General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5050 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 66 Referred to Committee on Planning and Development Introduced by: REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5050 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 66 Referred to Committee on Planning and Development Introduced by: REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO ENACT NEW MUNICIPAL MANDATES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 2-32b of the general statutes be amended to provide that no bill creating or enlarging a state mandate to local governments shall be enacted except upon approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly. Statement of Purpose: To require new municipal mandates to be approved by at least two-thirds of the members of the House and Senate.