Hearing
Senate State Governmental Affairs Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 13:00:00
SB289 Alabama 2023 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB289 Alabama 2023 Session
Senate Bill
In Second Chamber
Current Status
Regular Session 2023
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Sam Givhan SenatorRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2023
- Title
- Relating to political action committees; to amend Section 17-5-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to permit PACs to make contributions to political parties in certain circumstances.
- Description
Under existing law, political action committees (PACs) are prohibited from making contributions to other PACs, except that PACs may make contributions to principal campaign committees, so long as the donor PAC is not a principal campaign committee.
This bill would permit PACs to make contributions to political parties so long as the donor PAC is not a principal campaign committee.
- Subjects
- Political action committees, allow contributions to political parties
Bill Actions
H
Referred to Committee to House Ethics and Campaign Finance
S
Read First Time in Second House
S
Read a Third Time and Pass
S
On Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read Second Time in House of Origin
S
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
S
Reported Favorably from Senate State Governmental Affairs
S
Introduced and Referred to Senate State Governmental Affairs
S
Read First Time in House of Origin
Calendar
Bill Text
Votes
Read a Third Time and Pass
Yes
34
Absent
1
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB289 Alabama 2023 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Source: Alabama Legislature