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Environment Committee advances four bills on consent calendar to the floor
Summary
The Environment Committee voted to add four bills — on shark finning, spin-off companies for Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station employees, a Lake Mashapaug speed limit, and offshore wind mitigation — to a consent calendar and referred them to the floor. Votes were held open until noon and a public hearing was scheduled for 12 p.m.
The Environment Committee voted Wednesday to place four bills on a consent calendar and refer them to the floor: House Bill 5012 (prohibiting the practice of shark finning), House Bill 5015 (authorizing spin-off companies for employees of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station), Senate Bill 313 (establishing a speed limit for Lake Mashapaug in the town of Union) and Senate Bill 63 (concerning mitigation of wildlife and fisheries impacts from future offshore wind projects).
Committee chair Representative John Michael Parker moved the meeting along through agenda business and called members to vote. “All those in favor, please say aye,” Parker said when the committee first took a…
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