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Committee advances bill to require campaign committee registration fee and shift lobbyist tax revenue to ethics bureau
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee voted to send House Bill 6 53 to Finance, Ways and Means after testimony from the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance about a decades‑old reporting system and a proposed $150 annual registration fee for campaign committees.
The State and Local Government Committee voted to advance House Bill 6 53 on a 22‑to‑1 vote, sending the measure to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee.
The bill, sponsored by Representative Hicks, would require political campaign committees registered with the Registry of Election Finance to pay a $150 annual registration fee and direct 80% of an annual professional privilege tax paid by registered lobbyists to the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance to fund an update of the bureau’s information technology platform and website.
Representative Hicks told the committee…
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