campaign contributions; gift cards; prohibition

SB 1436 prohibits campaign committees from accepting or purchasing gift cards and bans contributors from giving them, classifying gift cards as unlawful campaign contributions. It directly affects Arizona campaign committees and political contributors by banning gift cards as a form of financial support. The bill's key mechanism explicitly states that committees cannot use campaign funds to buy gift cards, and such purchases would be considered unlawful expenditures. This policy change aims to prevent gift cards from being used as a covert way to provide campaign contributions.