PART IV. OTHER PERSONS REQUIRED TO REPORT

§1501.1. Reports by persons not candidates or committees

            A.(1) Any person, other than a candidate or a committee, who makes any expenditure for express advocacy supporting or opposing the nomination or election of a person to public office, the recall of a public official, or a proposition or question submitted to the voters, or for a communication for which the only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the presentation and content is that it is intended to appeal to vote for or against a specific candidate or for or against the recall of a specific elected official or a proposition or question submitted to the voters shall file reports if such expenditures exceed one thousand dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period as defined for committees.

            (2)(a) Each person, other than a candidate or committee, who makes an expenditure on behalf of a candidate, independent expenditure-only committee, political committee, or principal campaign committee for purposes of canvassing, irrespective of the amount expended, shall submit in writing to the respective candidate or committee on whose behalf such expenditure was made the full name and address of each individual to whom such an expenditure was made.

            (b) Each person, other than a candidate or committee, who makes an expenditure on behalf of a candidate, independent expenditure-only committee, political committee, or principal campaign committee for purposes of canvassing in an amount of at least six hundred dollars shall maintain for six years a written record of the last four digits of the social security number of each individual to whom such expenditure was made or submit in writing to the respective candidate or committee on whose behalf such expenditure was made the last four digits of the social security number of each individual to whom such expenditure was made.

            B. Such reports shall be filed at the same time, shall contain the same information, and shall be certified correct in the same manner as reports required of principal campaign committees by this Chapter. However, a person that is not a candidate or committee shall not be required to include in such reports information about contributions or contributors or identify contributors, unless a contributor has designated his contribution for any purpose provided for in Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section; in which case, such reports shall include the name and address of the contributor who made the designated contribution and the amount and date of the designated contribution.

NOTE: Subsection (C)(intro. para.) eff. until June 12, 2025, for certain purposes, and eff. until Jan. 1, 2026, for all other purposes. See Acts 2024, No. 640 and Acts 2025, No. 386.

            C. In addition to the reports filed in Subsection B of this Section, during the period beginning at midnight of the twentieth day prior to a primary election and extending through midnight of primary election day, and during the period beginning at midnight of the twentieth day prior to a general election and extending through midnight of general election day, any person, other than a candidate or committee, who makes any expenditure provided for in Subsection A of this Section, other than to a candidate or to a committee, shall file a report with the supervisory committee of:

NOTE: Subsection (C)(intro. para.) eff. June 12, 2025, for certain purposes, and eff. Jan. 1, 2026, for all other purposes. See Acts 2024, No. 640 and Acts 2025. No. 386.

            C. In addition to the reports filed in accordance with Subsection B of this Section, during the period beginning at midnight of the twentieth day prior to a primary election and extending through midnight of primary election day; during the period beginning at midnight of the twentieth day prior to a second party primary election and extending through midnight of the second party primary election day, if applicable; and during the period beginning at midnight of the twentieth day prior to a general election and extending through midnight of general election day, any person, other than a candidate or a committee, who makes any expenditure other than to a candidate or to a committee, shall file a report with the supervisory committee of:

            (1) The full name and address of each person to whom such person has made an expenditure during such period in excess of one thousand dollars.

            (2) Each report required by this Subsection shall be filed within forty-eight hours after the time the expenditure is made. If such time falls outside of regular office hours, the report shall be filed as soon as possible after the opening of the office of the supervisory committee on the next working day after the time at which the report is otherwise due.

            Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 2004, No. 862, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 27, §1, eff. March 20, 2008; Acts 2024, No. 640, §1, eff. See Act; Acts 2025, No. 386, §4, eff. June 20, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 398, §1, eff. June 20, 2025, §2, eff. See Act.