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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 431

AN ACT CONCERNING REFERENDA, INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND CERTAIN OTHER POLITICAL SPENDING.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 3, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) prevent foreign interference in state referenda and elections and allow for greater enforcement of violations, (2) implement federal court rulings regarding independent expenditure political committees and contributions to such committees, (3) make adjustments to reflect the United States Supreme Court ruling aggregate contribution limits for individuals, (4) more explicitly recognize referendum spending as a type of independent expenditure and require reporting as such, (5) impose attribution requirements for certain forms of referendum spending, and (6) require, for organization expenditure party candidate listings, only the disclaimer of the paying committee and not the individual disclaimer of all candidates mentioned.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Matthew L. Lesser

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Michael A. Winkler, Lucy Dathan

    Its course

    March 11 to May 3, 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 7 days

    In the SenateMar 11 to May 353 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 11 to Mar 2817 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 3 to May 3 · stopped0 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 3

    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 11 – May 3

    1. Mar 11Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 14Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 28Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    4. May 3The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    5. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives May 3

    1. May 3Sent to the House of Representatives
    All 14 actions, as published
    1. Mar 11REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 14PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 28Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 29FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 8REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 14RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 14FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 14SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 14FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 3SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    11. May 3SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    12. May 3TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
    13. May 3FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    14. May 3HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives