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Committee advances SB 2156 to set hard reporting dates, delay new system until Jan. 1, 2026
Summary
The Government and Veterans Affairs Committee voted 12-0-2 to give Senate Bill 2156 a due pass as amended after debate over reporting dates, public availability of certain filings and how 2025 receipts will be handled ahead of new software scheduled for Jan. 1, 2026.
The Government and Veterans Affairs Committee advanced Senate Bill 2156 as amended on a 12-0-2 roll call after debating reporting deadlines, public disclosure and how filings for calendar year 2025 will be handled before a planned software change.
Representative Steiner, the bill sponsor, told the committee the amendment (version 11) inserts “hard dates” for reporting periods and establishes an effective date timed to the Secretary of State’s new software. “If you go to the last page on page 29, what you'll see is, Section 8 and Section 9. That is the rules going forward,” Steiner said.
The bill revises campaign finance reporting language to replace looser date descriptions with fixed reporting windows, which the sponsor and Legislative Council said should help candidates and the public understand filing deadlines. Representative Steiner said filings covering activity through the end of 2025 will follow…
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