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Connecticut House of Representatives

Connecticut House of Representatives

Lower house of the Connecticut General Assembly


The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.

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History

The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor). The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, replaced the committees with deputies; each town would elect three or four deputies for six-month terms. Although the magistrates and deputies sat together, they voted separately and in 1645 it was decreed that a measure had to have the approval of both groups in order to pass. The Charter of 1662 reduced the number of deputies per town to no more than two, and also changed the title of the legislature to the General Assembly. It was in 1698 that the General Assembly divided itself into its current bicameral form, with the twelve assistants (that replaced the magistrates) as the Council (which became the Senate in the 1818 constitution) and the deputies as the House of Representatives, which began electing the Speaker to preside over it. The terms of representatives were raised to two years in 1884.[1]

Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its chief leadership position and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Matthew Ritter of the 1st House District the includes part of Hartford. The Majority Leader is Jason Rojas of the 9th House District which includes part of East Hartford and part of Manchester. The Minority Leader is Republican Vincent Candelora of the 86th House District that includes part of Durham, part of East Haven, part of Guilford, and North Branford.

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Composition of the House of Representatives

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Democratic Republican
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List of current members

Current members of the Connecticut House of Representatives, as of December 2, 2023.

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Past composition of the House of Representatives

Notable former House members

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See also


References

  1. Under the Gold Dome: An Insider's Look at the Connecticut Legislature, by Judge Robert Satter. New Haven: Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, 2004, pp. 16–27.
  2. Democratic Reps. Edwin Vargas (District 6) and Daniel J. Fox (District 148) resigned before the start of the legislative session to pursue other jobs.
  3. Democrat Quentin Williams (District 100) died.
  4. Democrats James Sánchez (District 6), Kai Belton (District 100), and Anabel Figueroa (District 148) were sworn in following special elections on February 28.
  5. Democrat Dorinda Keenan Borer (District 115) resigned after her election as mayor of West Haven.
  6. Democrat Bill Heffernan (HD115) was sworn in following a January 23 special election.
  7. "House of Representatives Members (listed alphabetically)". Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

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