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CT SB01514

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

Senate

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands curbside voting eligibility from electors with "temporary" incapacity to those with any incapacity that prevents them from accessing the polling place, effective January 1, 2026

  • Requires registrars of voters to designate a specific curbside voting area at each polling place where election officials will bring ballots to eligible electors

  • Establishes a 20-foot buffer zone around curbside voters where no soliciting, loitering, or distribution of campaign materials is permitted

  • Prohibits anyone except the voter and driver from being in a vehicle used for curbside voting, with candidates specifically barred unless casting their own ballot

  • Directs the Secretary of the State to adopt regulations including a model curbside voting plan for municipalities to implement

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Curbside Voting Accessibility For Electors With Disabilities Or Other Incapacities.

Last Action

Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

5/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary5/1/2025
Government Administration and Elections3/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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