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2004 Regular Session

House Bill 5167

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM FOR STATE-WIDE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on March 19, 2004. The 2004 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To establish a voluntary program of comprehensive campaign finance reform for the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer, and Secretary of the State, and state senators and state representatives, starting in 2010. The program would (1) provide grants to candidates who (A) raise threshold levels of qualifying contributions from sources other than state contractors, lobbyists and political committees, and (B) agree to limit campaign spending to qualifying contributions, grants under this program and contributions from political parties, (2) fund the grants through use of a voluntary taxpayer check-off system, donated campaign surpluses, contributions, and payments of civil penalties and late fees imposed by the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Secretary of the State and the State Ethics Commission, (3) reduce maximum campaign contributions from individuals and (4) impose limits on campaign contributions from political committees established for single elections or ongoing political activities.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

James Field Spallone, Diana S. Urban, Christopher G. Donovan

Its course

February 11 to March 19, 2004, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 19 · stopped37 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 11 to Mar 1533 days

Appropriations CommitteeMar 15 to Mar 19 · stopped4 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 House of Representatives Feb 11 – Mar 15

  1. Feb 11Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Feb 13Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 15Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 11REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 15Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
  4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 19RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  6. Mar 19FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 19FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate