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CT SB00934

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/1/2017

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

Senate

2017 General Assembly

AI Summary

SB 934 Summary: Restoring the Citizens' Election Program

  • Establishes supplemental grants for gubernatorial candidates in the Citizens' Election Program, allowing qualifying candidates to receive up to 75% additional matching funds based on supplemental qualifying contributions capped at one-third of the maximum grant amount.

  • Creates three types of party committee accounts (federal-only, state-only, and compliant) to enable party committees to make organization expenditures from accounts complying with both state and federal election laws.

  • Implements supplemental qualifying contribution requirements for gubernatorial candidates, with individual contribution limits of $100 per person and aggregate state-residency requirements of 75% or more.

  • Modifies unopposed candidate provisions by eliminating automatic 30% grants; unopposed candidates now receive no general election grant unless they subsequently face opposition, then receive a reduced grant reflecting contributions already raised.

  • Adds disclosure requirements for qualified candidate committees to identify Citizens' Election Program funding in political advertisements (television, radio, and automated calls) and updates reporting procedures for party committee expenditure allocations.

Legislative Description

An Act Restoring The Citizens' Election Program.

Last Action

File Number 614

4/13/2017

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections3/1/2017

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