Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 320 (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Wheatley, M.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/16/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• prohibits a person from making a campaign contribution to the lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer while the Legislature is in session.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

CAMPAIGN FINANCE MODIFICATIONS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Mark A. Wheatley
Senate Sponsor: 
David P. Hinkins
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill prohibits a person from making a campaign contribution to the lieutenant
governor, attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer while the Legislature is in
session. 
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ prohibits a person from making a campaign contribution to the lieutenant governor,
attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer while the Legislature is in session. 
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
36-11-305
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 250
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
36-11-305
 is amended to read:
36-11-305.
Campaign contribution during session prohibited.
(1) It is unlawful for a person, lobbyist, principal, or political committee to make a
campaign contribution
,
 or contract, promise, or agree to make a campaign contribution
,
 to [
a
legislator or a legislator's personal campaign committee, or a political action committee
controlled by a legislator
] 
any of the following
 during the time the Legislature is convened in
annual general session, veto override session, or special session[
.
]
:
(a) (i) a legislator;
(ii) the lieutenant governor;
(iii) the attorney general;
(iv) the state auditor; or
(v) the state treasurer;
(b) the personal campaign committee of an individual described in Subsection (1)(a);
or
(c) a political action committee controlled by a person described in Subsection (1)(a).
(2) It is unlawful for a person, lobbyist, principal, or political committee to make a
campaign contribution, or contract, promise, or agree to make a campaign contribution, to the
governor, the governor's personal campaign committee, or a political action committee
controlled by the governor during the time the Legislature is convened in annual general
session, veto override session, special session, or during the time period established by the
Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, for the governor to approve or veto bills passed by
the Legislature in the annual general session.
(3) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
the date of veto override.