An Act improving campaign finance reporting for statewide ballot questions
Senate, January 15, 2026 -- Text of the Senate Bill improving campaign finance reporting for statewide ballot questions (Senate, No. 2916) (being the text of Senate, No. 2898, printed as amended)
Bill Information
Bill Information
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to improve campaign finance reporting by statewide ballot question committees, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Bill History
| Branch | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/15/2026 | Senate | Text of S2898, reprinted as amended |
| 1/15/2026 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #127 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) |
| 1/22/2026 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5549, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Read third |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Amendment #7 adopted, as changed |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Amendment #9 adopted, as changed |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Text of H5549 amended, published as H5558 |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Passed to be engrossed -149 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 222 ) |
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