SB 176 DE

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This Act does the following: (1) Permits the State Elections Commissioner (“Commissioner”) to issue a citation to a reporting party who fails to file or deliver a required campaign finance report. (2) Requires the Commissioner to publish the name of a candidate who without reasonable cause failed to file a campaign finance report or has been assessed an administrative penalty. (3) Requires a reporting party who fails to file or deliver a required campaign finance report to take training on the Department of Elections’ electronic campaign finance reporting system. (4) Caps the amount of an administrative penalty that may be assessed by the Commissioner for a tardy campaign finance report. (5) Permits the Commissioner to authorize a payment plan for, waive administrative penalties under $500 owed by, or negotiate the total amount of administrative penalty owed by a reporting party, if the reporting party has filed or corrected a tardy report. Section 4 of this Act makes this authority retroactive to fines imposed by the Commissioner before the effective date of the Act. (6) Permits an administrative penalty to be paid by a political committee or political action committee, instead of by a reporting party. The Act makes this authority retroactive to fines imposed by the Commissioner before the effective date of the Act. (7) Increases the amount of time the Reports Appeals Subcommittee has to meet following the filing of an appeal. (8) Increases the stipend a member of the Reports Appeals Subcommittee may receive for attending a meeting from $50 to $100 and the total yearly stipend a member may receive from $250 to $500. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

• Trey Paradee Democratic · primary
• Sean M. Lynn Democratic · primary

1. Jun 8, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate · upper
2. Jun 16, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits · upper
3. Jun 17, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO · upper
4. Jun 18, 2021 Assigned to Administration Committee in House · lower
5. Jun 23, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits · lower
6. Jun 29, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
7. Sep 30, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF