| BILL TITLE: |
CORPORATE POLITICAL EXPENDITURES |
| BILL NUMBER: |
SB 240 |
| SPONSOR: |
Husted, Jon |
| SUMMARY: |
Permits domestic corporations and labor unions to make independent political expenditures in support of or opposition to a candidate and requires campaign finance statements to be filed disclosing the contributors to such expenditures. |
| STATUS: |
Passed Senate and in House Elections & Ethics Committee |
| LAST ACTIVITY: |
Senate committee accepted a substitute bill that included changes proposed by the Ohio Chamber and recommended the bill for passage by the full Senate. Passed Senate, 32-0 May 27 and assigned to House Elections & Ethics Committee on June 1. |
| EXPECTED: |
Further hearings possible in House |
| POSITION: |
Interested party |
| PRIORITY ISSUE: |
Public and Political Affairs |
| STAFF CONTACT: |
Woggon, Linda |
| BILL TEXT: |
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_SB_240 |
