Kaitlyn Shake

Happy First Day of Spring! 🌷

The 2026 short legislative session continued this week as committees worked through long public hearings listening to state agencies, advocates, and professionals. Multiple committees also met this week and passed bills that will now be referred to screening and other committees as deemed appropriate. This is part of the legislative process that occurs prior to bills eventually making it to the House and Senate Floors for a vote. Be sure to follow along by checking the weekly CGA calendar here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/.

It has been a very busy and productive week at the Capitol, with many of the committees holding public hearings on crucial bills, listening to testimony from hundreds of advocates, professionals, and residents on proposed bills. Many other committees have held meetings to debate which bills will continue moving through the legislative process and on to the House and Senate Floors, which is known as JFing a bill. If you have any questions, concerns, or if my office can be of assistance to you, please call my office at any time or email me at kaitlyn.shake@cga.ct.gov.

It was a very productive week at the Capitol in Committee Meetings, Public Hearings, and meetings with advocates. In this week's email, you can read about our joint legislative letter calling on PURA to reject the Aquarion merger, review information and instructions on how to apply for the last Generation Power CT Emergency Energy Assistance Cycle, and more.

This week at the Capitol, the House was in Session on Thursday, February 26th, and the Senate was in Session the previous day on Wednesday. We convened to vote on two important measures, you can read more on both bills passed this week below.

This week at the Capitol, committees continued to hold meetings to raise concepts for the 2026 legislative session and public hearings to hear directly from advocates, professionals, and residents across the state on legislative priorities. Thank you to all the nurses, educators, social workers, and other professionals who attended the Higher Education and Employment Advancement public hearing on CHESLA this week. Your input helps continue to push these policies forward through the legislative process. Next week, the House will be in session again on Thursday, February 26th.

The legislative session is officially underway, and committees have begun holding meetings and public hearings. In this week's email, you can learn about the 2026 Connecticut Student Loan Reimbursement Program, find information on an opportunity for students from Chime Scholars Foundation, and more.

The Connecticut General Assembly kicked off the 2026 Legislative Session this Wednesday. During a Joint Session Wednesday afternoon, House and Senate members sat together in the House Chamber as Governor Lamont delivered the State of the State Address. Thursday afternoon, the House was back in session to vote on the Governor's recently proposed plan to allow the Emergency State Response Reserve to continue through the 2027 fiscal year.

The Connecticut General Assembly will start the 2026 Legislative Session next week! Thank you to all the Stratford residents who came out to my and Representative Gresko's Legislative Town Hall this week. It was a wonderful to see so many of you and hear your ideas, questions, and concerns ahead of this session.