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2024 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 11
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Provides that contribution limits are applicable per calendar year
rather than per election (Item #8)
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1505.2(H)(1)(a)(introductory paragraph) and (c) and
3 (2)(a)(introductory paragraph), (b)(introductory paragraph), (e), and (f), relative to
4 campaign contribution limits; to provide for the application of campaign contribution
5 limits per calendar year; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 18:1505.2(H)(1)(a)(introductory paragraph) and (c) and
8(2)(a)(introductory paragraph), (b)(introductory paragraph), (e), and (f) are hereby amended
9and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1505.2. Contributions; expenditures; certain prohibitions and limitations
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12 H.(1)(a) The following contribution limits, which apply per calendar year,
13 are established for contributions made to candidates or the principal campaign
14 committee and any subsidiary committee of a candidate for the following offices:
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16 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,
17 the contribution limit for contributions made to an unsuccessful major office
18 candidate, or the principal campaign committee and any subsidiary committee of
19 such unsuccessful candidate, who does not participate in the general election and for
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1 the time period for which such candidate has a deficit for expenditures made through
2 the day of the primary election, shall be ten thousand dollars per calendar year.
3 (2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1), the following
4 contribution limits, which apply per calendar year, are established for contributions
5 by political committees supporting or opposing a candidate for the following offices:
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7 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and
8 Subparagraph (2)(a) (a) of this Subsection, Paragraph, the following campaign
9 contribution limits, which apply per calendar year, are established for contributions
10 by political committees supporting or opposing a candidate for the following offices,
11 the membership of which political committee exceeds two hundred and fifty
12 members as of the December thirty-first of the preceding calendar year, and
13 additionally provided that at least two hundred and fifty of the members have each
14 contributed at least fifty dollars to the political committee during the preceding one-
15 year period:
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17 (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and
18 Subparagraph (2)(a) (a) of this Subsection, Paragraph, the contributions limit for
19 contributions by political committees to an unsuccessful major office candidate, or
20 the principal campaign committee and subsidiary committee of such unsuccessful
21 candidate, who does not participate in the general election and for the time period for
22 which such candidate has a deficit for expenditures made through the day of the
23 primary election, shall be ten thousand dollars per calendar year.
24 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and
25 Subparagraphs (2)(a) (a) and (b) of this Subsection, Paragraph, the contributions
26 limit for contributions by political committees certified according to the provisions
27 of Subparagraph (2)(b) (b) of this Paragraph to an unsuccessful major office
28 candidate, or the principal campaign committee and subsidiary committee of such
29 unsuccessful candidate, who does not participate in the general election and for the
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1 time period for which such candidate has a deficit for expenditures made through the
2 day of the primary election, shall be twenty thousand dollars per calendar year.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 11 Original 2024 First Extraordinary Session Jackson
Abstract: Provides that campaign contribution limits apply per calendar year, rather than
per election.
Present law (R.S. 18:1505.2) imposes limits on the amount of campaign contributions that
a single source may make to a candidate per election in which the candidate participates.
Proposed law changes the application of the limits on campaign contributions from per
election to per calendar year.
(Amends 18:1505.2(H)(1)(a)(intro. para.) and (c) and (2)(a)(intro. para.), (b)(intro. para.),
(e), and (f))
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