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Committee approves renaming of ethics commission and tightening of political-committee definitions
Summary
House Bill 2206 would rename the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission to the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission and revise campaign-finance definitions and reporting thresholds; the committee passed the bill favorably after discussion about the scope of the new name and minor fiscal impacts.
The Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs voted to pass House Bill 2206 favorably. The bill would rename the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission to the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission and make multiple campaign-finance and disclosure adjustments.
Jason, a staff member, summarized that HB 2206 adds a new definition of cooperation or consent to help determine whether an expenditure is an independent expenditure for reporting; it revises the definition of political committee from a "major purpose" test to a…
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