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CT HB07128

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/28/2025

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Online donation platforms that collect and transmit political contributions to committees must obtain affirmative consent from contributors before setting up automatically recurring contributions; prechecked boxes or passive inaction do not satisfy this consent requirement

  • Voluntary "tip" payments made by contributors to online donation platforms (in addition to their political contribution) are excluded from the definition of "contribution" under campaign finance law

  • Online platforms' requests for voluntary operational payments from contributors are excluded from the definition of "expenditure" under campaign finance law

  • The bill amends sections 9-601a(b) and 9-601b(b) of Connecticut General Statutes and adds a new section, all effective upon passage

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Online Political Donation Platforms And Limiting Automatically Recurring Contributions.

Last Action

File Number 561

4/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections2/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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