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HB 1256

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Campaign finance reports of local candidates.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Feb 2, 2026
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
Session
2026
Introduced
Jan 5, 2026
Primary Sponsor
Edward Clere· author

Summary

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Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to place a copy of each campaign finance report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board on the circuit court clerk's or county election board's website in portable document format. Allows certain covered persons to submit a written request to a county, municipality, or township to restrict access to the covered person's home address in a confidential document. Requires a county, municipality, or township to establish certain processes to prevent a member of the public from gaining access to the home address of a covered person.

Subjects

ELECTIONS; Campaign Activities (Including Advertisements, Contributions, Expenditures, and Reporting)ELECTIONS; CandidatesELECTIONS; Local Election BoardsLOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk

Co-sponsors (4)

Wendy Dant Chesser · coauthor
Kyle Pierce · coauthor
Jim Pressel · coauthor
Greg Walker · sponsor

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