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IntroducedMar 06, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Connecticut Senate Bill
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPLORATORY COMMITTEES. To (1) restrict exploratory committees to not more than thirty days of operation, (2) cap the maximum contribution to exploratory committees at two hundred fifty dollars, (3) limit the total amount of contributions exploratory committees may receive to five thousand dollars apiece, and (4) provide that, if a candidate makes any statement that such candidate is exploring a run for a particular office, such statement triggers the requirement to convert an exploratory committee into a candidate committee.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 08, 2026: File Number 502 (LCO)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 465
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Government Administration and Elections Committeeprimary

Votes
YES: 19
- Flexer M
- Blumenthal M
- Honig P
- Morrin Bello A
- Osborne M
- Sampson R
- Mastrofrancesco G
- Bronko S
- Carpino C
- Foncello M
- Gauthier N
- Haddad G
- Hoxha J
- Johnson D
- Menapace N
- Rosario C
- Santiago H
- Shannon M
- Winfield G
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 36
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- MARTHA MARX
- SAUD ANWAR
- JASON PERILLO
- MD RAHMAN
- SUJATA GADKAR-WILCOX
- DEREK SLAP
- HERRON GASTON
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- BOB DUFF
- PAUL HONIG
- CECI MAHER
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- TONY HWANG
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- STEPHEN HARDING
- JAN HOCHADEL
- HENRI MARTIN
- JAMES MARONEY
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- JORGE CABRERA
- JEFF GORDON
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
- RYAN FAZIO
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 314
- File Number 502 (LCO)
- Mar 31, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 5:00 PM (LCO)
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable (GAE)
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Public Hearing 03/13
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
