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House Adopts Conference Report Tightening Campaign‑finance Filing Rules and Good‑faith Corrections
Summary
The House adopted the joint conference committee report on Senate Bill 81, aligning campaign‑finance reporting deadlines, allowing certified mailing or electronic filing, and creating a good‑faith correction provision that prevents criminal penalties for timely amended filings; the adopted report was accepted on the floor.
The House adopted the joint conference committee report on Senate Bill 81, a campaign‑finance measure that reconciled House and Senate language on filing deadlines and remedies for filing errors.
Sponsors explained the fifth substitute reinstates a mailed‑filing rule (a report is timely if mailed three days before the due date with proof of mailing), allows electronic filing by fax or e‑mail, and includes a good‑faith error provision so that a timely filed report with an inadvertent error can be corrected without criminal penalty. Sponsors said the substitute also removed a technical Senate change that would have eliminated a three‑day mailing buffer.
Supporters described the package as a practical reconciliation intended to avoid penalizing inadvertent mistakes while preserving filing enforcement for willful violations. The House accepted the conference report and the motion to adopt the report carried on the floor.
