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Senate Majority Leader Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage, Senate Finance Co-Chair (Operating) Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, Senate Rules Chair Charlie Huggins, R-Wasilla, and Senate Finance Co-Chair (Capital) Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, hold a Senate Bipartisan Working Group Press Conference on energy issues.

Campaign finance disclosure bill advances

The Associated Press

Published: March 16th, 2010 11:59 PM
Last Modified: March 17th, 2010 03:32 AM

JUNEAU -- A campaign finance disclosure bill for those organizing and influencing Alaska ballot initiatives is headed to the House floor.

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The House Finance Committee passed Rep. Kyle Johansen's bill Tuesday. Current law requires disclosures, but only after a ballot question's language has been cleared by the attorney general.

The Ketchikan Republican says that means millions can be spent collecting petition signatures with no disclosure of who is funding the effort. The bill would change that, requiring disclosure earlier in the initiative process.

The bill also requires public hearings on ballot questions.