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Secretary of State warns $25M IT bill and rollout risk as committee debates HB 40 18 dash-8
Summary
Deputy Secretary Michael Kaplan told the House Rules Committee that implementing HB 40 24's campaign finance system will likely require a placeholder $25,000,000 and that rushed in-house development failed to meet timelines; HB 40 18 dash-8 proposes staging implementation (limits in 2027, other complex IT features moved to 2031) and prompted sharp public disagreement over whether the amendment undermines the 2024 stakeholder deal.
Deputy Secretary of State Michael Kaplan told the House Rules Committee that implementing the campaign-finance overhaul passed in 2024 (HB 40 24) poses significant technical and cost risks under the current timeline and that a vendor-driven solution could require substantial premium spending. "During January legislative days, our office presented a placeholder request to ways and means of $25,000,000 to implement 4024 in its current form," Kaplan testified, describing a failed in-house development effort and a small vendor marketplace for the specialized compliance software the law requires.
HB 40 18 with the Dash 8 amendment would delay some of HB 40 24's more technically complex components — moving certain disclosure, EFMC and other networked features to…
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