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Deputy Chaplain Monsley and a speaker (prayer read) opened the House (prayer and pledge). The Speaker recognized birthdays, guests, and local delegations. Several members made introductions and brief personal-privilege remarks (visiting delegations, tribute to late Marie Kirkley Bey).
Connecticut House session (May 2025) opened with prayer and routine introductions, then moved through floor business including: a regulations-review bill with an adopted amendment; debate and temporary passage of a bill banning municipalwide bans on multifamily housing; detailed floor debate and passage of a fiscal-year deficiency appropriations package with a governors emergency declaration for a Medicaid shortfall; a high-profile, lengthy debate and passage of a bill decriminalizing small amounts of psilocybin; and several judiciary and claims-commission resolutions. Major numeric claims included a roughly $555 million total deficiency and a $284 million Medicaid shortfall.
