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Committee narrows candidate-disclosure enforcement, pauses penalties for one year and assigns Ethics Commission support

Government Operations & Military Affairs · April 22, 2026
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Summary

The draft requires the State Ethics Commission to provide informational resources and suspends penalties and enforcement for candidate disclosure forms for one year while preserving the filing obligation; members asked staff to correct wording and circulate an updated draft before the filing season begins.

Members reviewed language that would require candidates for state legislative and certain county offices to file a disclosure form created by the State Ethics Commission, but would suspend penalties and enforcement related to those disclosures for one year.

Counsel summarized the changes: the disclosure requirement remains in place, but penalties (described in the companion statute as $10 per day, capped…

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