Connecticut Senate Bill 431 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on May 3 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-05-03 - House Calendar Number 557
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

To (1) prevent foreign interference in state referenda and elections and allow for greater enforcement of violations, (2) implement federal court rulings regarding independent expenditure political committees and contributions to such committees, (3) make adjustments to reflect the United States Supreme Court ruling aggregate contribution limits for individuals, (4) more explicitly recognize referendum spending as a type of independent expenditure and require reporting as such, (5) impose attribution requirements for certain forms of referendum spending, and (6) require, for organization expenditure party candidate listings, only the disclaimer of the paying committee and not the individual disclaimer of all candidates mentioned.

An Act Concerning Referenda, Independent Expenditures And Certain Other Political Spending.

House Government Administration and Elections Committee

Rep. Michael Winkler [D]

Sen. Matthew Lesser [D]

Rep. Lucy Dathan [D]

2022-05-03 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 310 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-28 - Joint - GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 14 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-05-03	House	House Calendar Number 557
2022-05-03	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2022-05-03	House	Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
2022-05-03	Senate	Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2022-05-03	Senate	Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 6340
2022-04-14	Senate	File Number 477
2022-04-14	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 329
2022-04-14	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2022-04-14	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2022-04-08	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/22 5:00 PM
2022-03-29	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2022-03-28	Senate	Joint Favorable
2022-03-14	Senate	Public Hearing 03/18
2022-03-11	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00431&which_year=2022
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00431-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00431-R01-SB.PDF
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/amd/S/pdf/2022SB-00431-R00SA-AMD.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FN/PDF/2022SB-00431-R000477-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/BA/PDF/2022SB-00431-R000477-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/fna/pdf/2022SB-00431-R00LCO06340-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/BA/PDF/2022SB-00431-R01-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FN/PDF/2022SB-00431-R01-FN.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TS/S/PDF/2022SB-00431-R00GAE-CV30-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/VOTE/S/PDF/2022SV-00310-R00SB00431-SV.PDF