Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 6471 — AN ACT CONCERNING PRIMARIES FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HELD IN NOVEMBER.

Last action — PUBLIC HEARING 0313

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This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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2858 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by:
5267 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by:
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(GAE) AN ACT CONCERNING PRIMARIES FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HELD IN NOVEMBER.
FOX, 148th Dist.
(By Request) AN ACT CONCERNING PRIMARIES FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HELD IN NOVEMBER.
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to require, for any town that holds its municipal election in November, that the primary be held on the second Tuesday in August in such year.
Section 1.
Statement of Purpose:
Section 9-423 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The primaries of all parties for nomination to an office to be voted upon at a state election, or a municipal election held in November, shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in the year in which such [state] election is held.
(b) The primaries of all parties for nomination to an office to be voted upon at a municipal election held in May shall be held on the fifty-sixth day preceding the day of [the] such election.
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Section 9-376 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) [(1)] If the day fixed for any primary falls on [a Sunday or] a legal holiday or on a day on which the tenets of a religion forbid LCO No.
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6471 secular activity, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding day other than [a Sunday or] a legal or such religious holiday.
[(2) If the day fixed for any primary falls on the Tuesday immediately following Labor Day, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding Tuesday.] (b) If a primary is held on a day prescribed by [subdivision (1) of] subsection (a) of this section, the day of the primary shall be considered to be the day on which such primary would have been held except for [subdivision (1) of] said subsection, for all other purposes including the calculation of any period of time having reference to such primary, except that the calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible to vote in such primary shall be made from the day on which the primary is actually held.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-423 Sec.
2 from passage 9-376 Statement of Purpose:
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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:
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FOX, 148th Dist.
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Action History

  1. PUBLIC HEARING 0313

  2. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

  3. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  4. Vote to Draft

  5. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

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Sponsors (1)

  • Government Administration and Elections Committee

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (186)

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Who sponsors HB 6471?
HB 6471 is sponsored by Government Administration and Elections Committee.
What is the current status of HB 6471?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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