Utah 2025 Regular Session

Utah House Bill HB0095 Compare Versions

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1		-	Enrolled Copy H.B. 95
	1	+	02-04 17:32 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 95
	2	+	Matt MacPherson proposes the following substitute bill:
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3	4		Financial Disclosure Revisions
4	5		2025 GENERAL SESSION
5	6		STATE OF UTAH
6	7		Chief Sponsor: Michael J. Petersen
7		-	Senate Sponsor: ~~Keven J. Stratton~~
	8	+	Senate Sponsor:
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11	12		LONG TITLE
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13	14		General Description:
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15	16		This bill amends provisions of the Election Code relating to financial disclosures.
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17	18		Highlighted Provisions:
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19	20		This bill:
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21	22		▸ requires the lieutenant governor to provide, on the website relating to political financial
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23	24		disclosures, the ability to search across all disclosures made by filing entities to identify
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25	26		contributions or expenditures made by a particular person.
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27	28		Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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29	30		None
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31	32		Other Special Clauses:
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33	34		This bill provides a special effective date.
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35	36		Utah Code Sections Affected:
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37	38		AMENDS:
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39	40		20A-11-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 443
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43	44		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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45	46		Section 1. Section 20A-11-103 is amended to read:
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47	48		20A-11-103 . Notice of pending interim and summary reports -- Form of
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49	50		submission -- Public availability -- Notice of reporting and filing requirements.
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51	52		(1)(a) Except as provided under Subsection (1)(b), 10 days before an interim report or
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53	54		summary report is due under this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention
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55	56		Elections, the chief election officer shall inform the filing entity by electronic mail
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57	58		unless postal mail is requested:
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59	60		(i) that the financial statement is due;
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61		-	(ii) of the date that the financial statement is due; and ~~H.B. 95 Enrolled Copy~~
	62	+	(ii) of the date that the financial statement is due; and
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63	64		(iii) of the penalty for failing to file the financial statement.
	65	+	2nd Sub. H.B. 95 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 95 02-04 17:32
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65	67		(b) The chief election officer is not required to provide notice:
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67	69		(i) to a candidate or political party of the financial statement that is due before the
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69	71		candidate's or political party's political convention;
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71	73		(ii) of a financial statement due in connection with a public hearing for an initiative
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73	75		under the requirements of Section 20A-7-204.1; or
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75	77		(iii) to a corporation or labor organization, as defined in Section 20A-11-1501.
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77	79		(2) A filing entity shall electronically file a financial statement via electronic mail or the
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79	81		Internet according to specifications established by the chief election officer.
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81	83		(3)(a) A financial statement is considered timely filed if the financial statement is
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83	85		received by the chief election officer's office before midnight, Mountain Time, at the
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85	87		end of the day on which the financial statement is due.
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87	89		(b) For a county clerk's office that is not open until midnight at the end of the day on
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89	91		which a financial statement is due, the county clerk shall permit a candidate to file
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91	93		the financial statement via email or another electronic means designated by the
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93	95		county clerk.
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95	97		(c) A chief election officer may extend the time in which a filing entity is required to file
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97	99		a financial statement if a filing entity notifies the chief election officer of the
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99	101		existence of an extenuating circumstance that is outside the control of the filing entity.
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101	103		(4) Notwithstanding any provision of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access
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103	105		and Management Act, the lieutenant governor shall:
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105	107		(a) make each campaign finance statement filed by a candidate available for public
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107	109		inspection and copying no later than one business day after the statement is filed; and
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109	111		(b) post on a website established by the lieutenant governor:
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111	113		(i) an electronic copy or the contents of each summary report or interim report filed
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113	115		under the requirements of this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention
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115	117		Elections, no later than three business days after the date on which the summary
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117	119		report or interim report is electronically filed; or
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119	121		(ii) for a campaign finance statement filed under the requirements of Section 10-3-208,
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121	123		for a municipality, or Section 17-16-6.5, for a county, a link to the municipal or
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123	125		county website that hosts the campaign finance statement, no later than seven
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125	127		business days after the date on which the lieutenant governor receives the link
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127	129		from:
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129	131		(A) the municipal clerk or recorder, in accordance with Subsection 10-3-208
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132	133		(10)(b)(ii); or
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134	136		(B) the county clerk, in accordance with Subsection 17-16-6.5(18)(b)(ii).
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136	138		(5) The lieutenant governor shall provide, on the website described in Subsection (4)(b), the
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138	140		ability for an individual to search across disclosures made by all filing entities to identify
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140	142		contributions or expenditures made by a specific person.
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142	144		[(5)] (6) Between January 1 and January 15 of each year, the chief election officer shall
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144	146		provide notice, by postal mail or email, to each filing entity for which the chief election
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146	148		officer has a physical or email address, of the reporting and filing requirements
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148	150		described in this chapter.
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150	152		Section 2. Effective Date.
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152	154		This bill takes effect on January 1, 2026.
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