Connecticut SB 490: AN ACT IMPROVING STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION FACILITIES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN THE STATE.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 490
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1538

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE POLITICAL DONATION PLATFORMS
AND LIMITING AUTOMATICALLY RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 9-601a of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective from passage): 3
(b) As used in this chapter and chapter 157, "contribution" does not 4
mean: 5
(1) A loan of money made in the ordinary course of business by a 6
national or state bank; 7
(2) Any communication made by a corporation, organization or 8
association solely to its members, owners, stockholders, executive or 9
administrative personnel, or their families; 10
(3) Nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns by 11
any corporation, organization or association aimed at its members, 12

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owners, stockholders, executive or administrative personnel, or their 13
families; 14
(4) Uncompensated services provided by individuals volunteering 15
their time on behalf of a party committee, political committee, slate 16
committee or candidate committee, including any services provided for 17
the benefit of nonparticipating and participating candidates under the 18
Citizens' Election Program and any unreimbursed travel expenses made 19
by an individual who volunteers the individual's personal services to 20
any such committee. For purposes of this subdivision, an individual is 21
a volunteer if such individual is not receiving compensation for such 22
services regardless of whether such individual received compensation 23
in the past or may receive compensation for similar services that may be 24
performed in the future; 25
(5) The use of real or personal property, a portion or all of the cost of 26
invitations and the cost of food or beverages, voluntarily provided by 27
an individual to a candidate, including a nonparticipating or 28
participating candidate under the Citizens' Election Program, or to a 29
party, political or slate committee, in rendering voluntary personal 30
services at the individual's residential premises or a community room 31
in the individual's residence facility, to the extent that the cumulative 32
value of the invitations, food or beverages provided by an individual on 33
behalf of any candidate or committee does not exceed five hundred 34
dollars with respect to any single event or does not exceed one thousand 35
dollars for any such event hosted by two or more individuals, provided 36
at least one such individual owns or resides at the residential premises, 37
and further provided the cumulative value of the invitations, food or 38
beverages provided by an individual on behalf of any such candidate or 39
committee does not exceed one thousand dollars with respect to a 40
calendar year or single election, as the case may be; 41
(6) The sale of food or beverage for use by a party, political, slate or 42
candidate committee, including those for a participating or 43
nonparticipating candidate, at a discount, if the charge is not less than 44
the cost to the vendor, to the extent that the cumulative value of the 45

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discount given to or on behalf of any single candidate committee does 46
not exceed four hundred dollars with respect to any single primary or 47
election, or to or on behalf of any party, political or slate committee, does 48
not exceed six hundred dollars in a calendar year; 49
(7) The display of a lawn sign by a human being or on real property; 50
(8) The payment, by a party committee or slate committee of the costs 51
of preparation, display, mailing or other distribution incurred by the 52
committee or individual with respect to any printed slate card, sample 53
ballot or other printed list containing the names of three or more 54
candidates; 55
(9) The donation of any item of personal property by an individual to 56
a committee for a fund-raising affair, including a tag sale or auction, or 57
the purchase by an individual of any such item at such an affair, to the 58
extent that the cumulative value donated or purchased does not exceed 59
one hundred dollars; 60
(10) (A) The purchase of advertising space which clearly identifies the 61
purchaser, in a program for a fund-raising affair sponsored by the 62
candidate committee of a candidate for an office of a municipality, 63
provided the cumulative purchase of such space does not exceed two 64
hundred fifty dollars from any single such candidate or the candidate's 65
committee with respect to any single election campaign if the purchaser 66
is a business entity or fifty dollars for purchases by any other person; 67
(B) The purchase of advertising space which clearly identifies the 68
purchaser, in