In the Senate since March 12, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 490
AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE POLITICAL DONATION PLATFORMS AND LIMITING AUTOMATICALLY RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) exclude certain voluntary payments given by contributors to online political donation platforms from the definition of "contribution", and the use of such online platforms to request such voluntary payments from the definition of "expenditure", and (2) prohibit such platforms from taking automatically recurring contributions without the affirmative consent of contributors.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
March 12 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 SenateFrom Mar 12
Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 12 to Mar 2311 days
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 12 – Mar 23
- Mar 12Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Mar 13Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Mar 23Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Mar 12REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 23Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 23FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 1REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 8RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 8FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 8SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Apr 8FILE NO.Both houses