HB 984 — An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial disclosure, further providing for statement of financial interests required to be filed.

PRINTER'S NO.   1074

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 984
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, KAUFFMAN, VENKAT, SAMUELSON, STAMBAUGH,
        KRUPA, JAMES, ROWE, SCIALABBA, COOPER AND CIRESI,
        MARCH 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 20, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
 3      disclosure, further providing for statement of financial
 4      interests required to be filed.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.     Section 1104 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 9   § 1104.    Statement of financial interests required to be filed.
10      * * *
11      (c.1)    Write-in candidate.--A write-in candidate shall file a
12   statement of financial interests within 30 days of having been
13   nominated or elected unless the person declines the nomination
14   or office within that period of time. The following shall apply:
15             (1)   The statement of financial interests shall be filed
16      with the commission for State-level public office and with
17      the governing authority of the political subdivision in which
18      the person has been elected or nominated for county or local-
 1    level office.
 2        (2)   For the purposes of calculating the 30-day period
 3    during which the statement of financial interests shall be
 4    filed, the time shall commence on the date that the
 5    appropriate board of elections certifies the person as the
 6    winner of a nomination or election.
 7        (3)   If a write-in candidate is nominated and fails to
 8    file a statement of financial interests under this
 9    subsection, the write-in candidate shall not appear on the
10    ballot.
11    * * *
12    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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