HB538 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Andrew SorrellRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Campaign debt, require reporting of if contributions accepted to pay off, Secs. 17-5-2, 17-5-7, 17-5-8, 17-5-9 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a candidate, public official, or principal campaign committee may accept, solicit, or receive campaign contributions for a period of 120 days following an election for the purpose of paying down campaign debt.
This bill would require a candidate, public official, or principal campaign committee who accepts, solicits, or receives campaign contributions during the 120-day period after the election in order to pay down campaign debt to report the campaign debt to the appropriate filing official and would prohibit a candidate from accepting contributions that exceed the amount reported.
This bill would create the Campaign Debt Clarification Act.
Subjects: Campaign Finances

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