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Votes at a glance: Key measures the Connecticut Senate passed May 15, 2025
Summary
The Senate discharged and passed several bills May 15 including SB 1179 (Makerspace Initiative), SB 1336 (mortgage statute limits), SB 9 (environment and pesticides), SB 1523 (wildlife), HB 7095 (UConn AAU action plan), SB 1240 (codes & standards membership), SB 1239 (Fallen Hero Fund), SB 3 (consumer protection omnibus), SB 55 (Wyset Lake boating season), and others; most measures passed by roll call or voice vote as recorded on the floor.
At the May 15 Connecticut Senate floor session, members marked and acted on numerous calendar items. The following highlights official actions taken on bills discussed on the floor that day:
- SB 1179 (Calendar 298) — Substitute establishing the Connecticut Community Makerspace Initiative as amended (LCO 8513). Adopted on voice vote and passed on roll call; fund of $1,000,000 created and to be administered by DECD Office of Innovation (see makerspace article).
- SB 1336 (Calendar 139) — Strike‑all amendment establishing a 10‑year statute of limitations for foreclosure on assigned second mortgages and reducing time to remove unreleased mortgages to 10 years; amendment adopted and bill passed on roll call.
- SB 9 (Calendar 240) — Strike‑all amendment incorporating climate resilience measures, professional‑use restrictions on anticoagulant rodenticides, and limits on certain neonicotinoid turf uses with exemptions; amendment adopted and bill passed on roll call.
- SB 1523 (Calendar 381) — Substitute concerning wildlife protections (crop damage / black bear rules): amendment adopted by voice vote; bill passed on roll call.
- HB 7095 (Calendar 432 substitute) — Requires University of Connecticut to submit an action plan to pursue membership in the Association of American Universities; adopted and passed on roll call.
- SB 1240 (Calendar 248) — Membership changes to the Codes and Standards Committee (adds two members); amendment adopted and bill passed on roll call.
- SB 1239 (Calendar 247) — Fallen Hero Fund; renamed and expanded to cover first responders; passed unanimously by roll call.
- SB 3 (Calendar 313; Senate Amendment A adopted) — Consumer Protection and Safety omnibus (junk fees, connected devices, right‑to‑repair, .gov domain, price gouging updates, rental disclosure rules); Senate adopted amendment A, rejected amendment B (to strike housing sections), and passed the bill on roll call.
- SB 55 (Calendar 463) — Seasonal motorboat operations period for Wyset Lake extended (Saturday prior to Memorial Day to Sept. 15); amendment adopted by voice vote and bill passed on roll call.
- SB 1487 (counter 312 substitute) — Strike‑all amendment creating a working group on third‑party delivery companies; amendment adopted and item referred to Appropriations Committee.
Several other calendar items were marked to committee or passed with little floor debate. Where roll calls occurred, tallies were announced by the Clerk on the record.
