l9n/ Connecticut

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 5522

AN ACT RESTORING THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM, CONCERNING THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND REGARDING DISCLOSURE OF COORDINATED AND INDEPENDENT SPENDING.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 12, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) permit gubernatorial candidates participating in the Citizens' Election Program to raise additional funds and qualify for supplemental grants, (2) eliminate grants from the Citizens' Election Fund for candidates without an opponent, (3) modify the amounts of organization expenditures that state central, legislative caucus and legislative leadership committees may make to participating candidates, (4) permit members of the State Elections Enforcement Commission to serve more than two consecutive terms, (5) revise the manner in which the commission processes complaints, (6) create bright lines between coordinated and independent spending, and (7) implement federal court rulings regarding the creation of independent expenditure political committees.

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

March 13 to April 12, 2018, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 13 to Apr 12 · stopped30 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 13 to Mar 2310 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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 Mar 13 – Mar 23

  1. Mar 13Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Mar 15Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 23Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Mar 13REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 15PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 23Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 26FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 12FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 12HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 12FILE NO.Both houses