HB 1788 — Modifies requirements for campaign contributions

SECOND REGULAR SESSION [PERFECTED] HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

1788 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 5473H.03C5473H.03P JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal section 130.031, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to campaign finance, with penalty provisions.

Any person who receives contributions for a committee shall disclose to that committee's treasurer, deputy treasurer or candidate the recipient's own name and address and the name and address of the actual source EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.

HCS HB 1788 2 candidate the recipient's own name and address and the name and address of the actual source of each contribution such person has received for that committee.

HCS HB 1788 3 (4) A statement describing the event shall be prepared by the candidate or the treasurer of the committee for whom the funds were raised or by the person responsible for HCS HB 1788 3 conducting the activity or event and attached to the disclosure report of contributions and expenditures required by section 130.041.

any items of personal use HCS HB 1788 4 given away or sold, such as campaign buttons, pins, pens, pencils, book matches, campaign jewelry, or clothing, which is paid for by a candidate or committee which supports a candidate HCS HB 1788 4 or supports or opposes a ballot measure and which is obvious in its identification with a specific candidate or committee and is reported as required by this chapter;

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It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person required to be identified as paying for printed matter pursuant to subsection 8 of this section or paying for broadcast HCS HB 1788 5 matter pursuant to subsection 9 of this section to refuse to provide the information required or to purposely provide false, misleading, or incomplete information.

AllAllsolicitations solicitations shall state, in a clear and conspicuous manner, the continuing committee, campaign committee, political party committee, exploratory committee, or candidate committee that will benefit from any funds received as a result of the solicitation.

(1) A committee soliciting a recurring contribution or a recurring donation for an expenditure or printed or broadcast matter may accept the recurring contribution or donation only if the contributor or donor gives affirmative consent for the recurring contributioncontribution. or donation.

The passive action of a contributorcontributor, orincluding donor including, but not limited to,to failing to uncheck a prechecked box authorizing a recurring contributioncontribution, or donation shall not constitute affirmative consent.

(2) If a contributor or donor affirmatively consents to making a recurring contributioncontribution, or donation, the committee soliciting the recurring contribution or donation shall:

(a) Provide a receipt to the contributor or donor for each contribution or donation that clearly and conspicuously discloses:

The frequency of the recurring contributionscontributions; or donations;

The duration of the recurring contributionscontributions; or donations;

All information needed to cancel recurring contributionscontributions; or donations;

and (b) ImmediatelyAt cancelthe request of the recurringcontributor, contributionsterminate orany donationsfuture atscheduled thedeductions requestprior ofto the contributornext orscheduled donor.deduction date.

(3) A committee that obtainssolicits and receives a contribution in violation of this section shall return the contribution to the contributor immediately after obtainingreceiving the contribution.

The amount of any contribution obtainedreceived in violation of this section is an outstanding obligation of the committee that obtainedsolicited and received the contribution until the contribution is repaid to the contributor.

HCS HB 1788 6 (5) Recurring contributions or donations made under this subsection to support or oppose a candidate or ballot measure shall automatically end after the election at which the candidate or issuemeasure appeared on the ballot, except that recurring contributions or donations made to any candidate who wins a primary election may continue until the general election.