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Committee advances bill to exclude recognized tribes from "state contractor" label in campaign finance law
Summary
The Government Administration and Elections Committee voted to send Senate Bill 953 (LCO 6252) to the floor. Sponsors say the change would stop treating leaders of statutorily recognized Indian tribes as state contractors for campaign finance purposes; some members raised conflict-of-interest concerns.
The Government Administration and Elections Committee voted to send Senate Bill 953 (LCO 6252) to the House and Senate for consideration after a committee debate on whether statutorily recognized Indian tribes should be treated as governmental entities for campaign finance rules.
Sponsors said the bill would clarify that tribal leaders are not "state contractors" under campaign finance statutes, a designation that committee members said has limited some tribal leaders' participation in state political activity. Representative Blumenthal moved the committee to JF the bill; Representative Osborne seconded.
The bill's sponsor…
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