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Committee hears bill to adjust campaign contribution reporting threshold for inflation

2133229 · January 20, 2025
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Representative Dan Ruby proposed adjusting the $200 minimum reportable contribution for campaign finance filings to account for inflation; Secretary of State Michael Howe told the committee legal guidance limited prior automatic adjustments and the office has a new reporting system coming that would make future changes easier to implement.

Representative Dan Ruby told the Finance and Taxation Committee House Bill 1377 would implement the inflation adjustments to the minimum reportable contribution amount that were written into prior ethics legislation but never applied.

"One of the provisions ... was the intent to have the portion that we have to claim, or to report the entity that gave us a contribution of at least ... $200 ... adjusted for inflation," Representative Dan Ruby said, recounting conversations dating to the ethics measure’s enactment.

Ruby said his…

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