Updates

The voters of San Francisco passed Proposition D (2024) on March 5, 2024.  When the new law becomes operative on September 15, 2024, the proposition’s amendments will expand what parties are [...]

Unless lawmakers can pass a bill that would enact contribution limits for Oregon campaigns in the next two week, voters in the state will face competing ballot measures seeking to do the same.  [...]

A bill to require four-year office holders to file regular annual campaign disclosures has been introduced in the Arizona Legislature.  Currently, these officeholders are only required to file [...]

SB 734, a new Florida ethics law that would require registration with any county, municipality, or special district for direct, procurement, or good will lobbying, and supersede all current local [...]

SB 2396, a bill that would regulate the use of deepfake technology in elections, received its first committee hearing in the Hawaiian legislature on Friday, adding the state to the growing chorus [...]

Oregon voters will have dueling campaign finance reform initiatives on their 2024 ballot to choose from, both of which would enact contribution limits the State currently lacks, while one would [...]

SB 850, a bill that would regulate the use of political advertisements utilizing artificial intelligence, has made its way to the Senate Rules Committee.  The bill would currently require such [...]

Corporations with at least 5% equity owned by foreign nationals, or with a single foreign national owning at least 1% equity, are no longer permitted to contribute to San Jose elections or [...]

The Maricopa County Superior court has upheld the state’s initiative-passed ‘dark money’ disclosure law against a challenge initiated by lawmakers.  The court held that there was no [...]

The City of Orange’s new lobby law requires entities and individual lobbyists to register upon receiving compensation to lobby.  Lobbying includes influencing any legislative, quasi-judicial, or [...]