HB 2623 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

campaign finance; candidate committee transfers

HB 2623 modifies Arizona's campaign finance rules to allow candidate committees for the same candidate to transfer unlimited contributions between different offices (e.g., city to county to state). It prohibits transfers to other candidates' committees and restricts transfers between office levels - such as preventing city/town committee transfers to statewide committees without waiting 24 months. Transferred contributions count toward an individual’s total limit for the new office, ensuring donors don’t exceed caps. The bill also requires local governments to post officials’ financial disclosures online, separate from the campaign finance provisions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action Mar 3, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 4 edits · Feb 20, 2025

MODERATE

This bill amends Arizona campaign finance laws to clarify rules on transferring contributions between candidate committees for the same candidate. Key changes include adding restrictions on transferring funds from local to statewide/legislative offices and limiting transfers from local to county offices to prevent circumvention of contribution limits. The bill also updates formatting and capitalization in the statutory text.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on campaign finance regulations for candidate committees, with no expansion or contraction of applicability to new entities or jurisdictions.

REQUIREMENT

Added restriction preventing city or town candidate committees from transferring contributions to statewide or legislative office committees for the same candidate.

Added restriction preventing county candidate committees from transferring contributions to statewide or legislative committees within 24 months of receiving funds from a city or town committee.

Clarified that transferred contributions from local to statewide/legislative offices must not exceed the individual's contribution limit for that specific office.

TECHNICAL

Updated capitalization and formatting of statutory text, including converting some uppercase text to lowercase and correcting minor grammatical issues.

Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

37–21

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 60

Feb 20, 2025

D Democratic27

10 Yea 16 Nay 1

59% Nay

R Republican33

27 Yea 5 Nay 1

81% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors