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The Denver, Colorado City Council is set to consider sweeping reforms to the city’s lobbying code. Bill 26-0686 would require lobbyists to report grassroots lobbying expenditures in addition to legislative and administrative lobbying activities. The bill includes definitional changes, updated registration requirements, and additional disclosure requirements for lobbyists’ activity reports. The council next considers the legislation on June 8.

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The 2026 legislative session adjourned sine die June 1 after lawmakers passed several campaign finance and ethics bills. Legislators passed several bills targeting electioneering communications, including House Bill 459, which prohibits certain communications portraying a candidate through the use of AI; House Bill 540, which adds a disclosure requirement for digital material broadcast within 60 days before an election; and House Bill 639, which prohibits certain automated calls using the voice of a public figure created using AI. Senate Bill 495, effective on January 1, 2027, if approved by the governor, increases in-kind contributions and expenditures from $50 to $200; changes the due date of committee supplemental reports; and raises the contribution limit to unsuccessful major office candidates from $20,000 to $24,000. Lawmakers also passed House Bill 260, which allows legislators to accept transportation to foreign countries for trade, cultural, diplomatic, educational, or humanitarian purposes under certain circumstances. Unless otherwise specified, bills approved by the governor or allowed to become law without his signature will become effective August 1.

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Following the decision in the 11th Circuit Court approving the previous struck down 2021 political map, Gov. Kay Ivey has called for special elections in State Senate Districts 25 and 26. 25 and 26 are the only districts that had their lines changed with the new map. The special elections will be held on August 11 coinciding with the congressional elections.

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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, alongside city council, has called for a special election to fill the Group 1 seat of the city council that was vacated by former councilman Edward Freeman. Councilman Freeman resigned his chair to run for an elected position in the Florida legislature. The special primary election will be held on August 18, and the special general election will be held on November 3 if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the primary.

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Following current Clerk of Court, Tiffany Moore Russell’s, resignation to run for mayor, Orange county Supervisor of Elections, Karen Castor Dentel, has called for a special election to fill the newly abdicated seat. In the interest of efficiency, the special election will run concurrently with the August 18 primary and November 3 general elections held statewide.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis called an additional special session on the topic of property taxes to follow the current redistricting special session expected to conclude on Friday, May 29. The new special session will begin next week on June 1 and will conclude no later than June 3.

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Lobbying thresholds decrease June 7 due to rule amendments approved at the Texas Ethics Commission’s May meeting. The threshold for lobbyist compensation and reimbursement decreased from $1,990 to $1,200. The lobbyist expenditure threshold decreased from $990 to $650 per calendar quarter, not including expenditures for an individual’s travel, food, lodging, or membership dues. These thresholds will no longer be subject to annual adjustment for changes in the consumer price index.

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The second regular session of the 103rd General Assembly has concluded except for a technical session on May 28 and the official adjournment sine die on May 30. During the session, lawmakers passed House Bill 1871, requiring all solicitations, except those from a connected organization of a continuing committee, to disclose what percentage of the campaign contribution will be received by the candidate, committee, or any other entity. The bill also requires donations to be one-time unless a donor affirmatively opts into recurring contributions. The bill permits a registered lobbyist to maintain a candidate committee designated to seek election to a county, municipal, or school board office, provided they are not registered to lobby the county, municipality, or school district. Gov. Kehoe must sign or veto legislation within 15 days after transmittal, or it becomes law without his signature with an effective date of August 28.

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ALAKSA: The 2026 legislative session ended yesterday evening. Lawmakers passed House Bill 16 which makes various changes to the state’s campaign finance laws. New contribution limits will be imposed. Individuals may contribute up to $2,000 each election cycle to a nongroup entity or candidate. Individuals will be able to contribute $5,000 each per year to a political party or group entity. A group that is not a political party may contribute not more than $4,000 each election cycle to a candidate or $5,000 each year to another group entity, or to a political party. A nongroup entity may not contribute more than $4,000 each election cycle to another nongroup entity or $5,000 to a political party or group. When contributions are being made to a joint campaign for governor and lieutenant governor an individual may not contribute more than $4,000 each election cycle, while a group may not contribute more than $8,000 each election cycle. House Bill 16 is waiting the governor’s approval. The bill will take effect 90 days from when it is enacted. The new limits would be in place for the upcoming 2028 elections. Lawmakers will also return to a special session today, May 21. The special session has been called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to address legislation relating to the taxation of certain natural gas pipeline property, amongst other issues. No hard deadline to the end of the session was given and it will continue for as long as necessary. This may affect lobbying reporting dates if the special session continues into June.

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The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices proposed commencing a rulemaking at the upcoming meeting on May 27. The purpose is to update the commission’s rules based on newly chaptered laws from this year’s legislative session. Legislative changes to be addressed include disclosure requirements for paid communications containing manipulated images or audio of a candidate, and an increase to the spending threshold for independent expenditure reporting. If the rulemaking is commenced, an invitation to comment is expected to begin on June 1.

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The second regular session of the Wisconsin State Assembly concluded on May 14 without taking action on public school funding. Wisconsin’s K–12 public schools have gone without cost-of-living adjustments for the last 17 years. In response to Gov. Evers’ 400-year veto passed in the last budget permitting school districts to increase their per-pupil spending limit by $325 each year for the next 400 years, lawmakers passed Joint Resolution 116 to amend the constitution to prohibit the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee. The veto-tax issue will be on the ballot in November.

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Directly following the adjournment of the regular legislative session on May 14, Gov. McMaster called a special session to begin the following day to consider redistricting efforts in South Carolina. During the regular legislative session, the vote to create a new political map failed. If a decision on redistricting is not made soon, there is a possibility the state’s June primary will be delayed until August. Lawmakers must also contend with several other pressing matters during the session such as the state’s budget, which was not finalized by the end of the regular session.

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Gov. Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2471 concerning the powers of corporations and certain other artificial legal entities. Beginning July 1, 2027, the bill excludes election and ballot-issue activity from the powers of corporations and other non-committee artificial legal entities organized and transacting business in Hawaii. Election and ballot-issue activity by such entities will be deemed void and result in penalties, including forfeiture of state charter privileges. The prohibition is based on the premise that artificial persons such as corporations were never intended to be imbued with the power to influence elections. The bill is conditioned on its ongoing applicability to foreign entities transacting business in the state. Hawaii is one of a number of states with measures introduced this year (e.g., Arizona Senate Concurrent Resolution 1053, Kansas House Bill 2766, Oklahoma House Joint Resolution 1075) addressing the grant of corporate powers related to election influence in the continuing wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

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Following the Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act, Gov. Kay Ivey has called for a special election in U.S. House Districts 1, 2, 6, and 7.  A suit has been filed to request an injunction on these special elections however, with a three judge panel requesting motions to be filed by Friday, May 15. If allowed to go ahead, the special elections will be held on August 11 with no runoff.

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