Foes of WA initiative to repeal climate law fined $20K for campaign finance violations

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A political committee that helped defeat last year’s ballot measure to repeal a Washington climate law was fined $20,000 on Thursday for not disclosing how it spent $1 million until after the election.

The state Public Disclosure Commission levied the civil penalty on Green Jobs PAC, which admitted to the violation and two other breaches of Washington campaign finance laws as part of an agreed upon settlement.

On a 4-0 vote, commissioners imposed the civil penalty of $20,000. It suspended half the sum as long as $10,000 is paid in 30 days and the group does not commit any more violations in the next four years.

“This was a serious error,” said Dmitri Iglitzin, attorney for the political committee whose major donors were bp America and Amazon. But, he told commissioners, there was no “intent to deceive. It was the classic definition of a ministerial screw-up.”

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/06/26/foes-of-wa-initiative-to-repeal-climate-law-fined-20k-for-campaign-finance-violations/