Transition Policy Working Group

In the days following their election on November 6, 2018, Governor-elect Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor-elect Susan Bysiewicz held a policy summit attended by more than 450 people, where they announced the creation of 15 committees that were each assigned a topic encompassing a wide-variety of critical state issues. Dozens of Connecticut residents were named to serve on the committees, with their memberships specifically designed to incorporate as many viewpoints as possible. The committees were tasked with developing policy recommendations on their respective topics that the incoming Lamont-Bysiewicz administration could consider immediately upon taking the oath of office on January 9, 2019.

“This is a fresh start that none of us are going to squander. It starts right here with our policy teams. I don’t want this to be one of those things where you write a really great report and it ends up on some bookshelf somewhere. What a waste that would be. What a waste of all the talent we have in this room.” — Governor-elect Lamont at the policy summit.

The following documents are the final products that each of the policy committees delivered to Governor-elect Lamont and Lt. Governor-elect Bysiewicz just prior to their inauguration.

 

Agriculture Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo

Arts Culture and Tourism Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Supporting materials

Criminal Justice Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Cover page
  • Sub Group: Bail Reform
  • Sub Group: Board of Pardons and Paroles Reform
  • Sub Group: Criminal Law and Immigration Law
  • Sub Group: Marijuana Legalization
  • Sub Group: Prepare People in Prison for Life After Incarceration
  • Sub Group: Prosecutorial Reform
  • Sub Group: Raise the Age
  • Sub Group: Reentry and Collateral Consequences

Digital Strategy Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Cybersecurity Overview
  • Data Policy and Uses Subcommittee
  • Digital Delivery Subcommittee
  • Digital Procurement Challenges and Recommendations
  • Digital Strategy Policy Committee Resource Library
  • Digital Strategy Team
  • Digital Talent Recommendations
  • Family Economic Success Cabinet
  • Scope and Approach

Education Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Final memo addendum
  • Annotated appendix
  • Cross-Cutting Proposal
  • Realizing Gov. Lamont's K-12 Computer Science Education Plank

Energy Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Supporting materials

Environment Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Appendix

Healthcare Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo and Appendix

Housing Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Addendum

Human Services Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Subcommittee: Barriers to Access to Services
    • Appendix
  • Subcommittee: Children’s Services and Supports
    • Data slides
  • Subcommittee: Criminal Justice Reform
  • Subcommittee: Critical Issues Affecting the Human Services Workforce
    • Addendum 1
    • Addendum 2
  • Subcommittee: Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
  • Subcommittee: Mental Health/Addiction Services and Supports
  • Subcommittee: Social Determinants and Supports/Veterans' Affairs
    • Addendum

Jobs/Economy Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo and Appendices

Public Safety Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Addendum

Shared Services Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo

Transportation Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Appendices A-D
  • Connecticut Infrastructure Bank Info Sheet

Women's Issues Policy Committee

• Members
• Final memo
  • Community College Tuition Policy
  • CT Council on Women and Girls
  • CT Innovations
  • Domestic, Sexual Violence, and Stalking Workplace Policy
  • Minimum Wage
  • Paid Family and Medical Leave