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1	1	Session of 2024
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2535
3	3	By Committee on Elections
4	4	Requested by Representative Waggoner
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6	6	AN ACT concerning campaign finance; prohibiting the use of
7	7	cryptocurrency; deleting the prohibition against the use of campaign
8	8	funds for a candidate for federal office; amending K.S.A. 25-4153 and
9	9	repealing the existing section.
10	10	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
11	11	Section 1. K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
12	12	4153. (a) The aggregate amount contributed to a candidate and such
13	13	candidate's candidate committee and to all party committees and political
14	14	committees and dedicated to such candidate's campaign, by any political
15	15	committee or any person except a party committee, the candidate or the
16	16	candidate's spouse, shall not exceed the following:
17	17	(1) For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor or for
18	18	other state officers elected from the state as a whole, $2,000 for each
19	19	primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political
20	20	party) and an equal amount for each general election.
21	21	(2) For the office of member of the house of representatives, district
22	22	judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney or a candidate for local
23	23	office, $500 for each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or
24	24	convention of a political party) and an equal amount for each general
25	25	election.
26	26	(3) For the office of state senator or member of the state board of
27	27	education, $1,000 for each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or
28	28	convention of a political party) and an equal amount for each general
29	29	election.
30	30	(b) For the purposes of this section, the face value of a loan at the end
31	31	of the period of time allocable to the primary or general election is the
32	32	amount subject to the limitations of this section. A loan in excess of the
33	33	limits herein provided may be made during the allocable period if such
34	34	loan is reduced to the permissible level, when combined with all other
35	35	contributions from the person making such loan, at the end of such
36	36	allocable period.
37	37	(c) For the purposes of this section, all contributions made by
38	38	unemancipated children under 18 years of age shall be considered to be
39	39	contributions made by the parent or parents of such children. The total
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75	75	amount of such contribution shall be attributed to a single custodial parent
76	76	and 50% of such contribution to each of two parents.
77	77	(d) The aggregate amount contributed to a state party committee by a
78	78	person other than a national party committee or a political committee shall
79	79	not exceed $15,000 in each calendar year; and the aggregate amount
80	80	contributed to any other party committee by a person other than a national
81	81	party committee or a political committee shall not exceed $5,000 in each
82	82	calendar year.
83	83	The aggregate amount contributed by a national party committee to a
84	84	state party committee shall not exceed $25,000 in any calendar year, and
85	85	the aggregate amount contributed to any other party committee by a
86	86	national party committee shall not exceed $10,000 in any calendar year.
87	87	The aggregate amount contributed to a party committee by a political
88	88	committee shall not exceed $5,000 in any calendar year.
89	89	(e) Any political funds which have been collected and were not
90	90	subject to the reporting requirements of this act shall be deemed a person
91	91	subject to these contribution limitations.
92	92	(f) Any political funds which have been collected and were subject to
93	93	the reporting requirements of the campaign finance act shall not be used in
94	94	or for the campaign of a candidate for a federal elective office.
95	95	(g) The amount contributed by each individual party committee of the
96	96	same political party other than a national party committee to any candidate
97	97	for office, for any primary election at which two or more candidates are
98	98	seeking the nomination of such party shall not exceed the following:
99	99	(1) For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor and for
100	100	each of the other state officers elected from the state as a whole, $2,000 for
101	101	each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a
102	102	political party).
103	103	(2) For the office of member of the house of representatives, district
104	104	judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney or a candidate for local
105	105	office, $500 for each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or
106	106	convention of a political party).
107	107	(3) For the office of state senator or member of the state board of
108	108	education, $1,000 for each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or
109	109	convention of a political party).
110	110	(h)(g) When a candidate for a specific cycle does not run for office,
111	111	the contribution limitations of this section shall apply as though the
112	112	individual had sought office.
113	113	(i)(h) No person shall make any contribution or contributions to any
114	114	candidate or the candidate committee of any candidate in the form of
115	115	money or currency of the United States which in the aggregate exceeds
116	116	$100 for any one primary or general election, and no candidate or
117	117	candidate committee of any candidate shall accept any contribution or
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161	161	contributions in the form of money or currency of the United States which
162	162	in the aggregate exceeds $100 from any one person for any one primary or
163	163	general election.
164	164	(i) (1) No person shall make or accept any cryptocurrency
165	165	contribution for any candidate or candidate committee.
166	166	(2) No person shall make or accept any cryptocurrency contribution
167	167	for any political committee or party committee.
168	168	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby repealed.
169	169	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
170	170	publication in the statute book.
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