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House approves campaign-finance amendment requiring short reason for report changes

Utah House of Representatives · February 25, 2009
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Summary

HB312 passed 55–15 to require a short stated reason be recorded when campaign-finance reports are amended; sponsor said the change improves transparency, while members raised concerns about electronic-filing errors producing inadvertent amendments.

The Utah House passed House Bill 312 on Feb. 25 by a vote of 55 yes to 15 no. Representative Sheryl Allen, the bill sponsor, said the measure aims to improve transparency in campaign-finance reporting by adding a short "reason" field that must be entered when a previously filed report is amended.

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