BILL · 1993–94 SESSION

SB 5401: Political telemarketing

Regulating political telemarketing.

Summary

Persons who engage in political telemarketing are required to disclose the sponsor's name and a statement indicating the candidate on whose behalf the advertising is being done. Telemarketing means a non-random, organized program of telephoning individuals where, in general, representations are made concerning a person's characteristics or positions on the issues.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5401), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 27, 1993
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 15, 1993
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Kevin Quigley (D-39)
Introduced: January 27, 1993 in the Senate
Last action: March 15, 1993
Companion bill: HB 1805

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 15, 1993

Version voted on: SB 5401

28 Yea 19 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	26	0	0	2
Republican	2	19	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (28)

Nay (19)

Excused (2)

Kathleen Drew D-5
Janice Niemi D-43

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 5401 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5401 (2025–26) Wholesale power purchases · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5401 (2023–24) Motorcycles on laned roads · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5401 (2021–22) CTC computer science degrees · Enacted · Chapter 147, Laws of 2021
SB 5401 (2019–20) Health care whistleblowers · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5401 (2017–18) Rx drug cost transparency · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5401 (2015–16) Marijuana consumption info · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5401 (2013–14) Vendor overpayment debts · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5401 (2011–12) Facilities/sales and use tax · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

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