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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2608

Campaign finance; limit corporate political campaign contributions to $1,000.00 per calendar year.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO LIMIT POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS TO $1,000.00 PER CALENDAR YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CONTRIBUTION OVER $1,000.00 PER CALENDAR YEAR SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE DONOR, OR IF RETURNING THE EXCESS AMOUNT IS NOT POSSIBLE, THEN THE EXCESS SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE ELECTION SUPPORT FUND; TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE, CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE FROM EXPENDING A CORPORATE DONATION FOR THE PORTION THAT EXCEEDS $1,000.00; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-13-15 AND 97-13-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS AND PENALIZED ILLEGAL CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 79-29-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

Its course

January 20 to March 4, 2025, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 1122 days

ElectionsJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 17 to Feb 2710 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 27 to Mar 4 · stopped5 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

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.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 11Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 17Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Feb 27Reported as amended from AE to AC in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 11Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 11AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 11Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 17Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 17Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 27DR - TSDPAA: AE To ACHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives