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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1516

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO VOTING AND ELECTIONS IN THIS STATE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 13, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) expand certain post-election procedures for the correction of returns to all towns rather than just those divided into voting districts, (2) provide for notice to the Secretary of the State in certain matters relating to state or federal voting rights, (3) require registrars of voters to designate areas designated for curbside voting at polling places, (4) allow for the correction of errors or omissions of timely-filed endorsement, nominating or other candidacy-related certificates that would operate to invalidate such certificates if not corrected, (5) prohibit for a period of time certain individuals convicted of crimes under title 9 of the general statutes from circulating primary and nominating petitions and absentee ballot applications, (6) establish a Translation Advisory Committee and require towns to submit translated election-related materials thereto, (7) provide for the Secretary's pre-approval of town's ballots and authority to order corrections in case of omissions or errors, (8) establish an election monitor in a town of a certain size for the 2025 and 2026 elections, (9) prohibit the commercial use of certain voter registration information, and (10) during the ninety days prior to an election or primary, allow the Secretary to go to Superior Court to seek a declaratory judgment on behalf of electors alleging aggrievement.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Travis Simms

    Its course

    March 14 to May 13, 2025, 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 action22 actions on 11 days

    In the SenateMar 14 to May 13 · stopped60 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 14 to Mar 2713 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 1 to May 65 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 8 to May 124 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 14 – May 12

    1. Mar 14Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 17Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 27Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    4. May 1Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. May 6Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. May 8Sent to Appropriations Committee
    7. May 12Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 22 actions, as published
    1. Mar 14REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 17PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 27Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 7REFERRED 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 1REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    11. May 6Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. May 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. May 7NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. May 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    16. May 8REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    17. May 8IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
    18. May 12Joint FavorableBoth houses
    19. May 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    20. May 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    21. May 13NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    22. May 13FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate