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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 641
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING RE VIEW OF ELECTION LAW S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) There is established 1
an Election Law Review Commission for the purpose of reviewing the 2
state's election laws, including, but not limited to, laws regarding (1) 3
the timing of primaries to be held for the nomination of candidates for 4
election, (2) the election of certain constitutional officers, and (3) the 5
regulation of political campaigns. The commission shall consist of the 6
cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 7
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections, the 8
ranking members of said joint standing committee and any other 9
members of the commission appointed by such cochairpersons in 10
consultation with such ranking members. The terms of all members of 11
the commission shall end with the termination of each member's term 12
or holding of such office or leadership position, as applicable, 13
whichever occurs first. A majority of the membership shall constitute a 14
quorum and all actions of the commission shall require the affirmative 15
vote of a majority of the full commission membership. The Election 16
Law Review Commission shall meet as often as may be necessary to 17
perform its duties. 18
(b) On or before February 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 19
Election Law Review Commission shall submit a report to the joint 20 Substitute Bill No. 641
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standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 21
matters relating to elections, in accordance with section 11-4a of the 22
general statutes, and make any recommendation for legislation to 23
address any issue discussed in such report. 24
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (a), "of the commission" was inserted after "any other
members" for clarity and "full committee membership" was changed to
"full commission membership" for accuracy.
GAE Joint Favorable Subst.