Committee clarifies contribution definition; volunteer personal time excluded

Sep 21, 2026

Members supported a cleanup to the campaign-finance contribution definition to explicitly include small issue committees and to confirm that uncompensated volunteer time is not a reportable in-kind contribution.

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The committee examined edits to the campaign-finance section to make the definition of "contribution" clearer and to explicitly include small-scale issue committees. Staff signaled that the existing language omitted some committee types and recommended adding them to the definition so reporting lines are clear.

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