Bill > HB1480

This bill, known as the Safeguarding Election Candidates Using Reasonable Expenditures (SECURE) Act, allows candidates and elected officials to use campaign funds for security-related expenses, such as installing and monitoring home and office security systems, to address threats arising from their public service or candidacy. It defines "campaign funds" as contributions received to support a candidate or officeholder and "security expenses" to include the purchase, installation, and maintenance of physical security equipment and associated monitoring services. The act caps the spending on physical security equipment at $10,000 per individual per campaign cycle and prohibits using campaign funds for firearms, ammunition, payments to family members or their businesses, or unrelated home improvements. All such expenditures must be reported to the Secretary of State with itemized receipts, and while subject to public disclosure, specific security plans are exempt. The Secretary of State is tasked with creating rules and regulations to enforce the act, and existing law is amended to clarify that these authorized security expenses are not considered prohibited personal use of campaign funds.

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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1480.xml