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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 642
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2196
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND
CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 155 of the general statutes be amended to (1) define 1
"social media platform", (2) require that each social media platform 2
that displays, but does not create, an electioneering communication 3
promoting the success or defeat of any candidate provide a copy of 4
such communication to the State Elections Enforcement Commission 5
along with the name of a single point of contact for such 6
communication, and (3) provide that, for any such communication 7
created by the social media platform and displayed on such platform 8
during the ninety-day period immediately prior to a primary or 9
election, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such 10
communication is a contribution. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To regulate social media platforms for campaign finance purposes.