Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB673 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.673
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECHRISTENSEN.
55 1732H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsection130.031,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
88 politicaladvertisements,withpenaltyprovisions.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Section130.031,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
1111 2thereof,tobeknownassection130.031,toreadasfollows:
1212 130.031.1.Nocontributionofcashinanamountofmorethanonehundreddollars
1313 2shallbemadebyoracceptedfromanysinglecontributorforanyelectionbyacontinuing
1414 3committee,acampaigncommittee,apoliticalpartycommittee,anexploratorycommitteeora
1515 4candidatecommittee.
1616 5 2.Exceptforexpendituresfromapettycashfundwhichisestablishedand
1717 6maintainedbywithdrawalsoffundsfromthecommittee'sdepositoryaccountandwith
1818 7recordsmaintainedpursuanttotherecord-keepingrequirementsofsection130.036toaccount
1919 8forexpendituresmadefrompettycash,eachexpenditureofmorethanfiftydollars,exceptan
2020 9in-kindexpenditure,shallbemadebycheckdrawnonthecommittee'sdepositoryandsigned
2121 10bythecommitteetreasurer,deputytreasurerorcandidate.Asingleexpenditurefromapetty
2222 11cashfundshallnotexceedfiftydollars,andtheaggregateofallexpendituresfromapetty
2323 12cashfundduringacalendaryearshallnotexceedthelesseroffivethousanddollarsorten
2424 13percentofallexpendituresmadebythecommitteeduringthatcalendaryear.Acheckmade
2525 14payableto"cash"shallnotbemadeexcepttoreplenishapettycashfund.
2626 15 3.Nocontributionshallbemadeoracceptedandnoexpenditureshallbemadeor
2727 16incurred,directlyorindirectly,inafictitiousname,inthenameofanotherperson,orbyor
2828 17throughanotherpersoninsuchamannerastoconcealtheidentityoftheactualsourceofthe
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18contributionortheactualrecipientandpurposeoftheexpenditure.Anypersonwhoreceives
3131 19contributionsforacommitteeshalldisclosetothatcommittee'streasurer,deputytreasureror
3232 20candidatetherecipient'sownnameandaddressandthenameandaddressoftheactualsource
3333 21ofeachcontributionsuchpersonhasreceivedforthatcommittee.Anypersonwhomakes
3434 22expendituresforacommitteeshalldisclosetothatcommittee'streasurer,deputytreasureror
3535 23candidatesuchperson'sownnameandaddress,thenameandaddressofeachpersontowhom
3636 24anexpenditurehasbeenmadeandtheamountandpurposeoftheexpendituresthepersonhas
3737 25madeforthatcommittee.
3838 26 4.Noanonymouscontributionofmorethantwenty-fivedollarsshallbemadebyany
3939 27person,andnoanonymouscontributionofmorethantwenty-fivedollarsshallbeacceptedby
4040 28anycandidateorcommittee.Ifanyanonymouscontributionofmorethantwenty-fivedollars
4141 29isreceived,itshallbereturnedimmediatelytothecontributor,ifthecontributor'sidentitycan
4242 30beascertained,andifthecontributor'sidentitycannotbeascertained,thecandidate,
4343 31committeetreasurerordeputytreasurershallimmediatelytransmitthatportionofthe
4444 32contributionwhichexceedstwenty-fivedollarstothestatetreasureranditshallescheattothe
4545 33state.
4646 34 5.Themaximumaggregateamountofanonymouscontributionswhichshallbe
4747 35acceptedinanycalendaryearbyanycommitteeshallbethegreateroffivehundreddollarsor
4848 36onepercentoftheaggregateamountofallcontributionsreceivedbythatcommitteeinthe
4949 37samecalendaryear.Ifanyanonymouscontributionisreceivedwhichcausestheaggregate
5050 38totalofanonymouscontributionstoexceedtheforegoinglimitation,itshallbereturned
5151 39immediatelytothecontributor,ifthecontributor'sidentitycanbeascertained,and,ifthe
5252 40contributor'sidentitycannotbeascertained,thecommitteetreasurer,deputytreasureror
5353 41candidateshallimmediatelytransmittheanonymouscontributiontothestatetreasurerto
5454 42escheattothestate.
5555 43 6.Notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsubsection5ofthissection,contributionsfrom
5656 44individualswhosenamesandaddressescannotbeascertainedwhicharereceivedfroma
5757 45fund-raisingactivityorevent,suchasdefinedinsection130.011,shallnotbedeemed
5858 46anonymouscontributions,providedthefollowingconditionsaremet:
5959 47 (1)Therearetwenty-fiveormorecontributingparticipantsintheactivityorevent;
6060 48 (2)Thecandidate,committeetreasurer,deputytreasurerorthepersonresponsiblefor
6161 49conductingtheactivityoreventmakesanannouncementthatitisillegalforanyonetomake
6262 50orreceiveacontributioninexcessofonehundreddollarsunlessthecontributionis
6363 51accompaniedbythenameandaddressofthecontributor;
6464 52 (3)Thepersonresponsibleforconductingtheactivityoreventdoesnotknowingly
6565 53acceptpaymentfromanysinglepersonofmorethanonehundreddollarsunlessthenameand
6666 HB673 2 54addressofthepersonmakingsuchpaymentisobtainedandrecordedpursuanttotherecord-
6767 55keepingrequirementsofsection130.036;
6868 56 (4)Astatementdescribingtheeventshallbepreparedbythecandidateorthe
6969 57treasurerofthecommitteeforwhomthefundswereraisedorbythepersonresponsiblefor
7070 58conductingtheactivityoreventandattachedtothedisclosurereportofcontributionsand
7171 59expendituresrequiredbysection130.041.Thefollowinginformationtobelistedinthe
7272 60statementisinadditionto,notinlieuof,therequirementselsewhereinthischapterrelatingto
7373 61therecordingandreportingofcontributionsandexpenditures:
7474 62 (a)Thenameandmailingaddressofthepersonorpersonsresponsibleforconducting
7575 63theeventoractivityandthenameandaddressofthecandidateorcommitteeforwhomthe
7676 64fundswereraised;
7777 65 (b)Thedateonwhichtheeventoccurred;
7878 66 (c)Thenameandaddressofthelocationwheretheeventoccurredandthe
7979 67approximatenumberofparticipantsintheevent;
8080 68 (d)Abriefdescriptionofthetypeofeventandthefund-raisingmethodsused;
8181 69 (e)Thegrossreceiptsfromtheeventandalistingoftheexpendituresincidenttothe
8282 70event;
8383 71 (f)Thetotaldollaramountofcontributionsreceivedfromtheeventfromparticipants
8484 72whosenamesandaddresseswerenotobtainedwithsuchcontributionsandanexplanationof
8585 73whyitwasnotpossibletoobtainthenamesandaddressesofsuchparticipants;
8686 74 (g)Thetotaldollaramountofcontributionsreceivedfromcontributingparticipantsin
8787 75theeventwhoareidentifiedbynameandaddressintherecordsrequiredtobemaintained
8888 76pursuanttosection130.036.
8989 77 7.Nocandidateorcommitteeinthisstateshallacceptcontributionsfromanyout-of-
9090 78statecommitteeunlesstheout-of-statecommitteefromwhomthecontributionsarereceived
9191 79hasfiledastatementoforganizationpursuanttosection130.021orhasfiledthereports
9292 80requiredbysections130.049and130.050,whicheverisapplicabletothatcommittee.
9393 81 8.Anypersonpublishing,circulating,ordistributinganyprintedmatterrelativeto
9494 82anycandidateforpublicofficeoranyballotmeasureshallonthefaceoftheprintedmatter
9595 83identifyinaclearandconspicuousmannerthepersonwhopaidfortheprintedmatterwiththe
9696 84words"Paidforby"followedbytheproperidentificationofthesponsorpursuanttothis
9797 85section.Forthepurposesofthissection,"printedmatter"shallbedefinedtoincludeany
9898 86pamphlet,circular,handbill,sampleballot,advertisement,includingadvertisementsinany
9999 87newspaperorotherperiodical,sign,includingsignsfordisplayonmotorvehicles,orother
100100 88imprintedorletteredmaterial;but"printedmatter"isdefinedtoexcludematerialsprintedand
101101 89purchasedpriortoMay20,1982,ifthecandidateorcommitteecandocumentthatdelivery
102102 90tookplacepriortoMay20,1982;anysignpersonallyprintedandconstructedbyan
103103 HB673 3 91individualwithoutcompensationfromanyotherpersonanddisplayedatthatindividual's
104104 92placeofresidenceoronthatindividual'spersonalmotorvehicle;anyitemsofpersonaluse
105105 93givenawayorsold,suchascampaignbuttons,pins,pens,pencils,bookmatches,campaign
106106 94jewelry,orclothing,whichispaidforbyacandidateorcommitteewhichsupportsacandidate
107107 95orsupportsoropposesaballotmeasureandwhichisobviousinitsidentificationwitha
108108 96specificcandidateorcommitteeandisreportedasrequiredbythischapter;andanynews
109109 97story,commentary,oreditorialprintedbyaregularlypublishednewspaperorotherperiodical
110110 98withoutchargetoacandidate,committeeoranyotherperson.
111111 99 (1)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyacandidatefromthecandidate's
112112 100personalfunds,itshallbesufficientidentificationtoprintthefirstandlastnamebywhichthe
113113 101candidateisknown.
114114 102 (2)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyacommittee,itshallbesufficient
115115 103identificationtoprintthenameofthecommitteeasrequiredtoberegisteredbysubsection5
116116 104ofsection130.021andthenameandtitleofthecommitteetreasurerwhowasservingwhen
117117 105theprintedmatterwaspaidfor.
118118 106 (3)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyacorporationorotherbusinessentity,
119119 107labororganization,oranyotherorganizationnotdefinedtobeacommitteebysubdivision(7)
120120 108ofsection130.011andnotorganizedespeciallyforinfluencingoneormoreelections,itshall
121121 109besufficientidentificationtoprintthenameoftheentity,thenameoftheprincipalofficerof
122122 110theentity,bywhatevertitleknown,andthemailingaddressoftheentity,oriftheentityhas
123123 111nomailingaddress,themailingaddressoftheprincipalofficer.
124124 112 (4)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyanindividualorindividuals,itshallbe
125125 113sufficientidentificationtoprintthenameoftheindividualorindividualsandtherespective
126126 114mailingaddressoraddresses,exceptthatifmorethanfiveindividualsjoininpayingfor
127127 115printedmatteritshallbesufficientidentificationtoprintthewords"Foralistofother
128128 116sponsorscontact:"followedbythenameandaddressofonesuchindividualresponsiblefor
129129 117causingthemattertobeprinted,andtheindividualidentifiedshallmaintainarecordofthe
130130 118namesandamountspaidbyotherindividualsandshallmakesuchrecordavailableforreview
131131 119upontherequestofanyperson.Nopersonshallacceptforpublicationorprintingnorshall
132132 120suchworkbecompleteduntiltheprintedmatterisproperlyidentifiedasrequiredbythis
133133 121subsection.
134134 122 9.Anybroadcaststationtransmittinganymatterrelativetoanycandidateforpublic
135135 123officeorballotmeasureasdefinedbythischaptershallidentifythesponsorofsuchmatteras
136136 124requiredbyfederallaw.
137137 125 10.Theprovisionsofsubsection8or9ofthissectionshallnotapplytocandidatesfor
138138 126electivefederaloffice,providedthatpersonscausingmattertobeprintedorbroadcast
139139 HB673 4 127concerningsuchcandidaciesshallcomplywiththerequirementsoffederallawfor
140140 128identificationofthesponsororsponsors.
141141 129 11.Anypersonpublishing,circulating,ordistributinganypolitical
142142 130advertisementrelativetoanycandidateforpublicofficeoranyballotmeasurethat
143143 131usesgenerativeartificialintelligenceshall,onthefaceofsuchadvertisement,identifyin
144144 132aclearandconspicuousmannerthatgenerativeartificialintelligencewasusedinthe
145145 133creationoftheadvertisement.Asusedinthissubsection,theterm"generativeartificial
146146 134intelligence"meansanadvertisementthatcontainsimages,video,audio,text,orother
147147 135digitalcontentcreatedinwholeorinpartbyamachine-basedsystemthatcan,fora
148148 136givensetofhuman-definedobjectives,emulatethestructures,patterns,and
149149 137characteristicsofinputdatainordertogeneratesyntheticcontent.
150150 138 12.Itshallbeaviolationofthischapterforanypersonrequiredtobeidentifiedas
151151 139payingforprintedmatterpursuanttosubsection8ofthissectionorpayingforbroadcast
152152 140matterpursuanttosubsection9ofthissectiontorefusetoprovidetheinformationrequiredor
153153 141topurposelyprovidefalse,misleading,orincompleteinformation.
154154 142 [12.]13.Itshallbeaviolationofthischapterforanycommitteetoofferchancesto
155155 143winprizesormoneytopersonstoencouragesuchpersonstoendorse,sendelectionmaterial
156156 144bymail,deliverelectionmaterialinpersonorcontactpersonsattheirhomes;exceptthat,the
157157 145provisionsofthissubsectionshallnotbeconstruedtoprohibithiringandpayingacampaign
158158 146staff.
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