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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session

 

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1129

 

vehicle accident; insurance verification

(NOW: campaign finance transfers; candidate committees)

As passed the Senate, S.B. 1129 required the registered owner of a vehicle to provide proof that the vehicle was sold before an accident occurred to avoid license and registration suspension.

The House of Representatives adopted a strike everything amendment that does the following:

Purpose

Beginning January 1, 2027, authorizes a candidate committee for a city or town candidate to transfer contributions to that same candidate's statewide or legislative candidate committee, provided that the aggregate amount of contributions from an individual do not exceed statutory limits for statewide or legislative office.

Background

A candidate committee may not make contributions to a candidate committee for a different candidate but may transfer unlimited contributions to any candidate committees for the same candidate under prescribed conditions. A candidate committee for a city or town candidate may not transfer contributions to that same candidate's committee for a statewide or legislative office. If the candidate committee for a city or town office transfers contributions to that same candidate's committee for a county office, the candidate committee for the county office may not transfer contributions to that same candidate's committee for a statewide or legislative office within the
24-months immediately following the transfer of contributions to the candidate's committee for county office. Contributions originally made to the transferring candidate committee are deemed as contributions to the receiving candidate committee and an individual's aggregate contributions during the election cycle to both candidate committees may not exceed the individual's contribution limit for that candidate (A.R.S. § 16-913).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.   Allows, rather than prohibits, a candidate committee for a city or town candidate to transfer contributions to that same candidate's committee for a statewide or legislative office.

2.   Prohibits the aggregate amount of individual contributions that are transferred from a city, town or county candidate's committee to a committee statewide or legislative office from exceeding the contribution limits for that statewide or legislative office.

3.   Requires a city, town or county ordinance, rule or resolution governing public officers' financial disclosure to require each local public officer's completed financial disclosure to be accessible to the public on the city, town or county's website.

4.   Specifies that this legislation only applies to contributions received after January 1, 2027.

5.   Becomes effective on January 1, 2027.

Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives

· Adopted the strike-everything amendment.

House Action

TI                    3/12/25      W/D

GOV               3/26/25      DPA/SE       5-2-0-0

3rd Read          5/7/25                             34-24-2

 

Prepared by Senate Research

May 7, 2025

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