Treasurers and compliance experts back narrowing foreign-certification rule; PDC available for questions
House Bill 2,123’s proposed substitute would limit Washington’s foreign-certification requirement to larger activity; campaign treasurers urged eliminating or raising thresholds to reduce administrative burden, while staff and the PDC remained available to answer implementation questions.
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OPR staff briefed House Bill 2,123 and the proposed substitute that would require candidates and committees to collect foreign-certification statements only when contributions or expenditures exceed an aggregate threshold (initially $5,500 in the substitute, with an amendment in the books changing the trigger to $6,000). Staff explained the substitute narrows the state requirement to match the practical risk tied to large independent expenditures and ballot measure advertising.
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