CT’s General Assembly is CT’s legislative branch of government charged with enacting laws concerning state/public revenue and expenses, and welfare of the public, the environment, state services, education, civil and criminal laws, and more.

There are two legislative chambers - Senate has 36 Members and House has 151 Members with elections held every two years in even numbered years. Leading into CT’s 2026 elections there are 25 Democrats and 11 Republicans in the Senate and 103 Democrats and 48 Republicans in the House.

Leadership Positions in the chambers are governed by the Majority Party in which case Democrats hold the following positions:

• Senate President Martin Looney, (D-New Haven)

• Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk

• House Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford)

• House Majority Leader Jason Rojas (D-East Hartford

The Minority Party, in this case Republican also holds leadership positions in each Chamber:

• Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding (R-Northwest CT)

• House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora (R-Branford/Durham)

To address the diversity of issues that come before the General Assembly, there are 29 Committees which can be found here under the “Committees” tab. Within the 29 there are 9 that cover large swaths of public policy and lawmaking:

• Appropriations (state budget expenses)

• Finance (state revenue allocations)

• Judiciary (criminal and civil justice statutes)

• Government Administration and Elections (voting, lobbying and electoral laws)

• Environment (environmental issues)

• Education (public education, teachers, admins)

• Energy (utility rates, energy utilisation, PURA),

• Human Services (medicaid/safety net services)

• Public Health (hospitals, healthcare, protection).