Senate Federal and State Affairs panel restores primary contribution limits, sets new caps on donations to party committees

The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee on an unspecified date amended and voted to pass House Bill 2054, a campaign finance bill, after adopting two amendments that reinstate contribution limits in contested primaries and set dollar caps on contributions to party committees.

The first amendment, explained by Jason (staff member), would "reinstate the provisions regarding contribution limits for when there is a contested primary," restoring limits that apply when two or more candidates seek a party nomination. Jason said the amendment returns the statute to current law for primaries while increasing some of the dollar amounts for various offices.

The second amendment clarified limits on contributions made to party committees by entities other than party committees. Under the amendment, contributions from any person other than a party committee to state party committees and…