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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 252

AN ACT CONCERNING REFERENDA, INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND OTHER CAMPAIGN FINANCE CHANGES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 15, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) implement federal court rulings regarding independent expenditure political committees and contributions to such committees, (2) reflect federal case law on aggregate contribution limits for individuals, (3) more explicitly recognize referendum spending as a type of independent expenditure and make changes related to reporting and attribution requirements, (4) adjust a disclaimer requirement to address certain organization expenditures, (5) make a conforming change regarding the distribution of surplus funds by candidate committees participating in the Citizens' Election Program, (6) allow the State Elections Enforcement Commission additional time to investigate certain complaints, (7) establish in-state contributor requirements for state-wide candidates participating in said program, (8) specify that individual contributions under said program may not exceed already-established contribution limits, and (9) provide for increased disclosure with respect to moneys paid to campaign consultants.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

February 28 to April 15, 2024, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 28 to Apr 15 · stopped47 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 28 to Mar 2627 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 Feb 28 – Mar 26

  1. Feb 28Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Feb 29Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 26Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 28REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 29PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 26Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 8REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 15FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Apr 15SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Apr 15FILE NO.Both houses