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HB197 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021
HB197 Alabama 2010 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2010
Session
5
Sponsors

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Mike Hill
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Elections, political candidates, campaign contributions and expenditures, failure to file final or annual campaign finance report, penalties, Sec. 17-17-35 am'd. (2010-20086)
Description

Under existing law, failure to file a reporting requirement of the Fair Campaign Practices Act is a Class A misdemeanor.

This bill would provide that failure to file the final campaign finance report or failure to file the annual campaign finance report would result in the person not being permitted to be a candidate for any election for four years after the reports are due.

Subjects
Elections

Bill Actions

Pending third reading on day 23 Favorable from Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections

Engrossed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 245

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 244

Newton (D) Amendment Offered

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 243

Constitution and Elections first Substitute Offered

Third Reading Passed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution and Elections

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

February 11, 2010 House Passed
Yes 97
Abstained 1
Absent 5

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature