Connecticut Senate Bill 1125 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on March 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-14 - Public Hearing 03/18
Pending: Joint Government Administration and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

To create an exception to the definition of contribution permitting state central committees to set up a web site or web sites for the purpose of gathering online contributions for candidates for the offices of state senator or state representative and for state-wide offices, to make technical and conforming changes to the "house party" exception to the definition of expenditure, to make technical and conforming changes to the political committee registration process, to make changes to the campaign finance filing calendars by eliminating multiple reports filed within a few days of each other, to allow preexisting unincorporated groups to make expenditures for referendum advocacy or opposition, to require those entities making independent expenditures which are required to disclose the top five donors in their attributions to identify the aggregate amount of funds donated by each such donor in their campaign finance disclosure statements, to grant the State Elections Enforcement Commission the ability to deviate from the mandatory late filing penalty if the committee took steps to ensure timely filing, and to make other technical and conforming changes to the campaign finance statutes.

An Act Concerning Campaign Finance Filings And Making Technical And Conforming Changes To Campaign Finance Statutes.

House Government Administration and Elections Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-14	Senate	Public Hearing 03/18
2013-03-12	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB01125&which_year=2013
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/TOB/S/2013SB-01125-R00-SB.htm