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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1188

AN ACT CONCERNING FOREIGN POLITICAL SPENDING.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 16, 2023. The 2023 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 on 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, (6) require, for organization expenditure party candidate listings, only the disclaimer of the paying committee and not the individual disclaimer of all candidates mentioned, and (7) make a conforming change regarding the distribution of surplus funds by candidate committees participating in the Citizens’ Election Program.

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

Rob Sampson

Its course

March 3 to May 16, 2023, 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 action15 actions on 9 days

In the SenateMar 3 to May 16 · stopped74 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 3 to Mar 2724 days

Judiciary CommitteeMay 11 to May 154 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 Senate Mar 3 – May 15

  1. Mar 3Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Mar 6Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 27Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. May 11Sent to Judiciary Committee
  5. May 15Judiciary Committee recommended it
All 15 actions, as published
  1. Mar 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 27Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 29FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 10REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 17RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 17FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Apr 17SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Apr 17FILE NO.Both houses
  10. May 11REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
  11. May 15Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. May 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. May 16RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. May 16NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. May 16FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate