Relating to: reporting of mass communications.
This bill establishes reporting requirements for political committees that make mass communications, such as distributing 500 or more identical pieces of material, sending 500 or more identical emails, making 500 or more identical phone calls, or disseminating messages during the 60 days before an election. It requires political action committees, independent expenditure committees, political parties, and legislative campaign committees to file registration statements and detailed expenditure reports when they spend money on these mass communications. The bill defines specific thresholds and timing for when committees must register and report, ensuring transparency around spending on large-scale communications that appeal to voters to support or oppose candidates.
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Introduced Mar 19, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Larson, Smith, Roys, Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Keyeski and Spreitzer;
cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Tenorio, Miresse, Sinicki, Clancy, Kirsch, Johnson, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Billings, Roe, Hong, Arney, Sheehan, Brown, McCarville, Stroud, Palmeri and Stubbs
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