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HB 6184 - Campaign Finance Law Amendments - Key Vote

Michigan Key Votes

Justin Amash voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) -
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (62-44) - (Key vote)

Title: Campaign Finance Law Amendments

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires corporations and joint stock companies to receive approval from shareholders and members before making independent expenditures.

Highlights:
-Prohibits any corporation or joint stock company from making an independent expenditure unless it discloses to each shareholder and member the amount and nature of the expenditure at least 30 days before the expenditure is made (Sec. 55B). -Requires a majority of the shareholders or members to consent in writing to the independent expenditure before it is made (Sec. 55B). -Specifies that this amendatory act does not take effect unless the following bills are enacted into law: HB 6182, HB 6183, HB 6185, HB 6186, HB 6187, HB 6188 (Sec. 1).
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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.

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Legislation - Introduced (House) -

Title: Campaign Finance Law Amendments

Sponsors

  • Fred J. Miller (MI - D) (Out Of Office)

Co-sponsors

  • Joan Bauer (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Timothy Bledsoe (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Lisa Brown (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Terry L. Brown (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Pamela 'Pam' Byrnes (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Marie Donigan (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Robert B. Jones (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Lesia Liss (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Mark S. Meadows (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Sarah Roberts (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Daniel Collins 'Dan' Scripps (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Mary Valentine (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Rebekah Warren (MI - D) (Out Of Office)

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