ResolvedCampaign & Elections
accepting campaign contributions from staff and making improper campaign expenditures

Bill Huizenga
RepublicanMI-4 · Representative
August 16, 2019
First Reported
June 5, 2024
Concluded
4 years, 10 months
Duration
4
Actions Taken
What Happened
In 2019, Huizenga was accused of accepting campaign contributions from staff and making improper campaign expenditures. In August that year, the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review by the House Committee on Ethics. In 2024, the Committee closed the matter saying "Based on the totality of the circumstances, including the lack of any clear pattern of misspending or intentional circumvention of any standards of conduct, as well as Representative Huizenga’s consistent cooperation with this review, the significant remedial steps that his campaign has undertaken, and the widespread need for updated guidance on the personal use of campaign funds, the Committee determined that Representative Huizenga’s conduct did not merit a sanction."
Timeline
August 16, 2019Office of Congressional Ethics
recommended further review by the House Committee on Ethics
Source →November 14, 2019House Committee on Ethics
published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report
Source →June 5, 2024House Committee on Ethics
issued a report with no sanctions, new guidance for all members and a private letter to the member after finding that some expenditures fell into a gray area and that the member's reporting could have been better
Source →Data: GovTrack.us Misconduct Database (CC0 public domain)