September 10, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Stubbs, Brostoff,
Anderson, Sinicki, Andraca, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Hebl,
Hesselbein, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton,
Snodgrass and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Senators Larson, Agard,
Carpenter, Roys and Johnson. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and
Elections.

AB536,1,7 1An Act to renumber and amend 11.0502 (1), 11.0502 (2), 11.0602 (1), 11.0602
2(2), 11.0902 (1) and 11.0902 (2); to amend 11.1108; and to create 11.0101 (20),
311.0101 (20d), 11.0101 (20g), 11.0101 (20r), 11.0204 (1) (a) 12., 11.0304 (1) (a)
412., 11.0404 (1) (a) 12., 11.0502 (1) (b), 11.0502 (2) (b), 11.0504 (1) (a) 12., 11.0602
5(1) (b), 11.0602 (2) (b), 11.0604 (1) (a) 12., 11.0902 (1) (b), 11.0902 (2) (b), 11.0904
6(1) (a) 12. and 11.1002 of the statutes; relating to: reporting of mass
7communications.

Current law requires a committee that wishes to engage in certain campaign
finance activities to register with the Ethics Commission and to report information
about contributions, expenditures, and obligations related to campaigns. The
trigger for registration varies depending on the nature of the committee. For
example, a candidate committee must register as soon as practicable after the
individual qualifies as a candidate; a legislative campaign committee must register
before making or accepting contributions, making disbursements, or incurring
obligations to support or oppose a candidate; and political action committees and
independent expenditure committees must register after making or accepting
contributions, disbursements, or obligations in an aggregate amount in excess of
$2,500.

This bill requires a political action committee, an independent expenditure
committee, and a recall committee to register if the committee makes a disbursement
or incurs an obligation on a mass communication. The bill also requires all registered
committees, other than a referendum committee or a conduit, to include on their
campaign finance reports information about disbursements made or obligations
incurred on a mass communication.

The bill also requires a person who is not a committee but who makes a
disbursement of $500 or more on a mass communication to report that information
and other information related to the mass communication within 24 hours.