Kansas governor signs bill doubling campaign finance limits on legislative candidates
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill doubling campaign contribution limits to statewide and legislative candidates and a separate bill establishing new boundaries for the state commission responsible for enforcing campaign finance law.
The content of House Bill 2054 and House Bill 2206 was a point of contention at the Capitol because the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission — renamed the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission by the legislation — had launched a controversial and politically sensitive investigation of Republican officials, consultants and activists for potentially coordinating campaign cash in ways contrary to state law.
The final version of HB 2054, which passed the House on a vote of 72-52 and the Senate by a margin of 26-14, increased aggregate limits for donations in primary and general elections from $2,000 to $4,000 for candidates for statewide office, including governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, insurance commissioner and state treasurer.
Donations to candidates for Kansas House, district court judge, district attorney and local offices in jurisdictions of less than 50,000 people were doubled to $1,000 from the current cap of $500. In contests for Kansas Senate, the state Board of Education as well as local office candidates in positions with a population greater than 50,000, the limit also doubled to $2,000 from $1,000.
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