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House debates reporting threshold for small political groups, rejects amendment and passes PIC exemption bill

Utah House of Representatives · February 5, 2015
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Summary

Second substitute HB107 creates a narrow exemption for small groups of individuals acting on a single ballot issue from political-issue-committee registration; a motion to raise the committee’s $5,000 threshold to $10,000 failed 31–41 before the House passed the bill 71–0.

Representative Greene introduced second substitute HB107 to narrow the definition of a political issue committee (PIC) and create an exemption for informal groups of individuals who unite around a single ballot issue but do not form a legal entity or raise outside funds. Greene said the change was meant to avoid criminalizing citizens who organically organize around one local ballot measure.

"Every year during our election process, there are citizens groups that routinely conduct their activities in a way that potentially subjects…

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