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Committee gives favorable report to HB 250, clarifying candidate economic-interest filing deadlines
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The Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee gave a favorable report on HB 250, which adjusts when candidates must file statements of economic interest and allows certain previously filed statements to satisfy filing requirements.
The Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee gave a favorable report on HB 250 at its meeting, moving the bill forward after Representative Underwood described changes to when candidates must file statements of economic interest.
Representative Underwood, who presented the bill, said the measure aims to simplify timing rules for filings. "We all know that the law requires us to follow those statements of economic interest," Underwood said, and the bill clarifies several five‑day filing windows tied to different routes to ballot access. Underwood explained that party‑affiliated candidates would file a statement "within 5 days of the deadline to qualify" through…
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