House File 2160 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2160 BY BARKER , GOSA , SITZMANN , FETT , WILLIAMS , and BEHN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the payment of personal and home security 1 expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties 2 applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6012YH (7) 91 ss/ns

H.F. 2160 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 68A.303A Personal and home security 1 expenses. 2 1. In addition to the uses permitted under sections 68A.302 3 and 68A.303, a candidate or candidate’s committee may use 4 campaign funds to pay for personal and home security expenses 5 if the payment to the personal or home security provider is 6 reasonable for the services rendered. 7 2. A candidate using campaign funds for personal or home 8 security expenses shall keep a log detailing the date, name 9 of the personal or home security provider, and cost for each 10 personal or home security expense paid or owed by the campaign 11 or candidate. Total personal and home security expenses shall 12 be included as a line-item expense in a report submitted 13 pursuant to section 68A.402. A candidate’s log of personal 14 and home security expenses shall be provided to the board if 15 requested during the course of an audit. The candidate’s 16 committee shall preserve a personal and home security log for 17 five years following the submission of a report relating to 18 the log, or for three years following the dissolution of the 19 candidate’s committee. 20 3. For purposes of this section, “personal and home security 21 expenses” includes but is not limited to expenses related to the 22 purchase of firearms, firearm equipment, and training. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill relates to the payment of personal and home 27 security expenses with campaign funds. The bill permits a 28 candidate to pay for personal and home security expenses using 29 campaign funds if the payment to the personal or home security 30 provider is reasonable. The bill requires the candidate to 31 keep logs relating to payment for any such services, which 32 shall be provided to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure 33 board upon request during the course of an audit. The bill 34 requires the candidate’s committee to preserve a personal and 35 -1- LSB 6012YH (7) 91 ss/ns 1/ 2

H.F. 2160 home security log for five years following the submission of a 1 report relating to the log, or for three years following the 2 dissolution of the committee. The bill defines “personal and 3 home security expenses” to include expenses related to the 4 purchase of firearms, firearm equipment, and training. 5 A person who violates a provision of Code chapter 68A 6 is subject to civil penalties imposed by the Iowa ethics 7 and campaign disclosure board, including remedial action, a 8 reprimand, and a civil penalty up to $2,000 (Code section 9 68B.32D). In addition, a person who willfully violates 10 a provision of Code chapter 68A is guilty of a serious 11 misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by 12 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least 13 $430 but not more than $2,560. 14 -2- LSB 6012YH (7) 91 ss/ns 2/ 2