SSB 5840 — Making adjustments to the schedule for reporting campaign finance expenditure activity.

What this bill does

Requires registered political committees to submit a statement of participation each January to indicate if the committee is planning to participate in any election that year. Directs candidates, political committees, and incidental committees to file an expenditure report by the tenth day of each month, reporting on the previous month's activity, regardless of the amount of that activity, during a pre-election period. Requires candidates, incidental committees, and political committees expecting to participate in a primary or general election to file an expenditure report on the twenty-fifth day of each month beginning in July through October of that election year.

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Floor votes

• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 10, 2026
  46 yea · 3 nay

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