AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY, THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS, ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES, SECURITY OF CERTAIN ELECTION WORKERS, STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION COMPLAINTS, BALLOTS MADE AVAILABLE IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND VARIOUS OTHER REVISIONS RELATED TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.
To (1) provide for video recording of absentee ballot drop boxes and retention of such recordings, (2) require town clerks to record the method of receipt for absentee ballots, (3) limit who may apply for additional absentee voting sets, (4) amend an election crime statute regarding suppression or destruction of votes to specify applicability to various methods of casting such votes, (5) require confidentiality of certain election data provided by other states, (6) limit the authorized use of absentee ballot applications to specified periods of time, (7) require town clerks to track absentee ballots in the state-wide centralized voter registration system, (8) prohibit the commercial use of certain voter registration information, (9) prohibit certain candidates from being present in early voting, same-day election registration and absentee ballot central counting locations, (10) bring into compliance with federal case law certain state statutes relating to the circulation of nominating and primary petitions, (11) delete a grounds for removal of an elector from permanent absentee ballot status, (12) modify the timeline for the conduct of a post-election audit, (13) require town clerks to, when a vacancy in candidacy is unfilled, obscure the name of the vacated candidate on the ballot, (14) prohibit the use of "independent" or any similar word in any party designation recorded with the Secretary of the State, (15) require that certain election-related filings be made in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, and (16) provide a deadline for mandatory referral of a complaint from the State Elections Enforcement Commission to the Chief State's Attorney.
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| Text of Bill | |
| Public Act No. 24-148 [doc] | |
| JUD Joint Favorable [doc] | |
| File No. 491 [doc] | |
| GAE Joint Favorable Substitute [doc] | |
| Raised Bill [doc] |
| Votes | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 284 | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 283 | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 282 | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 281 | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 280 | |
| House Roll Call Vote 141 AS AMENDED |
| Bill Analyses | |
| Bill Analysis for HB-5498, as amended by House "A" | |
| Bill Analysis For File Copy 491 | |
| Summary for Public Act No. 24-148 |
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Bill History
| Date | Action Taken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/6/2024 | Signed by the Governor | ||
| 5/31/2024 | Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor | ||
| 5/31/2024 | Transmitted to the Secretary of State | ||
| 5/22/2024 | (LCO) | Public Act 24-148 | |
| 5/8/2024 | In Concurrence | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule E 5734 | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule D 5726 | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule C 5738 | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 5730 | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule A 5728 | ||
| 5/8/2024 | Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 5/3/2024 | Senate Calendar Number 442 | ||
| 5/3/2024 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate | ||
| 5/3/2024 | Immediate Transmittal to the Senate | ||
| 5/3/2024 | House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 5/3/2024 | House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 5399 | ||
| 4/29/2024 | Tabled for the Calendar, House | ||
| 4/29/2024 | No New File by Committee on Judiciary | ||
| 4/29/2024 | (LCO) | Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 4/29/2024 | (LCO) | Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 4/29/2024 | (JUD) | Joint Favorable | |
| 4/25/2024 | Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary | ||
| 4/15/2024 | (LCO) | File Number 491 | |
| 4/15/2024 | House Calendar Number 341 | ||
| 4/15/2024 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House | ||
| 4/15/2024 | (LCO) | Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 4/8/2024 | (LCO) | Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/24 12:00 PM | |
| 3/27/2024 | (LCO) | Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 3/26/2024 | (GAE) | Joint Favorable Substitute | |
| 3/14/2024 | Public Hearing 03/18 | ||
| 3/13/2024 | Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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