Pennsylvania HB 1262: 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, for late contributions and independent expenditures, for oath of compliance, perjury, disqualification from office and commercial use, for residual funds and for place of filing, providing for manner of filing and for inability to file reports or statements electronically by deadline and further providing for late filing fee and certificate of filing, for additional powers and duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and for reports by business entities and publication by Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1405 PRINTER'S NO. 3192
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1262
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, SOLOMON, MADDEN, PROBST, KHAN, HANBIDGE,
HILL-EVANS, GUENST, HOWARD, CIRESI AND INGLIS, APRIL 17, 2025
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 14, 2026
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, for late contributions and independent
expenditures, for oath of compliance, perjury,
disqualification from office and commercial use, for residual
funds and for place of filing, providing for manner of filing
and for inability to file reports or statements
electronically by deadline and further providing for late
filing fee and certificate of filing, for additional powers
and duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and for
reports by business entities and publication by Secretary of
the Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1626(a) and (h) of the act of June 3,
1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, are amended and the section is amended by adding a
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subsection to read:
Section 1626. Reporting by Candidate and Political
Committees and other Persons.--
(a) Each treasurer of a political committee and each
candidate for election to public office shall file with the
appropriate supervisor reports of receipts and expenditures on
forms, designed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, if the
amount received or expended or liabilities incurred shall exceed
the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Should such an
amount not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), then the
candidate or the treasurer of the committee shall file a [sworn]
statement to that effect with the appropriate supervisor rather
than the report required by this section.
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(h) All reports or statements required to be filed pursuant
to this section shall be filed pursuant to [section 1630]
sections 1629 and 1631.1. All reports and statements required by
this section shall cover the campaign activity of a candidate
only from the last prior report or statement.
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(k) All reports or statements required to be filed with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall be filed electronically
using the electronic filing system developed by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth under section 1640(6) consistent with the
purposes of this subsection. A report or statement submitted
electronically must:
(1) require an electronic signature from the treasurer or
assistant treasurer at the time of the filing of the report or
statement. In addition, a report filed by a political committee,
authorized by a candidate and created solely for the purpose of
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influencing an election on behalf of that candidate must be
signed, using an electronic signature, stating that, to the best
of the candidate's knowledge, the political committee has not
violated any provision of this act; and
(2) be made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904
(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities) .
Section 2. Sections 1628, 1629 heading, (a) and (b), 1630
and 1631(1) of the act are amended to read:
Section 1628. Late Contributions and Independent
Expenditures.--Any candidate or political committee, authorized
by a candidate and created solely for the purpose of influencing
an election on behalf of that candidate, which receives any
contribution or pledge of five hundred dollars ($500) or more,
and any person making an independent expenditure, as defined by
this act, of five hundred dollars ($500) or more after the final
pre-election report has been deemed completed shall report such
contribution, pledge or expenditure to the appropriate
supervisor. Such report shall be sent by the candidate, chairman
or treasurer of the political committee within twenty-four (24)
hours of receipt of the contribution. It shall be the duty of
the supervisor to confirm the substance of such report. [The
report shall be made by telegram, mailgram, overnight mail or
facsimile transmission. Any] The reports filed with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall be filed ele