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The 103rd Legislature adjourned sine die on December 23 and Gov. Whitmer signed 36 bills into law the same day. Among the bills passed during the session were Senate Bills 99 and 100. Senate Bill 99 changes the financial disclosure reporting requirements for public officers, including the requirement to include the name of the lobbyist or lobbyist agent that made the gift payment, travel payment, or payment to a charity in lieu of honorarium to the officer. Senate Bill 100 amends the Candidate for Office Financial Disclosure Act to expand the term candidate for office to include a candidate who intended to appear on the ballot, in addition to current criteria. The 103rd legislative session will continue on January 14, 2026.

The 136^th General Assembly adjourned on December 30, until Monday, January 5, 2026. Although more than 900 bills were introduced, only a few dozen have been passed and sent to Gov. DeWine. This includes the two-year, $60 billion state budget in Amended Substitute House Bill 96. The bill eliminated the State Election Commission, which has now been replaced with the Ohio Election Integrity Commission. Amended Substitute House Bill 96 also eliminates the statutory ban on corporations and labor unions making independent expenditures for or against political candidates. The bill eliminates contribution limits to independent dark-money groups but imposes new limits on contributions to ballot-issue campaigns.

The Indiana Senate has adjourned and will not return to resume the regular 2026 session until January. The House adjourned on December 5, after passing House Bill 1032. In a vote at 4:40 p.m., following more than three hours of testimony, the Indiana Senate decisively voted against a redistricting bill that was designed to add two Republican seats to the state’s congressional delegation, defeating House Bill 1032 by a 31 to 19 margin.

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During 2025, lawmakers passed legislation on various topics such as reducing energy costs and pollution, addressing a $12 billion budget deficit, and the national redistricting debate. Legislation involving campaign finance included Assembly Bill 953, expanding prohibitions on foreign governments and principals from making contributions in elections to include foreign nationals. Legislators also passed Senate Bill 852, which expands the prohibition on the receipt, delivery, or attempted delivery of a contribution in certain forums to now apply to local government office buildings and offices for which the state or a local government pays rent, while eliminating the exception for legislative district offices. The 2025-2026 session will end recess and begin in the new year on January 5, 2026.

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Gov. Kelly Armstrong informed legislative leaders January 21, 2026 is the tentative date for a special session of the 69th Legislative Assembly to act on anticipated federal funding for North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program. Once the state receives notice of the funding award from CMS, the governor will issue an executive order officially convening the Legislature for the special session.

Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott has reconvened the 2024 legislative session beginning October 27. The session will be concerning redistricting efforts in the state in retaliation to the redistricting sessions that occurred in Texas, North Carolina, and California. Any major changes to redistricting would have to an amendment to the state’s constitution. The session will begin at 4 p.m. and will run for an undetermined amount of time.

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The 83^rd session of the Legislature adjourned sine die on June 27. Lawmakers did not pass a last-minute attempt to delay Oregon’s campaign contribution limits, established last year by House Bill 4024. The limits are set to take effect in 2027, however some legislators wanted to postpone the limits until 2031.

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The New Hampshire General Court stands adjourned as of June 26 until the next call of the chair. A bill to prohibit corporate campaign contributions was voted down in committee. Lawmakers passed a budget for the next two years, which was signed by Gov. Ayotte on June 27.

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The Delaware General Assembly adjourned for the year on June 30. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 60, which requires the Public Service Commission to ensure regulated utilities do not use customer funds to subsidize activities such as lobbying and political contributions. The bill would become effective immediately if approved by Gov. Matt Meyer.

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The Maine Legislature adjourned sine die on June 25, ending the First Special Session of the 132^nd Legislature. Lawmakers passed Legislative Document 009, which increases campaign finance disclosure requirements including creating a definition for public communication to clarify which types of communications to voters must contain a disclosure. Another passed bill, Legislative Document 1787, increases the permissible seed money contribution to gubernational candidates participating in the Maine Clean Elections Act to $250 per individual. Gov. Janet Bills signed both bills, and they will be effective September 24. This does affect lobbying reporting. A registered lobbyist who anticipates no further lobbying for a client may file a request for a non-session waiver with their final monthly report for the session.

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The New York Legislature adjourned with 16,765 bills introduced and 856 bills now headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul for signing. Lawmakers introduced various bills related to lobbying, including Senate Bill 2330 requiring electronic filing of all lobbyist filings and Senate Bill 426, which requires an annual anti-sexual harassment training course for lobbyists. These bills and others failing to pass will be carried over automatically to the next session.

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The Vermont General Assembly adjourned sine die on Monday, June 16. During the session, lawmakers passed bills amending campaign finance laws, including modifying the definition of independent expenditure only committees and requiring the disclosure of distributed deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media depicting a candidate on the ballot. If not vetoed by the governor, the bills take effect immediately.

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Florida adjourned sine die June 16 making it one of the longest sessions in the state’s history. The bills that were passed included budget bills, the General Appropriations Act, and an annual tax package. The budget bills were the most difficult to pass and were the reason for the prolonged session.

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Louisiana adjourned sine die June 12. One bill sent to the governor increases the gift limit for public servants to $200 and allows public servants to accept invitations to charitable informational events. If signed it will take effect immediately. Other bills that passed include was pharmacy reforms, medical insurance, and immigration.

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