Changes to Existing Law

12-27-22. The treasurer of a political committee listed below shall file a campaign finance disclosure statement or a report the following campaign finance disclosure statements with the secretary of state as follows: (1) For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for any statewide office, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years and in odd numbered years, file a year-end report and, if applicable, amendments; amendments: (a) A pre-primary statement; (b) A pre-general statement; (c) A year-end statement; (d) A supplemental report as provided in § 12-27-28, if applicable; and (e) In even-numbered years, if applicable, amendments to any information provided on a prior statement; (2) For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for a legislative or county office with a recognized political party, file a pre-primary, a pre-general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years; years: (a) A pre-primary statement; (b) A pre-general statement; (c) A year-end statement, annually; (d) A supplemental report as provided in § 12-27-28, if applicable; and (e) In even-numbered years, if applicable, amendments to any information provided on a prior statement; (3) For a statewide political action committee, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, year-1 end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years and in odd numbered years, file a year-end report and, if applicable, amendments; amendments: (a) A pre-primary statement; (b) A pre-general statement; (c) A year-end statement; (d) A supplemental report as provided in § 12-27-28, if applicable; and (e) In even-numbered years, if applicable, amendments to any information provided on a prior statement; (4) For a statewide political party, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years and in odd numbered years, file a year-end or amendments, if applicable: (a) A pre-primary statement; (b) A pre-general statement; (c) A year-end statement; (d) A supplemental report as provided in § 12-27-28, if applicable; and (e) In even-numbered years, if applicable, amendments to any information provided on a prior statement; (5) For a county political party and auxiliary organization, file a pre-general and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years; years: (a) A pre-primary statement; (b) A pre-general statement; (c) A year-end statement; (d) A supplemental report as provided in § 12-27-28, if applicable; and (e) In even-numbered years, if applicable, amendments to any information provided on a prior statement; and (6) For a statewide ballot question committee, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end year-28 end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years and in odd numbered years, file a year-end and, if applicable, amendments. amendments: (a) A pre-primary statement; 31 (b) A pre-general statement; 32 (c) A year-end statement; 33 (d) A supplemental report as provided in § 12-27-28, if applicable; and 34 (e) In even-numbered years, if applicable, amendments to any information provided on a prior statement. The treasurer of a political committee listed in this section may submit a termination report statement at any time. If a political party loses the status of a qualified party, the party must file a termination report statement by five p.m. central time on the last Friday in January following the calendar year in which the qualified party status was lost. If a statewide ballot question committee does not list any activity on the next required campaign finance report statement submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has until the next reporting period to report activity. If that committee does not have any activity to report by the next reporting period, the committee must submit a termination report statement by that reporting period deadline. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Section 2. This Act is effective beginning January 1, 2027. 15