2025 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

SB2608: Campaign finance; limit corporate political campaign contributions to $1,000.00 per calendar year.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Limit Political Contributions By Corporations To $1,000.00 Per Calendar Year; To Provide That Any Contribution Over $1,000.00 Per Calendar Year Shall Be Returned To The Donor, Or If Returning The Excess Amount Is Not Possible, Then The Excess Shall Be Deposited Into The Election Support Fund; To Prohibit A Candidate, Candidate Committee Or Political Committee From Expending A Corporate Donation For The Portion That Exceeds $1,000.00; To Repeal Sections 97-13-15 And 97-13-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibited Political Contributions By Corporations And Penalized Illegal Corporate Contributions; To Amend Section 79-29-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

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Bill History

1/20/2025
Referred To Elections
Senate
2/4/2025
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
Senate
2/11/2025
Committee Substitute Adopted
Senate
2/11/2025
Amended
Senate
2/11/2025
Passed As Amended
Senate
2/17/2025
Transmitted To House
Senate
2/17/2025
Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
House of Representatives
2/27/2025
DR - TSDPAA: AE To AC
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Died In Committee
House of Representatives

Amendments

Senate Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub)

Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub)

Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate Passed As Amended
2/11/2025
51
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/4/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text2/17/202522.3 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/4/20255.4 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/23/20257.0 KB