HB 2045

ON MARCH 9, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:  Provides that general enhanced security for a candidate or officeholder is not deemed an expenditure for personal use, rather than only enhanced security for a candidate or officeholder's personal residence. Further, such authorized expenditures must be disclosed as "security"" rather than as ""residential security.""  Eliminates the $12, 000 spending cap for security expenditures. ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2320 FOR HOUSE BILL 2045, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:  Clarifies that expenditures of campaign funds for enhanced security are not deemed for personal use only for officeholders, rather than for both officeholders and candidates.  Clarifies that expenditures must not exceed $12, 000, and must be used only for home security consultation, home security equipment, home security monitoring services, and the use of security guards at an officeholder's personal residence.  Clarifies that ""home security equipment"" means security software, entryway sensors, motion sensors, base stations, control panels, security cameras, video doorbells, floodlights, key fobs, panic buttons, glass break sensors, smoke and fire detectors, locks, and security doors."