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Committee advances 'no private funds for conducting elections' bill after close debate
Summary
The Appropriations Committee forwarded House Bill 228, which would prohibit private funding of election administration; an amendment narrowing the bill’s language failed on the floor of the committee.
Chairman Knapp presented House Bill 228, described by its sponsor as a prohibition on private funds used to conduct elections. The bill’s sponsor and Secretary of State Chuck Gray framed the bill as a response to private grants used during the COVID-19 era to support election administration in other states.
Chuck Gray, Secretary of State, told the committee he supported the bill and said the measure would bar government and election officials from accepting private donations for conducting elections and would also prohibit private citizens from providing those funds for that purpose. "I stand in support of House Bill 228 prohibiting private…
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