Pennsylvania SB 1104: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late filing fee and certificate of filing.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1335
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1104
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, ROBINSON, SANTARSIERO, COSTA AND FARRY,
DECEMBER 4, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 4, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in primary and election expenses, further
providing for reporting by candidate and political committees
and other persons and for late filing fee and certificate of
filing.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1626(d) and 1632(a) of the act of June
3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, are amended to read:
Section 1626. Reporting by Candidate and Political
Committees and other Persons.--
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(d) Pre-election reports by all candidates [for offices to
be voted for by the electors of the State at large] and all
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political committees, which have expended money for the purpose
of influencing the election of such candidate, shall be filed
not later than the sixth Tuesday before and the second Friday
before an election, provided that the initial pre-election
report shall be complete as of fifty (50) days prior to the
election and the subsequent pre-election report shall be
complete as of fifteen (15) days prior to the election. [Pre-
election reports by all other candidates and political
committees which have received contributions or made
expenditures for the purpose of influencing an election shall be
filed not later than the second Friday before an election,
provided that such report be complete as of fifteen (15) days
prior to the election.]
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Section 1632. Late Filing Fee; Certificate of Filing.--
(a) A late filing fee for each report or statement of
expenditures and contributions which is not filed within the
prescribed period shall be imposed as follows. Such fee shall be
[ten dollars ($10) for each day or part of a day] two hundred
fifty dollars ($250) on the first day or part of a day that a
report is overdue. For each day or part of a day thereafter,
excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays that a report is
overdue[. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) is due for each
of the first six (6) days that a report is overdue. The maximum
fee payable with respect to a single report is two hundred fifty
dollars ($250).], the fee shall be twenty dollars ($20). A
supervisor shall receive an overdue report or statement even if
any late filing fee due has not been paid but the report or
statement shall not be considered filed until all fees have been
paid upon the receipt by the supervisor of an overdue report. No
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further late filing fees shall be incurred notwithstanding the
fact that the report or statement is not considered filed. The
late filing fee is the personal liability of the candidate or
treasurer of a political committee and cannot be paid from
contributions to the candidate or committee, nor may such fee be
considered an expenditure. A report or statement of expenditures
and contributions shall be deemed to have been filed within the
prescribed time if the letter transmitting the report or
statement which is received by the supervisor is transmitted by
first class mail and is postmarked by the United States Postal
Service on the day prior to the final day on which the report or
statement is to be received: Provided, That this sentence shall
not be applicable to the reporting requirements contained in
section 1628.
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Section 2. The amendment of sections 1626(d) and 1632(a) of
the act shall apply only to reports and statements filed for
elections held after the first primary, general, municipal or
special election that occurs after the effective date of this
section. The amendment of sections 1626(d) and 1632(a) of the
act shall not apply to reports or statements required to be
filed before the effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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