Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on July 7, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 2584
Lists specified types of expenditures that are definitively considered to be made in coordination with candidates for purposes of determining whether expenditure is considered independent expenditure.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Lists specified types of expenditures that are definitively considered to be made in coordination with candidates for purposes of determining whether expenditure is considered independent expenditure. Lowers threshold for required filing of statement of independent expenditures to $250 per calendar year and requires statement to be filed within seven days after expenditure is made. Increases penalties from 10 percent to, depending on amount of contribution or expenditure, 20 percent or 40 percent of total amount of contribution or expenditure for failure to file required statements or certificates, for failure to include required information in statements or certificates, for incorrectly identifying expenditure as independent expenditure and for failing to timely file accurate statements for in-kind contributions. Requires person making independent expenditures of more than $250 in calendar year to maintain detailed accounts that are current not later than seven days after triggering required report. Requires account records to be kept for at least two years.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 to July 7, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
House of Representatives, third reading55–1
Passed · May 18 · 4 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 12
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 9 – May 18
- Jan 9Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Rules
- Mar 21Heard in Rules
- Apr 25Heard in Rules
- May 4Heard in Rules
- May 12Rules recommended it as amended
- May 15Read a second time
- May 18Passed the House of Representatives, 55 to 1
In the Senate May 22 – Jul 7
All 16 actions, as published
- Jan 9First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 17Referred to Rules with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Mar 21Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 25Work Session held.House of Representatives
- May 4Work Session held.House of Representatives
- May 12Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded.House of Representatives
- May 12Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.House of Representatives
- May 15Second reading.House of Representatives
- May 16Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.House of Representatives
- May 17Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.House of Representatives
- May 18Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed.House of Representatives
- May 18Vote explanation(s) filed by Whisnant.House of Representatives
- May 22First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- May 23Referred to Rules.Senate
- Jun 5Public Hearing held.Senate
- Jul 7In committee upon adjournment.Senate