l9n/ Connecticut

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 5531

AN ACT CONCERNING FAITHFUL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

In the Senate since April 28, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require candidates for presidential electors, as part of their candidacy filings or registrations, to execute pledges to vote for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates associated with such filings or registrations, and (2) modify the process by which meetings of presidential electors are conducted in order to ensure votes are cast consistent with such pledges.

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

3 co-sponsors

Matt Blumenthal, Larry B. Butler, Hector Arzeno

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    Derek Slap, Matthew L. Lesser

    Its course

    March 6 to April 29, 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 action13 actions on 7 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 6 to Apr 2853 days

    In the SenateFrom Apr 28

    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 Mar 6 – Apr 28

    1. Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Passed the House of Representatives

    In the Senate Apr 28

    1. Sent to the Senate
    All 13 actions, as published