l9n/ Connecticut

2004 Regular Session

House Bill 5431

AN ACT REFORMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS CONCERNING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM POLITICAL COMMITTEES, LOBBYISTS AND LARGE STATE CONTRACTORS AND THE REPORTING AND LIMITATION ON PURCHASES OF ADVERTISING SPACE IN AD BOOKS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on April 13, 2004. The 2004 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) prohibit campaign contributions from political committees, (2) allow each caucus in the General Assembly to establish a single legislative caucus committee which shall be regulated as a party committee, (3) require advertising purchases in ad books to be treated as contributions, (4) prohibit contributions by officials and family members of large state contractors to candidates for state office, (5) limit contributions by lobbyists, and (6) prohibit political committees from making expenditures for communications identifying or advocating for or against candidates in the last thirty days of campaigns.

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

Its course

February 20 to April 13, 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 action11 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Apr 13 · stopped53 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 1524 days

Judiciary CommitteeApr 6 to Apr 13 · stopped7 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 20 – Apr 13

  1. Feb 20Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Feb 23Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 15Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
  4. Apr 6Sent to Judiciary Committee
  5. Apr 13Judiciary Committee took no action on it
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 23PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 15Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 23REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 30FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 6REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. Apr 13No ActionBoth houses