Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1250: Campaign finance law; revise certain provisions of.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
AN ACT TO REVISE THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-801, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE "CORPORATION" AND "CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION"; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-803, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AUTHORITY TO ASSESS FINES AND PURSUE JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-805, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENSURE THAT CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS ARE COMPLETE AND LEGIBLE ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE PENALTY OF PERJURY LANGUAGE FOR THE FILING OF ALL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-813, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE HOW CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES ARE DETERMINED AND ASSESSED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-811 AND 23-15-817, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND THE AUTHORITY FOR THE MANDAMUS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-13-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-13-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR ACCEPTING ILLEGAL CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-807, 23-15-809, 23-15-815, 23-15-819 AND 23-15-821, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to revise the campaign finance laws; to amend section 23-15-801, mississippi code of 1972, to define "corporation" and "corporate contribution"; to amend section 23-15-803, mississippi code of 1972, to revise the authority to assess fines and pursue judicial enforcement from the mississippi ethics commission to the secretary of state; to amend section 23-15-805, mississippi code of 1972, to ensure that candidate campaign finance reports are complete and legible on the secretary of state's website; to require penalty of perjury language for the filing of all campaign finance reports…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO REVISE THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-801, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE "CORPORATION" AND "CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION"; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-803, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AUTHORITY TO ASSESS FINES AND PURSUE JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-805, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENSURE THAT CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS ARE COMPLETE AND LEGIBLE ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE PENALTY OF PERJURY LANGUAGE FOR THE FILING OF ALL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-813, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE HOW CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES ARE DETERMINED AND ASSESSED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-811 AND 23-15-817, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND THE AUTHORITY FOR THE MANDAMUS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-13-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-13-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR ACCEPTING ILLEGAL CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-807, 23-15-809, 23-15-815, 23-15-819 AND 23-15-821, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 23-15-801, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 23-15-801. (a) "Election" means a general, special, primary or …