Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2359	House Author:  Hopson
Effective:  6-17-11	Senate Sponsor:  Williams

            House Bill 2359 amends and repeals provisions of the Election Code relating to political contributions and expenditures and related electronic filing requirements. The bill removes a prohibition against a corporation or labor organization making certain political expenditures and a prohibition against a political expenditure in connection with a recall election, and removes identifying information of certain individuals acting as campaign treasurers of a political committee from the information each political report by a candidate is required to contain. The bill establishes reporting requirements for a person not acting in concert with another person who, under certain circumstances, makes one or more direct campaign expenditures in an election from the person's own property.  The bill provides an exception to certain of its provisions for a direct campaign expenditure consisting of personal travel expenses.