Election Update for May 13

A few things we wanted to share with you today:

Quarterly Reporting Bill. The House gave final approval, 145-1, to a bill that would require quarterly, rather than semiannual, campaign finance reports. House Bill 1532 by Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) would add an April 15 and October 15 quarterly report to the existing January 15 and June 15 semiannual reports for all candidates and office-holders. Existing 30-day-out and 8-day-out reports would still be required for candidates in contested races. Rep. Johnathan Stickland (R-Bedford) was the lone nay vote.