candidate's immediate family shall contribute directly or indirectly, more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)

two thousand three hundred dollars ($2,300.00)
per election during the two (2) year period consisting of a general election year and the preceding calendar year to any candidate for political office, or to any candidate's campaign committee, nor make more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) total political contributions during the same two (2) year period. For purposes of this subsection the primary, general and special elections shall be deemed separate elections. No candidate for political office shall accept, directly or indirectly, contributions which violate this subsection. Contributions to a candidate's campaign committee shall be considered to be contributions to the candidate. This subsection does not limit political contributions by political parties, nor expenditures by a candidate from his or her own funds nor from his or her candidate's campaign committee funds.

Section
2.
This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

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