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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 6, 2022

Legislation designed to shine more light on political actions committees and campaign finances passed its first committee in the state legislature yesterday, Tennessee Lookout reports. The Senate State and Local Government Committee unanimously approved SB1005, sending it to the Senate floor for full consideration. The House version of the bill has been delayed until next week in the Local Government Committee. Three key amendments accompany the bill: increasing the number of Registry of Election Finance members from six to eight, requiring copies of financial transactions of $1,000 to be filed with the registry, and requiring groups that engage in paid political communications within 60 days of an election to register as a political action committee. The news source has a full summary of the bill.