HB5304 - Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.

  89R15886 MZM-F     By: Talarico H.B. No. 5304       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   253.008.     LIMITATION ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. A   person may not knowingly make or authorize the making of a campaign   contribution to a candidate for statewide office or the   legislature, or to a specific-purpose committee supporting the   candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent, in an amount that   exceeds $10,000 for the election in which the candidate is   involved.          SECTION 2.  Section 253.157(a-1), Election Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a-1)  A judicial candidate or officeholder may not   knowingly accept political contributions from a general-purpose   committee that, in the aggregate, exceed the contribution limits   prescribed by this subsection in connection with an election in   which the judicial candidate's name appears on the ballot. The   contribution limits under this subsection are:                (1)  for a statewide judicial office, $10,000   [ $25,000 ]; or                (2)  for any other judicial office, $5,000.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a campaign contribution made on or after the effective date of this   Act. A campaign contribution made before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect when the contribution was made   and is not aggregated with campaign contributions made on or after   that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.