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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 9

AN ACT ENTERING CONNECTICUT INTO THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE COMPACT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Administration and Elections Committee on March 24, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To enter Connecticut into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote, thereby committing the state's votes in the Electoral College to the presidential candidate that wins the popular vote nationally, regardless of whether such presidential candidate wins the popular vote within the state.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

4 co-sponsors

Martin M. Looney, Catherine A. Osten, Edwin A. Gomes, Gary A. Winfield

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Larry B. Butler, James M. Albis

    Its course

    January 4 to March 24, 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 action7 actions on 7 days

    In the SenateJan 4 to Mar 24 · stopped79 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeJan 4 to Mar 24 · stopped79 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 4 – Mar 24

    1. Jan 4Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Feb 17Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 10Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
    4. Mar 13Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    5. Mar 24A motion to recommend it failed
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Jan 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 27Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
    3. Feb 17PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    4. Mar 6Vote to DraftBoth houses
    5. Mar 10DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    6. Mar 13REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    7. Mar 24MOTION FAILEDBoth houses