89R1332 MPF-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1447
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 253.008. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) In this section, "candidate for statewide
office" does not include a candidate for statewide judicial office,
as defined by Section 253.152.
(b) A person may not knowingly make or authorize the making
of a campaign contribution to a candidate for statewide office or
the legislature, or to a specific-purpose committee supporting the
candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent, for the primary or
general election in which the candidate is involved in an amount
that exceeds 50 times the amount of the contribution limits for an
election applicable to a federal candidate under the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. Section 30101 et seq.).
SECTION 2. Section 253.008, Election Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a campaign contribution made on or after the
effective date of this Act. A campaign contribution made before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contribution was made, and the contribution is not
aggregated with campaign contributions made on or after that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.