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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 744
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 548
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS OF
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapters 155 and 157 of the general statutes be amended to 1
repeal any provision that limits the political speech of any candidate, 2
whether participating in the Citizens' Election Program or not, in a 3
manner beyond that which is necessary to prevent the funding of 4
campaign speech with respect to a clearly identified candidate running 5
in a different race. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To repeal certain unconstitutional content-based restrictions on political
speech in the state's campaign finance laws, in accordance with the
Connecticut Supreme Court's decision in Markley v. State Elections
Enforcement Commission.