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HB 454 Original 2024 Regular Session Jackson
Abstract: Provides that campaign contribution limits for non-party primary office candidates apply
per calendar year and 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.
Effective Aug. 1, 2024, proposed law changes the application of the limits on campaign
contributions made to candidates from per election to per calendar year, except for years in which
the candidate participates in an election, in which case the contribution limit begins anew following
the election for the remainder of the calendar year.
Present law (Act No. 1 of the 2024 1
st
E.S.) provides for a party primary system of elections for the
office of senator or representative in the U.S. Congress, justice of the supreme court, the State Bd.
of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Public Service Commission. Such offices are
defined as party primary offices.
Proposed law provides that proposed law regarding campaign contribution limits does not apply to
party primary offices.
Effective in part August 1, 2024; effective in part when Act No. 1 of the 2024 1
st
E.S. becomes
effective.
(Amends R.S. 18:1505.2(H)(3), (4), (5), and (6); adds R.S. 18:1505.2(H)(7))