Banking Committee places 13 bills on consent calendar, orders JF/JFS to floor; roll call held open until 1 p.m.

The Connecticut General Assembly’s Banking Committee on March 6, 2025 placed 13 bills on a consent calendar and voted to report them to the floor for further consideration.

Committee chair opened the session saying, “We have, a number of items on our agenda today.” The committee then moved through each item largely by unanimous voice motions and brief commentary, placing every numbered item on the consent calendar for a roll-call vote. The chair told the clerk to call the roll; committee members were recorded voting yes on individual items, and the chair announced that roll-call votes would be held open until 1 p.m.

Why it matters: The consent calendar process speeds consideration of multiple, noncontroversial measures and sends them to the floor with the committee’s recommendation. Several bills on the calendar deal with consumer protections (money-transmission advertising, consumer credit), housing-policy initiatives (first-time homebuyer savings accounts, Homes for CT loan program), and regulatory technical fixes for banks and money transmitters.

Most significant measures discussed briefly

- SB 1255 — “An act concerning the community bank and community credit investment program established by the treasurer.” The committee moved the bill to the consent calendar and ordered it to be JF to the floor. The bill text and detailed fiscal or implementation provisions were not discussed at length during this session.

- SB 1257 — “An…