John Patton voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Repealing Campaign Finance Restrictions
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the prohibition against corporations, partnerships, trade unions, professional associations, and civic, fraternal, or religious groups contributing to aid, promote, or prevent the nomination or election of candidates.
-Specifies that campaign finance regulations shall not be construed to prohibit corporations, partnerships, trade unions, professional associations, and civic, fraternal, or religious groups from making independent expenditures for speech expressly advocating the election or defeat of candidates (Sec. 1).
Title: Repealing Campaign Finance Restrictions
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED DURING THE BUDGET SESSION (EVEN NUMBERED YEARS), AS OPPOSED TO THE GENERAL SESSION (ODD NUMBERED YEARS). BECAUSE IT IS NOT RELATED TO THE BUDGET, THE LEGISLATION REQUIRES 2/3 MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.