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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Author added Rest Bill Text
Relating to elections; increasing permitted expenditures for recognized
charitable contributions for political purposes
(je)
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to elections; extending the time period for deposit or return of
campaign contributions
(rt)
Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to elections; redefining expenditure and independent expenditure for
campaign financing purposes; prohibiting political parties signing an agreement
for the receipt of a public subsidy from making independent expenditures;
limiting multicandidate expenditures by political parties; imposing penalties
for exceeding the expenditure and contribution limits; providing for the filing
of spending limit agreements by political parties or party units with the state
campaign finance and public disclosure board and modifying the candidate filing
deadline
(ra)
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Committee report, to pass Bill Text
1E Relating to elections; providing an exception to the charitable contribution
limit for principal campaign committees
(me)
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextProviding for election campaign finance reform; stating legislative findings relating to the use of private money to finance campaigns and the intent of the provisions to provide for clean money campaigns funded without special interest money; defining or redefining certain terms under the provisions regulating the financing of election campaigns; prohibiting the state campaign finance and public disclosure board from publishing home addresses or telephone numbers on the web site; expanding principal campaign committee registration content requirements; requiring electronic filing of certain campaign reports and board publication of campaign reports on the web site within a certain number of days of the report due date; expanding and modifying certain independent expenditure report filing and notice requirements; requiring excess spending reports by candidates not signing spending limit agreements; clarifying the application [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to ethics in government; creating a conflict of interest based on the
acceptance of certain large election campaign contributions by certain elected
officials on issues relating to the contributor, requiring certain disclosures
and actions under the conflict; imposing penalties for violation
(rt)
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to health; requiring each pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesale drug
distributor, medical supply or device manufacturer to file with the commissioner
of health an annual report identifying all payments, honoraria, reimbursement or
other compensation paid to practitioners or sponsors of a medical conference,
professional meeting or other educational program during the proceeding year,
specifying the report format; prohibiting practitioners and drug formulary
committee members from accepting gifts from pharmaceutical (drug) manufacturers
and distributors and medical supply or device manufacturers and distributors;
modifying the definition of gift
(me)
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/24/08 Bill Text
Auto insurance and certain claims practices regulated.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF3172 Bill Text1E Relating to elections; exempting lobbying activities relating to ballot questions or propositions from campaign finance reporting requirements; requiring preelection reports of certain political contributions to political committees and political funds; adjusting certain preelection reporting requirements for contributions to candidates; advancing the deadline to file affidavit of contributions; providing for delivery of absentee ballots to an agent of certain persons and return of ballots by an agent; permitting appointment of election judges not affiliated with a major political party; eliminating an approval requirement for mail elections; increasing the maximum time to conduct certain special elections; modifying recounts of a special primary or a special election; changing certain school district election provisions; authorizing certain school board primary elections; shortening time to complete postelection [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Modifying certain election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements;
reducing the time limit for first registrations of political or principal
campaign committees, political funds or party units; regulating coordinated
electioneering communication contributions and expenditures, defining
electioneering communication and specifying certain reporting requirements;
requiring reporting of independent expenditures in excess of certain amounts,
time limits; establishing a work group to study the feasibility of creating an
online campaign finance reporting and public subsidy payment system and report
to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain work group membership
requirements and requiring the board and the department of revenue to provide
staff resources to the work group
(je)
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Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Appropriating money to the office of administrative hearings for fair campaign
practices act complaints
(ra)
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text
2E Establishing in the department of administration a grants management process,
requiring the commissioner to provide policy leadership and direction for grants
management, specifying commissioner powers and duties; requiring grant
recipients to agree to administrative costs limits, specifying code of ethics
applicability, requiring commissioner conflict of interest and code of ethics
policies development; providing for violations reporting, grant agreements
creation and validity, grant administration and payments, audit, attorney
general authority and Indian (native American) tribes and bands grants;
classifying data created by granting agencies for proposal requests as nonpublic
until proposal publication; appropriating money to the commissioner of
administration
(me)
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Modifying certain election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements;
reducing the time limit for first registrations of political or principal
campaign committees, political funds or party units; regulating coordinated
electioneering communication contributions and expenditures, defining
electioneering communication and specifying certain reporting requirements;
requiring reporting of independent expenditures in excess of certain amounts,
time limits; establishing a work group to study the feasibility of creating an
online campaign finance reporting and public subsidy payment system and report
to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain work group membership
requirements and requiring the board and the department of revenue to provide
staff resources to the work group
(je)
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to state government; prohibiting appointing authorities from imposing
or enforcing additional limitations on the political activities of employees
(me)
Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Prohibiting former legislators, constitutional officers, commissioners, agency
heads and certain legislative employees from lobbying for legislative or
administrative action for a certain period of time after leaving office
(ra)
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Calendar: Third reading Failed to pass Bill Text
1E Prohibiting former legislators, constitutional officers, commissioners,
deputy commissioners or state department or agency heads from lobbying for
legislative or administrative action for a certain period of time after leaving
office or position
(ra)
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextRelating to elections; clarifying the definitions of campaign expenditure and independent expenditure and certain political committee or fund registration form content requirements under campaign finance and public disclosure requirements; prohibiting political committees, political funds, principal campaign committees or party units making independent campaign expenditures from terminating before the end of the election cycle; providing for the formation of a nonpartisan nonprofit council to create a voluntary code to discourage unfair negative attacks while encouraging debate on issues and candidates; requiring the campaign finance and public disclosure board to convene a task force to establish a clean campaign council, specifying task force membership representation options; authorizing the council to establish a clean campaign advertising code, specifying certain content options and providing for enforcement; authorizing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to health; requiring each pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesale drug
distributor, medical supply or device manufacturer to file with the commissioner
of health an annual report identifying all payments, honoraria, reimbursement or
other compensation paid to practitioners or sponsors of a medical conference,
professional meeting or other educational program during the proceeding year,
specifying the report format; prohibiting practitioners and drug formulary
committee members from accepting gifts from pharmaceutical (drug) manufacturers
and distributors and medical supply or device manufacturers and distributors;
modifying the definition of gift
(me)
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Committee report, to pass Bill Text
Lobbyist activities related to a ballot question exempted from campaign finance
reporting requirements.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF3172 Bill Text1E Relating to elections; exempting lobbying activities relating to ballot questions or propositions from campaign finance reporting requirements; requiring preelection reports of certain political contributions to political committees and political funds; adjusting certain preelection reporting requirements for contributions to candidates; advancing the deadline to file affidavit of contributions; providing for delivery of absentee ballots to an agent of certain persons and return of ballots by an agent; permitting appointment of election judges not affiliated with a major political party; eliminating an approval requirement for mail elections; increasing the maximum time to conduct certain special elections; modifying recounts of a special primary or a special election; changing certain school district election provisions; authorizing certain school board primary elections; shortening time to complete postelection [...] show full description
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