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House committee backs bill to bar foreign nationals from funding ballot initiatives

2320018 · February 13, 2025
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The House committee voted unanimously to favorably recommend House Bill 3 93, which would prohibit foreign nationals and foreign governments from knowingly contributing to ballot-initiative campaigns and require reporting and repayment of certain contributions.

Representative Perucci introduced House Bill 3 93, a measure to prohibit foreign nationals and foreign governments from contributing to or knowingly soliciting contributions for ballot initiatives in Utah.

Perucci said federal law already bars foreign nationals from contributing to candidates but leaves a gap for ballot initiatives; HB 3 93 would require anyone who knowingly receives a foreign contribution to report it to the lieutenant governor and, for sums over $500, remit the value to the state general fund. The bill also creates a criminal penalty for knowingly accepting or…

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