Most of the 175 bills the General Assembly passed received bipartisan support. Here’s a look at each member’s number of ‘yes’ and no’ votes.
2024 Legislative Session
Posted inHousing
CT housing progress isn’t ‘meeting the moment,’ lawmakers say
The failure of two bills left CT advocates and lawmakers frustrated with the slow progress of policies designed to expand affordable housing.
Posted inGovernment
Change to CT car tax assessments could trigger special session
A disagreement between CT Senate and House Democrats over a car tax bill may need to be addressed in a special session in the coming weeks.
Posted inPolitics
Five reasons why CT’s strange budget journey won’t repeat itself
Supporters and critics of the new CT budget concede the path taken to craft the plan was unconventional — and it won’t happen again.
Posted inJustice
What major CT criminal justice bills passed in 2024? Not many
While minor and technical adjustments to CT criminal justice policy were passed, bigger changes didn’t occur in the 2024 legislative session.
Posted inHealth
CT bills to expand insurance coverage for fertility care unsuccessful
Two bills aimed at expanding fertility access for those on Medicaid, LGBTQ+ families and would-be single parents died in committee.
Posted inEducation
CT passes K-12 education bills aimed at improving teaching environment
Educators hope the passage of two education bills will push schools a few steps closer to a more sustainable teaching environment.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT legislature ends session with no major climate change action – again
Though a few environment bills passed, major legislation concerning greenhouse gas emissions and resiliency against climate change failed.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont to veto bill providing state aid to strikers
Gov. Ned Lamont plans to veto a CT AFL-CIO priority bill that would have created a $3 million state fund to assist striking workers.
Posted inJustice
Lamont commits to new plan for choosing CT prison ombuds, without law
The plan, which Gov. Ned Lamont committed to, offers a conclusion to months of disputes over his earlier selection of Hilary Carpenter.
Posted inPolitics
How one sentence relaxed CT school construction bidding rules
CT had banned construction managers from bidding on school building projects they oversee. Now it’s OK again
Posted inPolitics
Bridgeport’s Sen. Marilyn Moore says she won’t seek reelection
Moore, who pushed for a $15 minimum wage and advocated on housing issues, said she will not seek reelection after 10 years in the Senate.
Posted inHealth
CT bill on providing reproductive care info at religious hospitals dies
The bill would have protected CT physicians at religiously affiliated hospitals who provide counseling or referrals on reproductive care.
Posted inHousing
CT bonding bill included single stairway building code change
A housing measure tucked into the CT bonding package would change state building code, allowing certain homes to have a single exit stairway.
Posted inPolitics
At deadline, CT Senate passes bill benefiting strikers
Gov. Ned Lamont, who opposed a measure that would have given strikers unemployment benefits, has yet to say if he will sign the bill.