HB151 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

13

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Alan Harper
Republican
Co-Sponsors: John Merrill Donnie Chesteen Wes Long Ed Henry Chad Fincher Joe Hubbard Mike Ball Mac McCutcheon Mike Hill John Robinson James E. Buskey Greg Burdine
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Fair Campaign Practices Act, campaign finance disclosure reports, monthly reports of contributions and expenditures, Secretary of State to maintain searchable electronic database of election documents, political action committees to include Section 527 organization, disqualification of candidate for noncompliance, Secs. 17-5-2, 17-5-8, 17-5-18 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the filing of campaign finance disclosures is accomplished through the filing of paper documents at a specified time.
This bill, beginning with the 2014 election cycle, would require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database, searchable by the public, containing all election documents required to be filed with the Secretary of State.
This bill would define a Section 527 organization as a political action committee for purposes of all filings and disclosures required by the Fair Campaign Practices Act.
This bill would require principal campaign committees and political action committees to file monthly reports of contributions and expenditures.
This bill would immediately disqualify any candidate who does not comply with this requirement of the Fair Campaign Practices Act.
Subjects: Elections

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance