KentuckyAN ACT relating to campaign finance.
What it does
Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption of a violation; prohibit foreign nationals from making a donation, contribution, or expenditure, soliciting another person to make a donation, contribution, or expenditure, or participating in another person's decision to influence a ballot measure; establish a cause of action for accepting or soliciting contributions from prohibited sources and failing to certify, report, or retain records; establish a right of privacy in donations to tax-exempt organizations; establish a penalty for a state or local governmental entity, court, or officer of the court that violates the right of privacy; amend KRS 121.190 to require a "paid for by" disclosure for advertisements advocating or opposing a ballot measure.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 57)Became Law
- Mar 15
- Vote recorded Final Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 14delivered to Governor
- Mar 14enrolled, signed by President of the SenateTo Governor
- Mar 14enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Mar 14passed 77-12Major
- Mar 14House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 12posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 11to Rules (H)Minor
- Vote recorded PASS HB 45 W/ scs1. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11received in House
- Mar 11passed 29-6 with Committee Substitute (1)Passed Senate
- Mar 11Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
- Mar 113rd readingMinor
- Mar 7posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Mar 62nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 5floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 5reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Feb 18to State & Local Government (S)Minor
- Feb 13to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Feb 13received in Senate
- Feb 123rd reading, passed 85-12Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 7posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Feb 72nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Feb 6reported favorably, 1st reading, to CalendarMinor
- Feb 4to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)Minor
- Jan 7to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Jan 7introduced in HouseIntroduced