This bill amends the administration of campaign finance and lobbyist disclosure laws by the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices and the enforcement of income reporting requirements by providing for a preliminary penalty of $500 when a legislative candidate or a legislator does not file a statement of sources of income on time, which may be waived by the commission. It also increases penalties by $50 per report when a lobbyist repeatedly files monthly reports late during a lobbying year, authorizes the commission to deposit penalties for late filing by political action committees and ballot question committees in an existing special revenue account to pay for improvements to the commission's electronic filing systems, eliminates authority for the commission to meet by telephone and the requirement for the commission to be open during the last weekend before elections, and amends the standard by which the commission may disclose financial or campaign information in a commission decision or investigative report by staff. This bill …expand