2010 House Bill 6187 ↩

House Roll Call 285: Passed

To establish corporations who undertake to “independent expenditures” that advocate the election or defeat of a candidate be liable for violations of the regulations on this proposed by House Bills 6182 to 6187, and subject to fines of up to four times the amount of the expenditure. These bills were introduced after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v Federal Election Commission ruling that overturned a law restricting independent expenditures not just by for-profit businesses, but also by unions and non-profit groups motivated by ideological or political concerns.