---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FOREIGN POLITICAL SPENDING."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FOREIGN POLITICAL SPENDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Connecticut SB 253 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aliens", "Campaign financing", "Caucuses", "Complaint", "Elections", "Felonies", "Municipal employees", "Referenda", "State Elections Enforcement Commission", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Dauphinais", "Bobby G. Gibson", "Craig C. Fishbein", "David Michel", "Gale L. Mastrofrancesco", "Hubert D. Delany", "Jeff Gordon", "Matt Blumenthal", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Rob Sampson", "Steve Weir"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b91d0b-9785-49a8-99f3-763c366a8805"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "005dfebc620d52d1ed3e722b870f9d311abf97d5842244dfb4a1df1fba4e885f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut SB 253 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING FOREIGN POLITICAL SPENDING.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00253-R000208-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00253-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00253-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00028-R00SB-00253-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00253-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
- Bobby G. Gibson — primary (person)
- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- David Michel — primary (person)
- Gale L. Mastrofrancesco — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
- Steve Weir — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2024-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 154
- **2024-04-03** FILE NO. 208
- **2024-04-17** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2024-04-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-23** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2024-04-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 432
- **2024-05-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 24-28
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7b91d0b-9785-49a8-99f3-763c366a8805`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).