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Senate debates substitute campaign-finance reporting bill; first substitute adopted
Summary
Senators spent an extended period debating a first substitute to House Bill 346 (campaign and financial reporting), which narrows and clarifies when contributions are “received,” tightens in-kind reporting and moves certain reporting windows to 30 days; sponsors said the change improves transparency while members pressed for clearer definitions and practical reporting rules.
A first substitute to House Bill 346, a campaign finance and reporting bill described by sponsors as a step toward more transparent disclosure, drew extended floor debate before the Senate adopted the substitute and circled the bill for further amendment. Sponsor supporters said the substitute clarifies when a contribution is “received,” tightens reporting of in-kind contributions and shortens the reporting window for newly identified receipts.
Sponsor Senator Bell said the substitute defines “received” to mean cash when it is given, checks when negotiated and in-kind when the benefit inures to the candidate. “Those are the same three standards that they have in the bill, but the conflicting standards are all now pointing back to those three…
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