SB 5776 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

     Makes revisions to the public disclosure law.

     Provides that a foreign national or domestic dependent sovereign shall not directly or through any other person make a contribution or an expenditure, or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or an expenditure, in connection with a campaign for any public office or ballot proposition.

     Declares that a "foreign national" means a foreign principal including a government of a foreign political party, a person outside the United States, or a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country.

     Declares that a "domestic dependent sovereign" means an Indian tribe that has been acknowledged, recognized, restored, or reaffirmed as an Indian tribe by the Secretary of the Interior.

     Repeals RCW 42.17.172.