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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3815 By: Dollens of the House
and
Bullard of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to campaign finance; defining term;
prohibiting certain contributions from foreign
principal to certain persons or for certain purposes;
prohibiting acceptance of certain contributions;
providing for forfeit of certain amounts for
violations; providing for applicability of certain
due process procedures; defining term; prohibiting
certain contributions from foreign princip al for
certain purposes; prohibiting acceptance of certain
contributions; provi ding for forfeit of certain
amounts for violations; providing for applica bility
of certain due process pro cedures; providing for
codification; and providing an effecti ve date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7-140 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, read s as follows:
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A. For purposes of this section, “foreign principal” means:
1. A government of a foreign country or a foreign political
party;
2. A person outside of the United States, unless it is
established that such person is an individual and a citiz en of and
domiciled within the United States, or that such person is not an
individual and is organized under or created by the la ws of the
United States or of any state or other place subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States and has its principal place of
business within the United States; and
3. A partnership, association, corporation, organization, or
other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having
its principal place of bu siness in a foreign country.
B. No foreign principal shall make, directly or through any
other person, a contribution, expenditure, or independent
expenditure in support of or opposition to the election of any
candidate to state or local office or to any political action
committee.
C. No candidate for state or local office or political action
committee shall accept any contribution th at the candidate kne w or
should have known was from a foreign principal. Upon a first
violation of this subsection, the ca ndidate or political action
committee shall return the contribution to the foreign principal , if
possible, or shall for feit such contribution to the Ethics
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Commission. Upon a second or subsequent violation of this
subsection, the candidate or political action committee shall
forfeit the balance of any amount s in the candidate’s or committee’s
campaign accounts to the Ethics Commission. Alleged violations
under this subsection shall be subject to all notice, hearing, and
appeals requirements applicable to the Ethics Commission.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 28 of Title 34, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For purposes of this section , “foreign principal” means:
1. A government of a foreign country or a foreign political
party;
2. A person outside of the United S tates, unless it is
established that such person is an individual and a citizen of and
domiciled within the United States, or that such person is not an
individual and is organi zed under or created by the laws of the
United States or of any state or other place subject to the
jurisdiction of the United Sta tes and has its principal place of
business within the United States; an d
3. A partnership, association, corporation, organiz ation, or
other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having
its principal place of business in a foreign country.
B. No foreign principal shall make, directly or through any
other person, a contribution, expenditure, or independent
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expenditure in support of or opposition to any state or local ballot
measure, to any initiative or referendum petition , to any political
action committee related to such measure or petition, or to sponsor
political advertising or electioneering communication related to
such measure or petition.
C. No committee for or against any state or local ballot
measure or initiative or referendum pe tition shall accept any
contribution that the c ommittee knew or should have known was from a
foreign principal. Upon a first violation of this subsection, the
committee shall return the contribution to the foreign principal , if
possible, or shall for feit such contribution to the Ethics
Commission. Upon a second or subsequent violation of this
subsection, the committee shall forfeit the balance of any amounts
in the committee’s campaign accounts to the Ethics Commission.
Alleged violations under this subsection shall be subject to all
notice, hearing, and ap peals requirements applicable to the Ethics
Commission.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
02/28/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.