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Committee holds bill to streamline dissolution of small campaign committees and fix penalty language

House Elections and Apportionment Committee · February 4, 2026
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Summary

Senate Bill 233 would let the election division administratively dissolve small inactive committees and specifies penalty levels; sponsors and election-division staff said it simplifies policy and reduces agency rulemaking, while members requested data on how many committees would be affected. The bill was held for amendment.

Senator Gaskell presented Senate Bill 233 as a nonpartisan administrative bill that would allow the Election Division to administratively disband small inactive committees (for example those with under $1,000 and nondeliverable mailings) and would change discretionary language on penalties from "may" to "shall" to place maximums…

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