Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut HB5434: AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS.
Status: In committee, April 8, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning state-wide recognition of minor parties for purposes of nominating petitions. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 9-453b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2027): The Secretary of the State shall not issue any nominating petition forms for a candidate for an office to be filled at a regular election to be held in any year prior to the first business day of such year. The Secretary shall not issue any nominating petition forms unless the person requesting the nominating petition forms makes a written application for such forms, which application shall contain the following: (1) The name or names of the candidates to appear on such nominating petition, compared by the town clerk of the town of residence of each candidate with the candidate's name as it appears on the last-completed registry list of such town, and verified and corrected by such town clerk or in the case of a newly admitted elector whose name does not appear on the last-completed registry list, the town clerk shall compare the candidate's name as it appears on the candidate's LCO No. 1928 1 of Raised Bill No. 5434 application for admission and verify and correct it accordingly; (2) a signed statement by each such candidate that the candidate consents …
Sponsors
- Matthew Lesser (D, 9) · primary sponsor
- Paul Honig (D, 8)
- Mary Mushinsky (D, 85)
- John Santanella (D, 58)
- Christine Cohen (D, 12)
- Jason Doucette (D, 13)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
- Kara Rochelle (D, 104)
- Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D, 17)
- Tom Delnicki (R, 14)
- Kevin Brown (D, 56)
- Joseph Gresko (D, 121)
Latest actions
- : File Number 519
- : House Calendar Number 339
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 5:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable
- : Public Hearing 03/13
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Votes
- GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (March 20, 2026): 13 yea, 6 nay, passed
Subjects: Candidates, Elections, Ballots, Secretary of the State
Common questions
- What is HB5434?
- HB5434 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS.
- What does HB5434 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning state-wide recognition of minor parties for purposes of nominating petitions. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB5434?
- In committee as of April 8, 2026. Latest action: File Number 519 (April 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5434?
- Matthew Lesser (D, 9), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5434?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05434&which_year=2026
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