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Utah House Rejects Major Changes to Anonymous Campaign Contributions After Lengthy Floor Debate
Summary
After several substitutes and hours of debate, the Utah House voted down measures that would have loosened disclosure rules and raised the anonymous contribution threshold; the bill (HB 38) failed on final substitution votes and will be filed.
The Utah House of Representatives spent much of its Feb. 22 floor session debating House Bill 38, a bill that would have changed state campaign contribution reporting and the treatment of anonymous donations. After multiple substitutes and extended floor exchanges, members voted down the remaining changes and the proposal was filed.
Representative Lynn Powell, sponsor of the floor substitutions, said the aim was to strike a compromise between House and Senate language. "The policy in the bill is two. Number one, it raises the aggregate contribution limit to $100. Second of all, it requires that anonymous contributions over $100 would have to be paid to a governmental entity or to a 501(c)(3) non-profit," Powell said…
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