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Connecticut
General Assembly
Directions
to the Capitol
Find
your Senator or Representative
List
of Committee Chairpersons
Find
particular bill:
Search by:
- Introducer/Cosponsor
- Committee
- Title/Last Action
- Subject Index A-Z
Find Hearings on
particular bills:
Legislative Bulletin (use the "Latest Bulletin" link)
for date, time, hearing room at the Legislative Office Building,
and the list of bills that will be considered at that hearing.
Find Update on
the status of a Bill:
Scroll down to "Quick Search by Bill Number" and enter
Bill number
Two types of legislative staff:
Partisan staff are chosen by their caucuses, Senate
Democrats, Senate Republicans, House Republicans, or House Democrats,
and/or by individual legislators. Partisan staff work for their
caucus' interests and serve at their pleasure. They work as researchers,
press liaisons, attorneys, constituent aides, and committee staff,
among other jobs. Partisan staff are generally very active politically.
Nonpartisan staff are not politically active. They
work within the Office of Fiscal Analysis, the Office of Legislative
Research, the Legislative Commissioner's Office and as committee
staff, among other jobs. Nonpartisan staff are civil service employees
and not subject to political influence.
The
Office of Fiscal Analysis (www.cga.ct.gov/ofa) advises the
legislature on the budget, Connecticut's economic climate and drafts
a fiscal note for each bill or amendment considered by either house.
The
Office of Legislative Research (www.cga.ct.gov/olr) follows
important trends in Connecticut for legislators, follows what is
happening in DC and in other states, and drafts a bill analysis
for each bill considered by the legislature.
The
Legislative Commissioner's Office (www.cga.ct.gov/lco) is
the set of attorneys who draft legislative language. http://www.cga.ct.gov/lco/LCOPublications.htm
Staff from all three non-partisan offices are assigned
by issue area and/or by committee. These staff are generally present
at hearings, committee meetings and advise in private meetings to
decide which bills to advance in the process.
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