l9n/ Connecticut

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 6576

AN ACT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL POLLING PLACES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DURING STATE ELECTIONS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 25, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require (1) any municipality containing an institution of higher education to establish a separate voting district at such institution if such institution reports certain data to the United States Department of Education for the year prior to the election, and (2) the registrars of voters or the legislative body of such municipality, as the case may be, to provide a suitable polling place at such institution for which a separate voting district is established.

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

Gregory Haddad, Josh Elliott, Chris Soto

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Mae Flexer

    Its course

    January 24 to April 25, 2017, 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 action19 actions on 13 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Apr 25 · stopped91 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 Jan 24 – Apr 24

    1. Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
    4. Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    5. Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. Sent to Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    7. Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee recommended it
    All 19 actions, as published