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HB0038 • 2015

PAC-campaign limits and funding.

AN ACT relating to elections; amending Wyoming's political action committee campaign contribution limits as specified; allowing organizations to bear PAC related costs as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Elections
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Corporations
Last action
2015-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/9/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0038H2001

2nd reading • Stubson

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Stubson

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HB0038H3001

3rd reading • Eklund

Corrected, Adopted

Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Eklund

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HB0038JC001

Conference Committee

H Adopted, S Adopted

Plain English: H Adopted, S Adopted Conference Committee

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HB0038SS001

Standing Committee • SCorporations

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by SCorporations

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Bill History

  1. 2015-03-12 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-03-12 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0102

  3. 2015-03-05 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0102

  4. 2015-03-05 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0102

  5. 2015-03-04 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0102

  6. 2015-03-04 Senate

    S Adopted HB0038JC001: 27-2-1-0-0

  7. 2015-03-04 House

    H Adopted HB0038JC001: 52-7-1-0-0

  8. 2015-02-27 Senate

    S Appointed JCC01 Members

  9. 2015-02-26 House

    H Appointed JCC01 Members

  10. 2015-02-25 House

    H Concur:Failed 20-39-1-0-0

  11. 2015-02-24 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  12. 2015-02-24 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 16-14-0-0-0

  13. 2015-02-23 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  14. 2015-02-20 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  15. 2015-02-20 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  16. 2015-02-19 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2015-02-19 Senate

    Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  18. 2015-02-04 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations

  19. 2015-01-22 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2015-01-19 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 45-15-0-0-0

  21. 2015-01-19 House

    Amendment Adopted

  22. 2015-01-16 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  23. 2015-01-16 House

    Amendment Adopted

  24. 2015-01-15 House

    H COW:Passed

  25. 2015-01-15 House

    H Placed on General File

  26. 2015-01-15 House

    Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0

  27. 2015-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations

  28. 2015-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  29. 2015-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0038
Effective
:
3/9/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0125

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 102

Chapter No.:
160

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:
PAC-campaign limits and funding.

Subject:
Campaign finance – political action committees.

Summary/Major Elements:

Amends Wyoming’
s campaign finance laws to make clear that any organization, including
a business
, trade union, professional association, religious group or civic group, may bear any portion
of a political action committee’
s administrative costs or co
sts of soliciting contributions.

Previously, Wyoming law prohibited a political action committee from contributing more than $7,500 to any candidate for statewide political office or $3,000 per election to any candidate for any other political office. This legislation
removes the $7,500 limit on contributions to candidates seeking statewide office and
increases the contribution limit to $5,000 for all
other
candidates
.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0038

ENROLLED ACT NO. 102,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to elections; amending Wyoming's political action committee campaign contribution limits as specified; allowing organizations to bear PAC related costs as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 22
‑
25
‑
102(k)
and (m)
is amended to read:

22
‑
25
‑
102
.

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

(k)

The prohibitions in this section shall not be construed to prohibit any organization of any kind including a corporation, partnership, trade union, professional association or civic, fraternal or religious group or other profit or nonprofit entity from
:

(i)

E
xercising its first amendment rights to make independent expenditures for speech expressly advocating the election or defeat of a candidate. For purposes of this subsection,
"
independent expenditure
"
means an expenditure that is made without consultation or coordination with a candidate or an agent of a candidate whose nomination or election the expenditure supports or whose opponent
'
s nomination or election the expenditure opposes
;
.

(ii)

Bearing any portion of a political action committee
'
s administrative costs or costs of soliciting contributions.

(m)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, no political action committee shall contribute directly or indirectly more than
seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) to any candidate for statewide political office

or three thousand dollars ($3,000.00)
five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)

per election to any candidate for
other
political office
other than statewide political office
. 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 own funds nor from his candidate's campaign committee funds.

Section
2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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