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BILL · 1991–92 SESSION

SB 5312: Misleading campaign practcs

Increasing penalties for misleading campaign practices.

Summary

  • It is a gross misdemeanor for any person to attempt to persuade or dissuade voters through menace, intimidation, or threats, or to use false or misleading assertions, altered photographs, or out-of-context recordings which tend to promote or prevent a candidate's election. Consultants or employees initiating or abetting the prohibited conduct are subject to the same penalties as a candidate would be.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5312), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 1991
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Ray Moore (D-36)
Introduced
January 28, 1991 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 1992

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Ray Moore (D-36)

20 co-sponsors (17 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Frank Hansen D-13Dean Sutherland D-17Ken Madsen D-2Janice Niemi D-43Dwight Pelz D-37Brad Owen D-35Larry Vognild D-38Lois J. Stratton D-3Nita Rinehart D-46R. Lorraine Wojahn D-27Sid Snyder D-19Marcus Gaspard D-25Patty Murray D-1Patrick R. McMullen D-40Albert Bauer D-49Adam Smith D-33Phil Talmadge D-34James West R-6Gerald "Jerry" Saling R-5Neil Amondson R-20

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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SB 5312 in other sessions

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