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House approves broad slate of judicial, agency and board nominations on consent calendar
Summary
The Connecticut House placed and approved a large group of nominees on consent, including multiple superior-court judges, workers' compensation judges, family support magistrates and appointments to boards and commissions.
The Connecticut House on March 5 approved a multi-item consent calendar that included confirmations of judges, magistrates and several executive‑branch appointments.
The consent calendar included (among others) confirmations for: William H. Bridal Jr. (Supreme Court/associate judge nomination moved to consent), Judge William H. Bridal Jr.; Sonia Wuerl Essere (State Elections Enforcement Commission); Sean P. Coyne (Technical Education and Career System board); Rhonda J. Tobin (Judicial Review Council); Alice M. Pritchard (executive director, Technical Education and Career System); and multiple superior-court judicial nominees such as Michael C. D'Agostino, Daniel R. Shapiro, and others. Several workers' compensation administrative law judges and family support magistrates were also approved.
Committee chairs reported unanimous or broad committee support for many nominees. Several members offered personal endorsements, citing nominees' local ties, qualifications and public-service records. The consent calendar passed unanimously on an electronic roll call.
The House also handled separate, contested confirmations outside the consent calendar that received individual roll-call votes during the session; those items have separate recorded results in the House minutes.
Context Nominations to the judiciary and to boards/commissions routinely pass through the joint executive-nominations committee and are commonly placed on a consent calendar when committee review yields broad support. The consent process bundles multiple noncontroversial items to expedite floor time.
