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An act relating to elections, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2          2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3567            By: Wolfley

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7          An Act relating to elections; defining terms;

           prohibiting candidates from expending campaign funds

8          to compensate the candidate for services rendered to

           candidate's own campaign; prohibiting recipients of

9          campaign funds from providing anything of value to

           candidate or family members for certain services

10         rendered; requiring vendor whom a candidate pays more

           than a certain amount to file an anti-kickback

11         certification; requiring candidate to maintain copy

           of each certification; granting the Oklahoma Ethics

12         Commission rulemaking authority; providing penalties;

           providing for codification; and providing an

13         effective date.

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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

17  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 15-100 of Title 26, unless there

19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

20  A. As used in this act:

21  1. "Candidate" means any individual who has filed a declaration

22 of candidacy or has accepted or expended campaign funds to seek

23 nomination, election, or retention to any public office in this

24 state;

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1   2. "Family member" means the candidate's spouse, domestic

2 partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, aunt,

3 uncle, niece, nephew, or any individual residing in the candidate's

4 household;

5   3. "Major retailer" means a business primarily engaged in

6 general retail sales to the public with fixed, publicly accessible

7 locations and standard pricing, including, but not limited to,

8 grocery stores, office supply stores, and hardware stores; and

9   4. "Vendor" means any individual, business entity, political

10 consulting firm, or organization that receives campaign funds in

11 exchange for goods or services.

12  B. A candidate shall not expend campaign funds to compensate

13 the candidate for services rendered to the candidate's own campaign,

14 including, but not limited to, consulting, management, strategy,

15 media, compliance, or administrative services.

16  C. No vendor, consultant, political committee, or other

17 recipient of campaign funds shall directly or indirectly pay,

18 transfer, or provide anything of value to the candidate or any

19 family member of the candidate for services rendered to:

20  1. The candidate's own campaign; or

21  2. Any other campaign for public office.

22  D. 1. Any vendor to whom a candidate pays more than Five

23 Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in aggregate during an election cycle,

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1 excluding payments to major retailers, shall execute an anti-

2 kickback certification prescribed by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.

3   2. The certification shall affirm, under penalty of perjury,

4 that the vendor has not provided and will not provide any prohibited

5 payment or thing of value to the candidate or a family member of the

6 candidate in violation of this act.

7   3. The candidate shall maintain a copy of each certification

8 and submit such certifications with the candidate's campaign finance

9 reports as required by Ethics Commission rule.

10  E. 1. The Oklahoma Ethics Commission shall promulgate rules

11 necessary to implement and enforce this act.

12  2. A violation of this act may be punished by:

13  a. civil penalties,

14  b. restitution of unlawful expenditures,

15  c. referral for criminal prosecution as provided by law,

16  and

17  d. any other sanction authorized by law.

18  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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20  60-2-15303      MJ  01/06/26

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