Background

Washington State voters enacted contribution limits in 1992 by approving Initiative 134. The Public Disclosure Commission enforces these limits and has the authority to make inflationary adjustments at the beginning of even numbered years. Only the Legislature or the voters, through the initiative process, can make other changes to contribution limits, such as expanding or eliminating them.

A new state law means some changes for campaigns and others who file reports with the Public Disclosure Commission.
 
The PDC requested the legislation this year based on feedback from the regulated community and the public. Substitute House Bill 1195, passed in May, clarifies some areas of the state's campaign finance and lobbying disclosure law, enacts reforms to make reporting easier and more useful, and improves the public's access to information.