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2022 Regular Session

House Bill 5222

AN ACT CONCERNING PAID SOLICITORS OF CHARITABLE FUNDS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TRANSPARENCY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 4, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Shorten from twenty days prior to commencement of a solicitation campaign to one business day prior to commencement of the campaign the deadline by which a paid solicitor must file with the Department of Consumer Protection the contract between such solicitor and the charitable organization; (2) eliminate provisions requiring (A) that copies of campaign solicitation literature be submitted to the department, (B) the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to publicize charitable solicitation campaigns, and (C) the paid solicitor to disclose, at the point of solicitation, the percentage of gross revenue that the charitable organization will receive as a result of the solicitation campaign; (3) provide that a paid solicitor shall maintain, for each solicitation campaign, records containing the name and address of each contributor, if known to the solicitor, and make records containing the date and amount of each contribution, name and residence of each employee, agent or other person involved in such campaign and all income received, and expenses incurred, in the course of such campaign available to the Department of Consumer Protection for inspection upon request; and (4) require a charitable organization to (A) disclose its registration number and certain financial information when soliciting funds, and (B) display its registration number on any printed advertisement.

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

2 co-sponsors

Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Kenneth Gucker

Its course

February 24 to May 4, 2022, 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 action14 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 24 to May 368 days

General Law CommitteeFeb 24 to Mar 1519 days

In the SenateMay 3 to May 4 · stopped1 day

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 3

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 Feb 24 – May 3

  1. Feb 24Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
  2. Feb 25Heard in General Law Committee
  3. Mar 15General Law Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. May 3The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  5. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

In the Senate May 3

  1. May 3Sent to the Senate
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Feb 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 25PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 15Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 24REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 30FILE NO.Both houses
  10. May 3HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  11. May 3HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  12. May 3TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
  13. May 4FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  14. May 4SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate