Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act

Sponsor: Ritchie Torres (Democratic-NY)May 12, 2026

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Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Stops insiders from using secret campaign info for profit.

This bill would stop people working for political campaigns from using secret information to make money by trading on election outcomes. It would also require online platforms that offer these 'political event contracts' to set up rules to prevent insider trading and manipulation. This aims to make these markets fairer for everyone.

What Would Change

Today, there are no specific federal rules stopping campaign insiders from using private campaign information to trade on political event contracts, nor are platforms required to prevent this. If this bill becomes law, campaign insiders would be banned from such trading and from sharing that information. Online platforms would also have to put safeguards in place and require certain traders to disclose their campaign ties.

Key Provisions

Bans campaign insiders from trading political event contracts using secret campaign information.
Prohibits campaign insiders from sharing secret campaign information if it could be used for trading.
Requires online platforms offering political event contracts to create safeguards against insider trading.
Mandates that certain traders on these platforms disclose if they are linked to a campaign or have secret information.
Imposes civil penalties up to $250,000 or three times the profit gained for those who break the rules.
Gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) power to investigate and enforce these new rules.

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Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act

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