Article THIRD — THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
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Conn. Const. art. third, § 1 The legislative power of the state shall be vested in two distinct houses or branches
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The legislative power of the state shall be vested in two distinct houses or branches; the one to be styled the senate, the other the house of representatives, and both together the general assembly. The style of their laws shall be: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 2 Section 2
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There shall be a regular session of the general assembly to commence on the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding the election of its members, and at such other times as the general assembly shall judge necessary; but the person administering the off…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 3 Section 3
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The senate shall consist of not less than thirty and not more than fifty members, each of whom shall be an elector residing in the senatorial district from which he is elected. Each senatorial district shall be contiguous as to territory and shall elect no more than one senator. …
Conn. Const. art. third, § 4 Section 4
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The house of representatives shall consist of not less than one hundred twenty-five and not more than two hundred twenty-five members, each of whom shall be an elector residing in the assembly district from which he is elected. Each assembly district shall be contiguous as to ter…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 5 Section 5
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The establishment of districts in the general assembly shall be consistent with federal constitutional standards. (Sec. 5 amended in 1980. See Art. XVI, Sec. 1 of Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut.)
Conn. Const. art. third, § 6 Section 6
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a. The assembly and senatorial districts as now established by law shall continue until the regular session of the general assembly next after the completion of the next census of the United States. Such general assembly shall, upon roll call, by a yea vote of at least two-thirds…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 7 The treasurer, secretary of the state, and comptroller shall canvass publicly the votes for senators and representatives
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The treasurer, secretary of the state, and comptroller shall canvass publicly the votes for senators and representatives. The person in each senatorial district having the greatest number of votes for senator shall be declared to be duly elected for such district, and the person …
Conn. Const. art. third, § 8 Section 8
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A general election for members of the general assembly shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, biennially, in the even-numbered years. The general assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating and prescribing the order and manner of voting for such m…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 9 Section 9
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At all elections for members of the general assembly the presiding officers in the several towns shall receive the votes of the electors, and count and declare them in open meeting. The presiding officers shall make and certify duplicate lists of the persons voted for, and of the…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 10 Section 10
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The members of the general assembly shall hold their offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding their election until the Wednesday after the first Monday of the third January next succeeding their election, and until their successors are …
Conn. Const. art. third, § 11 Section 11
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No member of the general assembly shall, during the term for which he is elected, hold or accept any appointive position or office in the judicial or executive department of the state government, or in the courts of the political subdivisions of the state, or in the government of…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 12 The house of representatives, when assembled, shall choose a speaker, clerk and other officers
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The house of representatives, when assembled, shall choose a speaker, clerk and other officers. The senate shall choose a president pro tempore, clerk and other officers, except the president. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 13 Section 13
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Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and punish members for disorderly conduct, and, with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a fr…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 14 Section 14
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Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same when required by one-fifth of its members, except such parts as in the judgment of a majority require secrecy. The yeas and nays of the members of either house shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those pres…
Conn. Const. art. third, § 15 Section 15
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The senators and representatives shall, in all cases of civil process, be privileged from arrest, during any session of the general assembly, and for four days before the commencement and after the termination of any session thereof. And for any speech or debate in either house, …
Conn. Const. art. third, § 16 Section 16
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The debates of each house shall be public, except on such occasions as in the opinion of the house may require secrecy.
Conn. Const. art. third, § 17 Section 17
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The salary of the members of the general assembly and the transportation expenses of its members in the performance of their legislative duties shall be determined by law. (Sec. 18 added in 1992. See Art. XXVIII of Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut.)