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Senate committee raises county political committee contribution cap to $10,000; members question definition of 'person'
Summary
Senate Bill 469 passed after members approved an amendment adding a House sponsor. The bill increases the limit counties can receive from a single 'person' from $5,000 to $10,000, prompting questions about whether political action committees (PACs) and multiple PAC structures are covered by the code definition of 'person.'
Little Rock — The committee passed Senate Bill 4 69 as amended, a bill that increases the cap on what a county political committee may receive from a single person from $5,000 to $10,000.
Sponsor Senator Penzo described the change as straightforward: “All this does is move the cap from 5 to 10 thousand dollars for county committee contributions,” he said. Members adopted a floor amendment that added Representative Beatty as the bill’s House sponsor.
During debate, members asked whether the statutory word “person” could…
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