Amendment ID: S2898-13

Amendment 13

Regulations for Preliminary Costs

Messrs. DiDomenico and Payano move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting the following section:- 

“SECTION A1. Section 1 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

For the purpose of this chapter, supporting, favoring, promoting or opposing a question submitted to the voters includes actions to place or oppose placing a question on a statewide election ballot; provided, however, that supporting, favoring, promoting or opposing a question to be submitted to the voters shall not include legislative lobbying as defined in section 39 of chapter 3. The director shall adopt regulations to define actions for purposes of this paragraph, including the extent to which these actions include polling, research, legal, consulting or other related services; provided, however, that contributions or expenditures for such actions need not be disclosed as provided for in this chapter until such time as petitions in support of a statewide ballot question are made available by the state secretary pursuant to section 22A of chapter 53.”