bill caps campaign contributions for statewide and legislative races

The text as introduced · 313 words

89R2868 MPF-F

By: Zwiener
H.B. No. 1020

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is

amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:

Sec. 253.008. LIMITATION ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A

person may not knowingly make or authorize the making of a campaign

contribution to a candidate for statewide office or the

legislature, or to a specific-purpose committee supporting the

candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent, in an amount that

exceeds $5,000 for the election in which the candidate is involved.

(b) A political committee may not knowingly make or

authorize the making of a campaign contribution to a candidate for

statewide office or the legislature, or to a specific-purpose

committee supporting the candidate or opposing the candidate's

opponent, in an amount that exceeds $10,000 for the election in

which the candidate is involved.

SECTION 2. Section 253.157(a-1), Election Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a-1) A judicial candidate or officeholder may not

knowingly accept political contributions from a general-purpose

committee that, in the aggregate, exceed the contribution limits

prescribed by this subsection in connection with an election in

which the judicial candidate's name appears on the ballot. The

contribution limits under this subsection are:

(1) for a statewide judicial office, $10,000

[ $25,000 ]; or

(2) for any other judicial office, $5,000.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a campaign contribution made on or after the effective date of this

Act. A campaign contribution made before the effective date of this

Act is governed by the law in effect when the contribution was made

and is not aggregated with campaign contributions made on or after

that date.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.