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Committee advances ban on foreign funding of ballot campaigns with disclosure requirements
Summary
House Bill 45, which would prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to ballot measure advocacy in Kentucky and require disclosure for express-advocacy ads, passed committee as amended with opposition recorded. Sponsors cited national examples of foreign money in ballot campaigns and sought parity with candidate and PAC rules.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee on Monday advanced House Bill 45 as amended, a bill that would prohibit foreign nationals from funding ballot measure advocacy and require disclosure for express-advocacy advertisements.
Representative John Hodgson, the bill sponsor, said the legislation would "put ballot issue donations on the same footing" as candidate and PAC contributions and that since 2009 foreign donors have injected nearly a billion dollars into U.S. ballot campaigns, according to testimony. Hodgson said the bill excludes U.S. citizens and lawful…
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