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Commerce committee moves six bills to consent calendar, debates tourism support and Mystic plan
Summary
The Commerce Committee moved six bills to the consent calendar — including tourism funding, a Greater Mystic economic-development plan, an energy/economic strategy and small-business concierge services — and left roll-call votes open until 3:30 p.m. after brief debate on tourism and local infrastructure.
The Connecticut Commerce Committee on March 17 moved six bills to the consent calendar for final action, including measures on tourism funding, economic development for the Greater Mystic area, a statewide economic-and-energy strategy, revisions to DECD assistance caps tied to H‑1B promissory notes, and creation of a small-business concierge within DECD. The clerk began a roll-call vote and the committee left votes open until 3:30 p.m.
The committee chair framed the tourism bill (SB 305, LCO 3352) as part of a recurring effort to bolster a sector that the chair said is underfunded compared with neighboring states. "We must move the needle on tourism," the chair said, arguing that the state needs mechanisms to reinvest tourism-generated revenue into local infrastructure and promotion. The chair described prior proposals to use the 1% meals tax to…
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