Connecticut 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 5 — AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

Last action — HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 600

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Action History

  1. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 600

  2. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR

  3. SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  4. SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  5. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  6. NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations

  7. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  8. FILED WITH LCO

  9. Joint Favorable

  10. IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEE

  11. REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding

  12. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  13. NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations

  14. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  15. FILED WITH LCO

  16. Joint Favorable

  17. REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  18. FILE NO. 164

  19. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 128

  20. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  21. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  22. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/25

  23. FILED WITH LCO

  24. Joint Favorable Substitute

  25. PUBLIC HEARING 0220

  26. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement

  27. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  28. Vote to Draft

  29. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 187 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (187)

187 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Senate Roll Call Vote

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 24001
Republican 11000
Total 35001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (36)
Member Party Vote
Bob Duff Democratic Yea
Catherine A. Osten Democratic Yea
Ceci Maher Democratic Yea
Christine Cohen Democratic Yea
Derek Slap Democratic Yea
Douglas McCrory Democratic Yea
Gary A. Winfield Democratic Yea
Herron Gaston Democratic Yea
James J. Maroney Democratic Yea
Jan Hochadel Democratic Yea
Joan V. Hartley Democratic Not Voting
John W. Fonfara Democratic Yea
Jorge Cabrera Democratic Yea
Julie Kushner Democratic Yea
MD Rahman Democratic Yea
Mae Flexer Democratic Yea
Martha Marx Democratic Yea
Martin M. Looney Democratic Yea
Matthew L. Lesser Democratic Yea
Norman Needleman Democratic Yea
Patricia Billie Miller Democratic Yea
Paul Honig Democratic Yea
Rick Lopes Democratic Yea
Saud Anwar Democratic Yea
Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox Democratic Yea
Eric C. Berthel Republican Yea
Heather S. Somers Republican Yea
Henri Martin Republican Yea
Jason Perillo Republican Yea
Jeff Gordon Republican Yea
John A. Kissel Republican Yea
Paul Cicarella Republican Yea
Rob Sampson Republican Yea
Ryan Fazio Republican Yea
Stephen G. Harding Republican Yea
Tony Hwang Republican Yea

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Subjects

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