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2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 408

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 May 7, 2018. The 2018 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

3 co-sponsors

Gary A. Winfield, Martin M. Looney, Marilyn V. Moore

In the House of Representatives

    3 co-sponsors

    Joseph P. Gresko, Philip L. Young III, Mary M. Mushinsky

    Its course

    March 5 to May 7, 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 action12 actions on 7 days

    In the SenateMar 5 to May 7 · stopped63 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 5 to May 7 · stopped63 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 Mar 5 – May 7

    1. Mar 5Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 15Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 23A motion to recommend it failed
    4. Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    5. Apr 12Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    6. Arrived in the House of Representatives
    7. May 7Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    All 12 actions, as published
    1. Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 15PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 23MOTION FAILEDBoth houses
    4. Mar 23House FavorableHouse of Representatives
    5. Mar 26FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    6. Apr 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    7. Apr 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 12FAV. RPT. HOUSE COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 12TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    10. Apr 12HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 12FILE NO.Both houses
    12. May 7HOUSE RECOMMITTED TOHouse of Representatives