Researcher: TA Page 1 4/14/22
OLR Bill Analysis
SB 433
AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL
SESSION LEGISLATION.
SUMMARY
This bill establishes a statutory prohibition against enacting certain
bills or resolutions in a special session without holding a public hearing
during the special session. The prohibition applies if the (1) special
session is called after a regular session and (2) bill or resolution is the
same or substantively similar to one filed during the regular session. (It
is unclear whether this requirement is enforceable based on the
principle of legislative entrenchment, under which one legislature
generally cannot restrict a future legislature’s ability to enact
legislation.)
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2022
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 18 Nay 0 (03/29/2022)