Relating to use of campaign contributions; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Provides that amounts received as contributions by a candidate, principal campaign committee of a candidate and principal campaign committee of a holder of public office may be used for specified security-related expenses. Provides that a candidate or holder of public office may convert to personal use specified items obtained as security-related expenses after the candidate or holder of public office is no longer a candidate or holder of public office. Provides that the conversion to personal use of specified security-related expenses is not a gift for the purposes of government ethics laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed Apr 7, 2026
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What changed between versions
Introduced
→
Enrolled
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3 edits
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Mar 5, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for signature, retaining its core purpose of allowing campaign funds to pay for security costs. The text includes minor formatting adjustments and a slight expansion in the legal expenses section to cover committee treasurers and directors in addition to candidates.
Scope change
The scope of eligible individuals for legal expense reimbursement was expanded to include political committee treasurers and directors.
ELIGIBILITY
Expanded the list of people who can use campaign funds for legal expenses to include treasurers and directors of political committees, not just candidates.
TECHNICAL
Adjusted the header from 'Introduced' to 'Enrolled' and corrected line breaks in the title and summary sections.
Added a bracketed 'or' in the list of allowable uses for campaign funds to ensure grammatical completeness.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 30
Mar 2, 2026
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican12
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Apr 7, 2026
Signed into law
Governor signed.
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed.
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules.
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed.
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules.
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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