Senate committee backs bill authorizing state agency to convey Brookfield land

The Senate Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight reported that Senate Bill 2128 "ought to pass," a measure to authorize the Commission of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey certain land in the town of Brookfield.

The committee report, read during the Senate session, cited Senate Bill 2128, filed in the names of Peter J. Durant and Donald Bartholomew Jr. Nick Collins read the committee recommendation "ought to pass" for the committee. Later in the session the Senate approved ordering the bill to a third reading by voice vote after the rules were suspended to consider the matter forthwith.

The recommendation and the subsequent order to a third reading are procedural steps sending the bill forward in the legislative process; no floor debate on the merits of the conveyance was recorded in the transcript. The committee report itself is the formal recommendation that the chamber consider passage; the transcript does not record a roll-call vote on the committee report or the third-reading order, only that "the ayes have it" on the voice vote.

The text in the committee report identifies the bill as a legislative authorization for the Commission of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey specified land in Brookfield; the transcript does not provide further parcel details, financial terms, or implementation dates. The sponsors named in the petition are Peter J. Durant and Donald Bartholomew Jr.; the committee reporter was Nick Collins.

Next steps recorded on the floor were placement of the bill for a third reading as ordered by the Senate. Any future committee or floor actions, amendments, or particulars about the parcels to be conveyed were not specified in the session record.