REFERENCE TITLE: elections; foreign contributions; prohibition

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

SB 1142

Introduced by

Senators Finchem: Angius, Carroll, Farnsworth, Leach, Petersen, Rogers, Shamp

AN ACT

amending title 16, chapter 6, article 1.2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-919; relating to campaign contributions.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 16, chapter 6, article 1.2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-919, to read:

START_STATUTE16-919. Foreign contributions prohibited; ballot measures; certification

A. A foreign corporation or person shall not give and a person, entity or committee shall not accept or use monies or in-kind goods or services contributed by a foreign corporation or person or a foreign nongovernmental source to influence the outcome of an election on a ballot measure.

B. A person, entity or committee that is required to file campaign finance reports pursuant to section 16-926 shall certify under penalty of perjury in those reports that the person, entity or committee has not accepted or used monies or in-kind goods or services in violation of subsection a of this section.

C. federally recognized sovereign tribal nations are exempt from this section. END_STATUTE