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Committee advances bill to simplify campaign carryover accounts and lift retention cap

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE · April 8, 2021
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Summary

HB1675 would eliminate the separate carryover account and remove a cap on how much an officeholder may retain in campaign funds; the Ethics Commission director reviewed the bill and cautioned the removal of the cap is a significant change, but sponsor said edits addressed conflicts and the committee passed the measure.

Representative Evans presented HB1675 to modernize campaign-account reporting. The bill would eliminate an outdated requirement to transfer campaign funds into a separate "carryover" account and would remove the statutory cap on retained campaign funds, aligning…

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