Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2585
Campaign finance; reform.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-801, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE-ONLY COMMITTEE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-803, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES TO FILE A STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION PRIOR TO RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKING EXPENDITURES; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-805, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CANDIDATE COMMITTEES TO FILE REPORTS AND AMEND THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE FILING PROCESS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-807, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A CANDIDATE COMMITTEE TO FILE A TERMINATION REPORT TO TERMINATE OBLIGATIONS TO SUBMIT REQUIRED REPORTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-809, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PENALIZE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE-ONLY COMMITTEES WHO RECEIVE PROHIBITED CONTRIBUTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-811, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND PENALTIES FOR FAILING TO FILE ALL REQUIRED REPORTS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-813, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO TRANSFER CERTAIN ASSESSMENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-815, 23-15-817 AND 23-15-819, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-821, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE CONTRIBUTION EXEMPTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2018; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-821.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE CORPORATION CONTRIBUTION LIMITS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-823, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE PROHIBITIONS ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACTIVITIES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-825, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR AUDITING CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACCOUNTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-897, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A FINE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE CAMPAIGN MATERIALS PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-13-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR THE WRONGFUL DISSEMINATION OF DEEPFAKES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 19 to March 5, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
ElectionsFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.