(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has issued a proclamation calling the Connecticut General Assembly to meet in special session next week to consider the approval of several pieces of legislation, including those related to reducing costs for working families, building more housing, and revitalizing Waterbury Hospital, among other items.
The proclamation compels the special session to begin on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. It is limited to the following topics:
- Enact legislation authorizing temporary adjustments to the Budget Reserve Fund and related appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, including acknowledgment of extraordinary circumstances pursuant to Article XXVIII of the Amendments to the Connecticut Constitution and sections 2-33a and 3-20(bb) of the general statutes.
- Enact legislation revising the effective date, notice timeline for implementation, and opt out provisions regarding a monthly telecommunications surcharge to support the Firefighters Cancer Relief Program and the firefighter’s cancer relief account under section 7-313h of the general statutes.
- Enact legislation improving access to and coordination of children’s behavioral health services, including payment reform, coverage requirements, data collection, and interagency coordination.
- Enact legislation establishing procedures governing law enforcement detentions and arrests on courthouse grounds, prohibiting the use of masks or other facial coverings by officers engaged in enforcement actions except when medically necessary and authorized by the judiciary, and restricting the disclosure of personal information by public agencies to federal authorities except as permitted by law.
- Enact legislation concerning the promotion of housing growth, including provisions related to municipal and regional housing growth plans, first-time homebuyer savings accounts, and transit-oriented development.
- Enact legislation amending sections 10a-109b, 10a-109c, 10a-109d, 10a-109e, 10a-109g, 10a-109n, and 10a-109bb of the general statutes to authorize the University of Connecticut Health Center to establish subsidiaries or joint ventures to acquire, operate, fund, or improve hospitals, and to sell or otherwise divest said hospitals, as part of the University of Connecticut Health Center Joint Venture Initiative; to define said Initiative; and to permit the University to finance, lend, or grant proceeds to such entities for acquisitions, deferred maintenance, information technology and equipment, capital improvements, and working capital, in furtherance of the purposes of The University of Connecticut 2000 Act.
- Enact legislation providing that employees of entities acquired, operated, funded, or improved by the University of Connecticut Health Center Joint Venture Initiative are not employees as defined section 5-196 or subsection (b) of section 5-270; authorizing the Initiative, through a governing body, to establish compensation and personnel policies without regard to chapter 68; and clarifying that neither the Initiative nor any hospital systems it acquires, operates, funds, or improves shall not be an employer as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270 of the general statutes.
- Enact legislation amending section 9-50b of the general statutes to establish clear procedures for the Secretary of the State and registrars of voters to implement new redistricting plans, correct districting errors, and provide written notice to voters when polling places are changed as a result of such corrections.
- Enact legislation amending subsection (d) of section 17b-112 of the general statutes to simplify and standardize a self-employment deduction under the Temporary Family Assistance program.
**Download: Proclamation calling the General Assembly into special session