CT lawmakers passed two education omnibus bills on Thursday, less than a week before the end of the CT legislative session.
2023 Legislative Session
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Protesters arrested as Lamont, lawmakers strike CT budget deal
With a budget centered on middle-class tax relief largely finalized Thursday, protesters were still demanding more spending on wages.
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CT Mirror’s 2023 Bill Tracker
The Connecticut Mirror’s 2023 legislation tracker is a tool to help you, our readers, track certain bills as they work their way through the legislative process.
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CT House votes to limit deceptive, coercive police interrogation
The bill would deem an admission, confession or statement inadmissible or involuntary if it was obtained via deceptive or coercive tactics.
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CT bill amendment would provide financial support to Stone Academy students
The CT Senate’s amendment would issue reimbursement and stipends to Stone Academy students after the nursing school’s closure.
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Beefed-up elder care reform bill clears CT House
The legislation boosts transparency in nursing home finances, increases oversight of homemaker companion agencies and adds protections.
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Senate passes bill to allow mobile home residents to buy their parks
The bill would give mobile home owners the right of first refusal if the owner of their park decides to sell the land.
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CT budget vote likely to run into final week of legislative session
Lawmakers are unlikely to vote on CT budget before next week, but leaders remain optimistic a bipartisan deal will be enacted by June 7.
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With 7 days left in legislative session, many bills are destined to die
In the CT legislature’s closing days, power shifts from the Democratic majority to the GOP minority, which can kill bills with long debates.
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Senate votes to bring early voting to Connecticut in 2024
The Senate voted 26-8 Tuesday for a resolution scheduling a constitutional amendment referendum in 2024 that could expand absentee voting.
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House passes expansion of autism, disability services
The bill would address Medicaid waiver waitlists and expand services for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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CT adopts financial literacy requirement for high school graduates
The class of 2027 would be first to complete a mandatory half-credit financial literacy course if the governor signs the bill.
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CT legislature votes to stop colleges from withholding transcripts over debt
The bill would prevent CT colleges and universities from withholding transcripts over student debt in certain instances.
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House advances bill that requires study, not limits, of strip searches
CT lawmakers Tuesday passed a watered-down version of a bill that initially sought to end routine strip searches in CT’s prisons and jails.
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A CT budget crisis is ‘on the horizon,’ legislators warn
With just over a week to go before CT’s legislative session ends, some say the state’s spending cap is setting up the next budget to fail.