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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 253.008. LIMITATION ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A |
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person may not knowingly make or authorize the making of a campaign |
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contribution to a candidate for statewide office or the |
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legislature, or to a specific-purpose committee supporting the |
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candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent, in an amount that |
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exceeds $5,000 for the election in which the candidate is involved. |
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(b) A political committee may not knowingly make or |
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authorize the making of a campaign contribution to a candidate for |
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statewide office or the legislature, or to a specific-purpose |
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committee supporting the candidate or opposing the candidate's |
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opponent, in an amount that exceeds $10,000 for the election in |
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which the candidate is involved. |
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SECTION 2. Section 253.157(a-1), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A judicial candidate or officeholder may not |
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knowingly accept political contributions from a general-purpose |
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committee that, in the aggregate, exceed the contribution limits |
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prescribed by this subsection in connection with an election in |
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which the judicial candidate's name appears on the ballot. The |
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contribution limits under this subsection are: |
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(1) for a statewide judicial office, $10,000 |
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[$25,000]; or |
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(2) for any other judicial office, $5,000. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a campaign contribution made on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A campaign contribution made before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect when the contribution was made |
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and is not aggregated with campaign contributions made on or after |
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that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |