H_SA_2019A 03/14/2019 01:35:26 PM Committee Summary

Representative Mullica, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1195. The bill prohibits a candidate for county commissioner, county clerk and recorder, sheriff, coroner, treasurer, assessor, or surveyor from sending any mass communication within 60 days of a primary, general, or special election at which that candidate's name appears on the ballot.  Mass communication means any communication containing substantially identical content that is mailed, delivered, or distributed by a candidate for county elected office at public expense to 500 or more people in a county with a population over 50,000, or 150 or more people in a county with a population of 50,000 or fewer. 

Representative Mullica answered questions from the committee regarding the bill.

No one testified on the bill.

Representative Mullica made concluding remarks about the bill. He requested that the committee indefinitely postpone the bill.  Committee members made comments regarding the bill.