Connecticut 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SJ 16 — RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF HARTFORD OF 1638 THAT SOUGHT TO ERADICATE THE PEQUOT CULTURAL IDENTITY.

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General Assembly Senate Joint Resolution No.
Senate General Assembly File No.
16 January Session, 2025 LCO No.
615 January Session, 2025 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No.
5691 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by:
16 Senate, April 9, 2025 The Committee on Government Administration and Elections reported through SEN.
(GAE) RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF HARTFORD OF 1638 THAT SOUGHT TO ERADICATE THE PEQUOT CULTURAL IDENTITY.
FLEXER of the 29th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute joint resolution ought to be adopted.
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF HARTFORD OF 1638 THAT SOUGHT TO ERADICATE THE PEQUOT CULTURAL IDENTITY.
WHEREAS, the Treaty of Hartford was an agreement between the English inhabitants in Connecticut and the Narragansett and Mohegan Tribes entered into on September 21, 1638, to end the Pequot War;
WHEREAS, the Treaty of Hartford was agreed to by the English inhabitants in Connecticut on September 21, 1638, to end the Pequot War;
and WHEREAS, said treaty sought to eradicate the Pequot cultural identity by prohibiting the Pequots from returning to their lands, abolishing their tribal name and forcing them to assimilate into the Mohegan and the Narragansett Tribes and the remaining members of the Pequot Tribe to be sold into slavery or killed.
and WHEREAS, said treaty sought to eradicate the Pequot cultural identity by prohibiting the Pequots from returning to their lands, abolishing their tribal name and forcing them to assimilate and the remaining members of the Pequot Tribe to be sold into slavery or killed.
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16 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
615 GAE Joint Favorable Subst.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:
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OSTEN, 19th Dist.
615 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.
S.J.
In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.
16 LCO No.
Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
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OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
None Explanation The Senate Joint Resolution condemning the provisions of the Treaty of Hartford of 1638 does not result in a fiscal impact.
The Out Years State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
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615 OLR Bill Analysis sSJ 16 RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF HARTFORD OF 1638 THAT SOUGHT TO ERADICATE THE PEQUOT CULTURAL IDENTITY.
SUMMARY The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Resolutions.
COMMITTEE ACTION Government Administration and Elections Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 14 Nay 5 (03/26/2025) sSJ16 / File No.
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Action History

  1. FILE NO. 615

  2. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 340

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

  4. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  5. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/25

  6. FILED WITH LCO

  7. Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. PUBLIC HEARING 0314

  9. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

  10. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  11. Vote to Draft

  12. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

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