SB 206
AN ACT relating to campaign finance.
In Plain Language
This bill updates Kentucky's campaign finance rules for ballot measures and independent political spending. It requires groups that spend money on ballot issues to report who their donors are and keep records, while banning foreign nationals and certain other sources from contributing. The bill adds a legal right to privacy for donations to tax-exempt organizations and requires political ads to disclose who paid for them.
Official summary
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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Latest action
to State & Local Government (S)
Feb 20, 2025
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