Racing to the Finish Line
Legislators spent the final days of the 2011 Legislative Session sprinting toward the finish line. The State House passed 10 bills on Monday, 29 bills on Tuesday, and an incredible 62 bills on Wednesday, the last day. Combined, the three-day stretch of 101 bills accounted for 22.79 percent of 443 bills that passed the House for the entire session.
The Senate had an even more frenetic pace. The Senate passed 143 bills in the entire 31 days of May and an amazing 219 bills in the eight days of June. They passed 474 bills for the entire session, including 172 in the final three days.
Were widgets the legislature’s product, such a pace might be desirable. But they make laws and that should spur concern in every Connecticut resident.
Read the entire piece at CT News Junkie.
