AN ACT relating to campaign finance.

Amend KRS 121.015 to define "expenditure"; amend KRS 121.150 to prohibit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, contributing organizations, or anyone on their behalf from making an expenditure to an intermediary, including subcontractors, for the purpose of making a payment to another person; require that expenditures be made directly to the provider of goods or personal services.

Introduced: February 7, 2025

Last action: February 12, 2025

To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

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This bill changes campaign finance rules by requiring that political campaign spending go directly to whoever is actually providing the goods or services, rather than being routed through a middleman or subcontractor. It also adds a clearer definition of what counts as a campaign expenditure. The goal is to make it harder to obscure where campaign money is ultimately going. Who it may affect: candidates for office, political committees, and contributing organizations that must follow Kentucky campaign finance law.

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