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Committee clears several administrative and ethics bills; campaign‑funds penalty increases advance

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE · March 19, 2019
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Summary

The committee adopted technical and administrative measures: an amendment and passage motion on SB 278 to increase penalties for using campaign funds for personal use, HB 1420 standardizing county/city filing periods and petition circulation, and a timing change to runoff notice windows. Several measures were adopted or advanced; others were pulled for rewrite.

In addition to major policy hearings, the committee processed several administrative and ethics measures.

SB 278: Committee members adopted a clarifying amendment correcting a statutory cross‑reference and moved the bill forward. The measure increases penalties for…

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