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2003 Regular Session

Senate Bill 201

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS FOR ELECTION TO MUNICIPAL OFFICES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on May 7, 2003. The 2003 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To authorize municipalities to establish programs for the public financing of municipal campaigns, thereby promoting political autonomy, efficiency and political equality, preventing political corruption, enhancing the quality of representation, increasing voter knowledge and improving the quality of democratic discourse.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Martin M. Looney, Toni Nathaniel Harp

In the House of Representatives

    6 co-sponsors

    Toni E. Walker, William R. Dyson, Juan R. Candelaria, Cameron C. Staples, Robert W. Megna, Robert T. Keeley Jr.

    Its course

    January 21 to May 7, 2003, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action20 actions on 14 days

    In the SenateJan 21 to May 7 · stopped106 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeJan 21 to Mar 2866 days

    Planning and Development CommitteeApr 15 to Apr 238 days

    Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeMay 7 to May 7 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 21 – May 7

    1. Jan 21Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Feb 28Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 26Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
    4. Mar 27Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    5. Mar 28Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. Apr 15Sent to Planning and Development Committee
    7. Apr 23Planning and Development Committee recommended it
    8. May 7Sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    All 20 actions, as published
    1. Jan 21REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 14Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
    3. Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    4. Mar 14Vote to DraftBoth houses
    5. Mar 26DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    6. Mar 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    7. Mar 28Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    8. Mar 31FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    9. Apr 4REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    10. Apr 10RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    11. Apr 10FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    12. Apr 10SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    13. Apr 10FILE NO.Both houses
    14. Apr 15REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    15. Apr 23FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. Apr 23Joint FavorableBoth houses
    17. Apr 24RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    18. Apr 24NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    19. Apr 24FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    20. May 7REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate