That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-8-15; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §6B-3-4a, all to read as follows:

Chapter 3. Elections.

ARTICLE 8. REGULATIONS AND CONTROL OF ELECTIONS.

§3-8-15. Disclosure of contributions during legislative session.

(a) In addition to other reporting required under this article, any member, or any candidate committee for a member of the Legislature who is a candidate for legislative office, who has a fund-raising event while the Legislature is in session, shall disclose the existence of the event and the receipt of all contributions, including the source and amounts, within five business days after the fund-raising event.

(b) The reporting requirements under this section also apply to former candidates or candidate committees for legislative office who are still holding any legislative office and who use a fund-raising event to retire or pay-off debt of a campaign account while the Legislature is in session.

(c) The reporting requirements of this section do not relieve a candidate or candidate’s committee from reporting contributions received and disclosed in conformity with this section from reporting them as required by the regular reporting requirements as contained in section five of this article.

(d) The Secretary of State shall prepare a form for disclosure of these contributions and publish the information on the Secretary of State’s website within forty-eight hours of the Secretary of State receiving the completed form: Provided, That as an alternative, the Secretary of State is authorized to establish a means for electronic filing and disclosure.

(e) Pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the Secretary of State may propose rules and emergency rules for legislative approval relating to procedures and policies consistent with this section.

Chapter 6B. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; ETHICS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

Article 3. Lobbyists.

§6B-3-4a. Disclosure of expenditures during legislative session.

(a) In addition to other reporting required under this article, a lobbyist who makes an expenditure while the Legislature is in session that is otherwise required to be disclosed under section four of this article and is in excess of $50, shall disclose the expenditure, within five business days of making the expenditure.

(b) The reporting requirements of this section do not relieve a lobbyist from reporting expenditures as required by the regular reporting requirements as contained in section four of this article.

(c) The Commission shall prepare a form for disclosure of these expenditures and publish the information on the Commission’s website within forty-eight hours of the Commission receiving the completed form: Provided, That as an alternative, the Commission is authorized to establish a means for electronic filing and disclosure.

(d) Pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the Commission may propose rules and emergency rules for legislative approval relating to procedures and policies consistent with this section.