Key Votes
HB 118 - Prohibiting Lobbyist and Contractor Campaign Contributions - Key Vote
New Mexico Key Votes
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Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Feb. 17, 2010
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (46-24) - Feb. 16, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Prohibiting Lobbyist and Contractor Campaign Contributions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits lobbyists, principals of state contractors, or principals of perspective state contractors from contributing to a candidate for nomination or election to a public state office, a campaign committee of a candidate for state public office, or a state or county level political party committee, beginning November 3, 2010.
Highlights:
-Authorizes lobbyists and principals of state contractors or prospective state contractors to establish a campaign committee for that individual's own campaign and solicit contributions for that campaign from individuals not prohibited from making contributions (Secs. 1-2).
-Authorizes lobbyist's employers to make contributions to a candidate or expenditures for the benefit of a candidate (Sec. 1).
-Defines "principle of a state contractor or prospective state contractor" as both the state contractor or prospective state contractor itself, and any of the following (Sec. 3):
- -Individuals that are members of the board of directors, or has an ownership interest in, of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, unless such individual owns less than 5 percent of the shares of the corporation;
-Agents seeking a state contract for a state contractor or prospective state contractor that has a value of $250,000 or more; and
-Political committees established by or on behalf of the principle of a state contractor or prospective state contractor.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 21, 2010
Title: Prohibiting Lobbyist and Contractor Campaign Contributions
Sponsors
- Jose A. Campos II (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
