Bill > HB2206

This bill renames the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission to the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission and makes several changes to campaign finance and reporting regulations. The bill requires candidates who are no longer running for office to terminate their campaign accounts within 90 days of the second subsequent general election. It updates the commission's name across multiple statutes and modifies several key provisions of campaign finance law, including: increasing the threshold for filing independent expenditure statements from $100 to $1,000, prohibiting contributions made in another person's name, and establishing new rules about contribution agreements. The bill also defines new terms like "cooperation or consent" in the context of political expenditures and modifies the definition of a political committee to include more specific criteria about spending and purpose. Additionally, the bill updates various reporting requirements for lobbyists, gubernatorial inaugurations, and other political activities, ensuring more transparency in how political funds are raised, spent, and reported. The changes aim to provide clearer guidelines and increased disclosure in Kansas political financing, with the renamed commission continuing to oversee these regulations.

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https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2206/