Bill Text: TX HB1616 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of the mailing address of certain campaign treasurers in appointments and reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-13 - Filed [HB1616 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1616-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | H.B. No. 1616 |
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relating to the inclusion of the mailing address of certain | ||
campaign treasurers in appointments and reports filed with the | ||
Texas Ethics Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 252.002(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A campaign treasurer appointment must be in writing and | ||
include: | ||
(1) the campaign treasurer's name; | ||
(2) the campaign treasurer's residence, mailing, or | ||
business street address; | ||
(3) the campaign treasurer's telephone number; and | ||
(4) the name of the person making the appointment. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 254.061, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.061. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition | ||
to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a | ||
candidate must include: | ||
(1) the candidate's full name and address, the office | ||
sought, and the identity and date of the election for which the | ||
report is filed; | ||
(2) the campaign treasurer's name, residence, mailing, | ||
or business street address, and telephone number; | ||
(3) for each political committee from which the | ||
candidate received notice under Section 254.128 or 254.161: | ||
(A) the committee's full name and address; | ||
(B) an indication of whether the committee is a | ||
general-purpose committee or a specific-purpose committee; and | ||
(C) the full name and address of the committee's | ||
campaign treasurer; and | ||
(4) on a separate page or pages of the report, the | ||
identification of any payment from political contributions made to | ||
a business in which the candidate has a participating interest of | ||
more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the | ||
business, or serves as an officer of the business. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 254.121, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.121. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition | ||
to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a | ||
campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee must include: | ||
(1) the committee's full name and address; | ||
(2) the full name, residence, mailing, or business | ||
street address, and telephone number of the committee's campaign | ||
treasurer; | ||
(3) the identity and date of the election for which the | ||
report is filed, if applicable; | ||
(4) the name of each candidate and each measure | ||
supported or opposed by the committee, indicating for each whether | ||
the committee supports or opposes; | ||
(5) the name of each officeholder assisted by the | ||
committee; | ||
(6) the amount of each political expenditure in the | ||
form of a political contribution that is made to a candidate, | ||
officeholder, or another political committee and that is returned | ||
to the committee during the reporting period, the name of the person | ||
to whom the expenditure was originally made, and the date it is | ||
returned; | ||
(7) on a separate page or pages of the report, the | ||
identification of any payment from political contributions made to | ||
a business in which the candidate or officeholder has a | ||
participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on | ||
the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the | ||
business; and | ||
(8) on a separate page or pages of the report, the | ||
identification of any contribution from a corporation or labor | ||
organization made and accepted under Subchapter D, Chapter 253. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 254.151, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.151. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition | ||
to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a | ||
campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee must include: | ||
(1) the committee's full name and address; | ||
(2) the full name, residence, mailing, or business | ||
street address, and telephone number of the committee's campaign | ||
treasurer; | ||
(3) the identity and date of the election for which the | ||
report is filed, if applicable; | ||
(4) the name of each identified candidate or measure | ||
or classification by party of candidates supported or opposed by | ||
the committee, indicating whether the committee supports or opposes | ||
each listed candidate, measure, or classification by party of | ||
candidates; | ||
(5) the name of each identified officeholder or | ||
classification by party of officeholders assisted by the committee; | ||
(6) the principal occupation of each person from whom | ||
political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50 are | ||
accepted during the reporting period; | ||
(7) the amount of each political expenditure in the | ||
form of a political contribution made to a candidate, officeholder, | ||
or another political committee that is returned to the committee | ||
during the reporting period, the name of the person to whom the | ||
expenditure was originally made, and the date it is returned; | ||
(8) on a separate page or pages of the report, the | ||
identification of any contribution from a corporation or labor | ||
organization made and accepted under Subchapter D, Chapter 253; and | ||
(9) on a separate page or pages of the report, the | ||
identification of the name of the donor, the amount, and the date of | ||
any expenditure made by a corporation or labor organization to: | ||
(A) establish or administer the political | ||
committee; or | ||
(B) finance the solicitation of political | ||
contributions to the committee under Section 253.100. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a campaign treasurer appointment required to be filed under Chapter | ||
252, Election Code, or a report required to be filed under Chapter | ||
254, Election Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
campaign treasurer appointment or report required to be filed | ||
before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in | ||
effect at the time the appointment or report was filed, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |