l9n/ Connecticut

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 6325

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE, ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND ELECTION AUDITS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on June 6, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require the Secretary of the State to report on certain election laws modified or suspended for any primary or election held in 2020 or 2021, (2) require any declaratory ruling, instruction, opinion or order of the Secretary to be adopted as a regulation and submitted to the Legislative Regulation Review Committee, (3) prohibit the unsolicited mailing of absentee ballots by certain election officials, (4) provide state-wide consistency regarding pre-election day processing of absentee ballots whenever authorized and prohibit registrars of voters from contacting voters for the purpose of curing unsigned absentee ballots, (5) require the Secretary to establish a pilot program from the verification of signatures on returned absentee ballot envelopes, (6) require that absentee ballot applications contain a statement regarding penalties for noncompliance with certain provisions, (7) establish a task force to study the feasibility of single-envelope returns of absentee ballots, (8) establish a working group to examine risk-limiting audits of election results, and (9) change the deadline by which minor parties need to file their rules with the Secretary prior to nominating candidates for office.

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

6 co-sponsors

Gale L. Mastrofrancesco, Mike France, Craig C. Fishbein, Mark W. Anderson, Tom Delnicki, Jaime S. Foster

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Rob Sampson

    Its course

    February 1 to June 6, 2021, 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 action17 actions on 11 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 1 to Jun 5124 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 1 to Mar 3158 days

    In the SenateJun 5 to Jun 6 · stopped1 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 5

    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 1 – Jun 5

    1. Feb 1Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 17Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 18Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    4. Mar 19Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    5. Mar 31Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. Jun 5The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    7. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate Jun 5

    1. Jun 5Sent to the Senate
    All 17 actions, as published
    1. Feb 1REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 10Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 17DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 18REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 19PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 31Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    7. Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 12REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 19RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 19FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 19HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    12. Apr 19FILE NO.Both houses
    13. Jun 5HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    14. Jun 5HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    15. Jun 5TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
    16. Jun 6FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    17. Jun 6SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate