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Note that the bill is out of conference committee now (with these changes) and was signed on 14 May.
As someone who doesn’t speak legalese, are the changes significative? Does everything written in the article still apply?
I think so. There's just one significant change that I don't think affects the main goal.
The law said that corporations had artificial-person rights, "the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs", including (but not limited to) those in a list. _Citizens United _ basically tacked electoral spending onto that list. The original bill would make the law say "[corporations will only have these rights that we say and nothing else]" followed by the original list. The version that was signed is much more like the original law; it said corporations had artificial-person rights other than electoral spending including (but not limited to) those in the original list.
There was also a later amendment that changed the effective date from 1 January to 1 July.
…being honest I didn’t really understand what the change entails but thanks anyway, I’m sure someone else with more knowledge in US law will find the answer useful!