l9n/ Connecticut

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 5434

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS.

In the House of Representatives since February 27, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To provide that, when a political party attains minor party status for a state-wide office at an election, any candidate throughout the state at a subsequent election may apply to appear via nominating petition for any office under such minor party.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

19 co-sponsors

Mary M. Mushinsky, John Santanella, Jason Doucette, Nick Gauthier, Kara Rochelle, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Tom Delnicki, Kevin Brown, Joseph P. Gresko, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Aundre Bumgardner, Christopher Poulos, Ronald A. Napoli Jr., Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Farley Santos, Jaime S. Foster, Jill Barry, Eilish Collins Main, Mark W. Anderson

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Matthew L. Lesser, Paul Honig, Christine Cohen

    Its course

    February 27 to April 8, 2026, 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 5 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFrom Feb 27

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 27 to Mar 2324 days

    Votes

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

    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 House of Representatives Feb 27 – Mar 23

    1. Feb 27Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 9Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 23Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 9PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 23Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 23FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 31REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 8RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 8FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 8HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 8FILE NO.Both houses