This is the second year in a row lawmakers have passed a bill to limit the use of solitary confinement in prison and jails.
2022 Legislative Session
Catch up on all of The Connecticut Mirror’s coverage of the 2022 legislative session.
House balks at proposal to privatize delinquent tax collection
Legislators want more information next year from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration on its plan to sell CT tax debt.
CT House passes juvenile crime bill
The bill passed over the concerns of Republicans who said it didn’t go far enough and Democrats who worried it would harm children of color.
Bill focusing on mental health supports for kids clears Senate
The bill would bolster school mental health programs, increase wages for child care workers and create a minority teacher scholarship fund.
Data privacy bill wins final approval in Connecticut House
Connecticut will offer consumers new data privacy protections after final passage of a complicated bill by the House.
With protests expected, CT lawmakers might skip a Saturday session
House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, consulted with his caucus Wednesday night about canceling its Saturday session to avoid two protests.
House passes bill expanding access to children’s mental health services
The bill is one of three major pieces of legislation that would improve access to mental health services for children and young adults.
Sikorsky’s $75 million tax credit deal glides through CT legislature
Ned Lamont’s deal takes a distinct tack from the $220 million incentive package legislators approved for Sikorsky in 2016.
CT Senate votes to let virtual meetings remain a local option
Connecticut is going to make permanent the pandemic practice of giving local boards and commissions the option to meet remotely.
CT budget deal includes $600M in tax cuts, extends gas tax holiday
Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders have agreed on a new $24 billion state budget that features nearly $600 million in tax cuts.
Senate passes and sends to House a CT Clean Air Act
The bill passed Tuesday night is intended to speed Connecticut’s embrace of electric vehicles with tax rebates for e-bikes and electric motor vehicles, and tighter deadlines for electrifying bus fleets.
Marijuana gifting bill passes CT House, with some changes
A bill that would ban the practice of gifting cannabis in commercial settings is now headed to the CT Senate.
Lamont offers support of bipartisan juvenile crime bill
The bill provides for graduated penalties for motor vehicle theft based on prior convictions, rather than on the value of the vehicle.
Lamont, legislators on the cusp of a new CT budget deal
Legislative leaders and Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration have offered compromises, and debate and a vote could be as soon as this weekend.
Climate change bills face the ticking legislative clock, again
Complex measures aimed at tackling environmental issues still await final passage with just days to go in the legislative session.