General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5647 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1505 Referred to Committee on Appropriations Introduced by: REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5647 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1505 Referred to Committee on Appropriations Introduced by: REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING INSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SPENDING CAP. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to define terms relating to the constitutional spending cap by a vote of three-fifths of the members of each house of the General Assembly as required by Article XXVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the state of Connecticut. Statement of Purpose: To institute the constitutional cap on spending.