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House approves first substitute to tighten disclosure of anonymous campaign donations after hours of debate
Summary
After lengthy floor debate and multiple substitute motions, the Utah House on Feb. 3 passed first substitute House Bill 91, which narrows anonymous campaign donations by requiring candidates who receive anonymous contributions over $50 to transfer the funds to a nonprofit or government entity if the donor cannot be identified; the measure passed 66–9 and will go to the Senate.
House Bill 91, a campaign finance bill aimed at addressing anonymous contributions, passed the Utah House on Feb. 3 after an extended floor debate, multiple substitute motions and procedural votes.
Representative Rebecca Powell, the bill sponsor, said HB 91 responds to recurring incidents in which anonymous cash donations — in one cited case amounts of $5,000 and $6,600 left for a municipal candidate—created uncertainty in reporting and raised transparency concerns. Powell summarized the bill’s core provisions as preserving the current $50 undisclosed threshold while prohibiting candidates from accepting a campaign contribution without a donor name and requiring candidates who receive anonymous contributions above $50 to remit those funds within 30 days to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or a governmental entity instead of spending them.
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