2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1517

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

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) 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, and (8) specify that individual contributions under said program may not exceed already-established contribution limits.

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 action16 actions on 8 days

In the SenateMar 14 to May 13 · stopped60 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 14 to Mar 2713 days

Judiciary CommitteeMay 8 to May 124 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

Government Administration and Elections Committee19–0
Mar 26
Who voted how
Yea Amy Morrin Bello, Christie M. Carpino, Christopher Rosario, Dominique Johnson, Gale L. Mastrofrancesco, Gary A. Winfield, Gregory Haddad, Hilda E. Santiago, Joe Hoxha, Mae Flexer, Martin Foncello, Matt Blumenthal, Melissa Osborne, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Nicholas Menapace, Nick Gauthier, Paul Honig, Rob Sampson, Seth Bronko
Judiciary Committee29–11
May 12
Who voted how
Yea Bob Godfrey, Ceci Maher, Derell Wilson, Dominique Johnson, Gary A. Winfield, Herron Gaston, Hubert D. Delany, Jason Doucette, Jillian Gilchrest, Jonathan Fazzino, Jonathan Jacobson, Jorge Cabrera, Josh Elliott, Kadeem Roberts, MD Rahman, Mae Flexer, Mark DeCaprio, Maryam Khan, Matt Blumenthal, Matthew L. Lesser, Melissa Osborne, Michael D. Quinn, Patricia A. Dillon, Patricia Billie Miller, Renee LaMark Muir, Steven J. Stafstrom, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Toni E. Walker, Travis Simms
Nay Cara Christine Pavalock-D'Amato, Craig C. Fishbein, David Rutigliano, Donna Veach, Doug Dubitsky, Greg S. Howard, Jason Perillo, John A. Kissel, Patrick E. Callahan, Paul Cicarella, Tom O'Dea
Not voting Marcus Brown

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 14 – May 12

Mar 14Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
Mar 17Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
Mar 27Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
May 8Sent to Judiciary Committee
May 12Judiciary Committee recommended it

All 16 actions, as published

Mar 14REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
Mar 17PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
Mar 27Joint FavorableBoth houses
Mar 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
Apr 7REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
Apr 14RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
Apr 14FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
Apr 14SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
Apr 14FILE NO.Both houses
May 8REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
May 8IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
May 12Joint FavorableBoth houses
May 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
May 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
May 13NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
May 13FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate