BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

SB 5446: Local campaign funding

Allowing public funding of local office campaigns.

Summary

The prohibition on the use of public funds to finance political campaigns for local offices is eliminated.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5446), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

IntroducedJan 22, 1999
Out of committeestopped here
Passed Senate
Passed House
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Rosa Franklin (D-29)
Introduced: January 22, 1999 in the Senate
Last action: March 16, 1999

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 16, 1999

Version voted on: SB 5446

22 Yea 25 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	22	4	0	1
Republican	0	21	0	1

How each member voted

Yea (22)

Nay (25)

Excused (2)

Margarita Prentice D-11
George Sellar R-12

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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 5446 in other sessions

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

SB 5446 (2025–26) Commission on boys and men · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5446 (2023–24) Firearms/local government · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5446 (2021–22) Warehousing & manuf. jobs · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5446 (2019–20) Electronic prescriptions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5446 (2017–18) Cert. of need/psychiat. beds · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5446 (2015–16) Electric vehicle readiness · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5446 (2013–14) State auditor/subpoenas · Enacted · Chapter 50, Laws of 2013
SB 5446 (2011–12) Manuf. housing communities · Did not pass · died in committee

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