Connecticut Senate Bill 1188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-05-16 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
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 on 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, (6) require, for organization expenditure party candidate listings, only the disclaimer of the paying committee and not the individual disclaimer of all candidates mentioned, and (7) make a conforming change regarding the distribution of surplus funds by candidate committees participating in the Citizens’ Election Program.

An Act Concerning Foreign Political Spending.

House Government Administration and Elections Committee

Sen. Robert Sampson [R]

2023-05-15 - Joint - JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-27 - Joint - GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-16	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2023-05-16	Senate	No New File by Committee on Judiciary
2023-05-16	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2023-05-16	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2023-05-15	Senate	Joint Favorable
2023-05-11	Senate	Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary
2023-04-17	Senate	File Number 602
2023-04-17	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 360
2023-04-17	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2023-04-17	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2023-04-10	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/23 12:00 PM
2023-03-29	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2023-03-27	Senate	Joint Favorable Substitute
2023-03-06	Senate	Public Hearing 03/10
2023-03-03	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=SB01188&which_year=2023
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01188-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01188-R01-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01188-R02-SB.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FN/PDF/2023SB-01188-R000602-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/BA/PDF/2023SB-01188-R000602-BA.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TS/S/PDF/2023SB-01188-R00GAE-CV152-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TS/S/PDF/2023SB-01188-R00JUD-CV172-TS.PDF