ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

Senate: PS DP 7-0-0-0 | 3rd Read: 28-0-2-0

House: GOV DPA/SE 5-2-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1129: vehicle accident; insurance verification

S/E: campaign finance; transfers; candidate committees

Sponsor: Senator Carroll, LD 28

Caucus & COW

 

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1129

Overview

Authorizes a city or town candidate's committee to transfer contributions to the same candidate's statewide or legislative candidate committee, provided the aggregate individual contributions transferred are within a specified limit.

History

A candidate committee is permitted to transfer unlimited contributions to one or more other candidate committees, provided such committees are for the same candidate. However, there are certain limitations on a candidate committee's ability to transfer funds in this manner. A candidate for city or town office, for instance, is prohibited from transferring contributions to the same candidate's statewide or legislative candidate committee. Additionally, a city or town candidate's committee may transfer contributions to the same candidate's committee for a county office, but the county candidate's committee is then prohibited from transferring contributions to that same candidate's committee for statewide or legislative office for the following 24 months. Transfers of contributions are deemed to be contributions to the receiving candidate committee. On transfer, an individual's aggregate contributions to both candidate committees cannot exceed the individual's contribution limit for that candidate (A.R.S. § 16-913).

The current campaign contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle are: 1) for an individual contributing to a local candidate committee, $6,750; 2) for an individual contributing to a legislative candidate committee, $5,500; and 3) for an individual contributing to a statewide candidate committee, $5,000 (A.R.S. § 16-941, AZ SOS).

Provisions

1.   Allows a candidate committee for city or town office to transfer contributions to the same candidate's committee for statewide or legislative office. (Sec. 1)

2.   Specifies the aggregate amount of contributions from an individual transferred from a municipal or county candidate committee to the same candidate's committee for statewide or legislative office must not exceed the contribution limit for the statewide or legislative office. (Sec. 1)

3.   Requires local public officers completed financial disclosures to be publicly accessible on the municipality's website. (Sec. 2)

4.   Contains a delayed effective date. (Sec. 3)

5.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 2)

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