Election committee hears advocates and OCPF on multiple campaign finance transparency bills

The Joint Committee on Election Law heard more than three hours of testimony on a cluster of campaign finance and election‑administration measures, with advocates urging tighter disclosure for ballot‑question spending and the director of the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) supporting companion modernization bills.

William Campbell, director of the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, told the committee he supports two companion bills, H 848 and S 515, that seek broad updates to the commonwealth’s campaign finance statute. Campbell said the “time has come for the changes set forth in the 2 bills,” and filed an extensive report with the committee explaining proposed amendments. He cautioned that courts limit the…