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Votes at a glance: Key measures the Connecticut Senate passed on May 28, 2025
Summary
The Senate approved a package of bills on May 28, 2025, including a bill allowing striking workers limited unemployment benefits, adjustments for nursing‑home quality incentives, purchasing‑card accountability, health workforce recruitment, nonprofit contract indexing, and a battery recycling stewardship program. Most measures passed with recorded roll‑call votes.
Hartford — Following extended debate on several measures, the Connecticut State Senate recorded final action on a set of bills on May 28, 2025. Highlights and outcomes (Senate action only):
- Senate Bill 8 (as amended): Allows workers engaged in a labor dispute to collect unemployment benefits after 14 consecutive days on strike for disputes starting on or after Dec. 14, 2026. Passed Senate (roll‑call: Yea 24, Nay 11; transmitted to House). (Proponent: Sen. Kushner.)
- Senate Bill 1333: Converts an existing DSS quality‑matrix pilot into a permanent program to reward nursing homes with payments/grants for high quality outcomes; requires public hearings for long‑term care premium increases above 10% and directs studies to expand home‑based care.…
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