HB346 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Corey Harbison
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Campaign finance reports, electronic filing required without exceptions, Sec. 17-5-8 am'd.
Summary: The bill requires principal campaign committees and PACs that hit a $5,000 filing threshold to file their campaign finance reports electronically with the Secretary of State.
What This Bill Does
It shifts filing to electronic submissions for those committees, while maintaining monthly, weekly, and daily reporting schedules tied to election timing. Reports would be submitted electronically and made available to the public in a searchable database hosted by the Secretary of State. The bill preserves existing exemptions (like churches) and the threshold-based filing rule for committees that do not reach the threshold.

Who It Affects
Principal campaign committees and political action committees that meet the $5,000 per election cycle filing threshold will be required to file campaign finance reports electronically with the Secretary of State.
Voters, journalists, researchers, and the general public will be able to access these reports through a searchable database on the Secretary of State's website; the Secretary of State's office will administer the electronic filings.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 17-5-8 to require electronic filing for principal campaign committees and PACs that meet the filing threshold.
Maintains the reporting schedule (monthly, weekly, and daily) with electronic submission; a daily report is triggered if $5,000 or more is spent or received on a given day.
Requires electronic filings to be public on a searchable database maintained by the Secretary of State; keeps exemptions for churches and certain electioneering contexts.
Electronic filing shall be mandatory beginning with the 2014 election cycle, and the act becomes effective January 1, 2019.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Campaign Finances