Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06071 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/23/2019

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6071  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 3254 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 
AND ELECTIONS  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF PRESIDENTIAL AND 
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES' FEDERAL TAX RETURNS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that no 1 
candidate for President or Vice President of the United States, or 2 
Governor or Lieutenant Governor, may appear on any primary or 3 
general election ballot unless such candidate publicly discloses his or 4 
her tax returns for at least the past two years. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require presidential and gubernatorial candidates to publicly 
disclose a minimum of their past two years' worth of tax returns in 
order to gain access to the primary and general election ballots.