Special Budget Session: How the Senate Voted
On Monday, June 29, the state Senate approved a revised state budget, rolling back approximately $178 million in business tax hikes included in the original budget adopted by the General Assembly on June 3.
The revised budget keeps taxes on data processing and web services at 1% (the original budget hiked them to 3%) and delays implementation of the unitary reporting requirement within the corporation tax until next year.
The 19-17 vote came after an on-again, off-again seven-hour debate, with Democrats Joan Hartley (Waterbury) and Paul Doyle (Wethersfield) joining all Republicans in opposing passage–replicating the chamber’s vote on the original budget.
Even in its revised state, the two-year budget still increases taxes by about $1.3 billion, including higher levies on employers, and reductions in the value of tax credits and operating loss provisions.
“Make no mistake about it, taken as a whole, this budget does not help Connecticut’s overall competitiveness,” said CBIA president and CEO Joe Brennan.
“Policymakers now must aggressively follow up on the special session with structural reforms that more efficiently deliver services, reduce long-term costs, and stabilize our economy to benefit everyone who lives in Connecticut.”
How they voted:
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Sen. Dante Bartolomeo (D; Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown) |
YES |
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Sen. Toni Boucher (R; Bethel, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, Wilton) |
NO |
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Sen. Beth Bye (D; Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington, West Hartford) |
YES |
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Sen. Steve Cassano (D; Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough) |
YES |
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Sen. Clark Chapin (R; Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester) |
NO |
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Sen. Eric Coleman (D: Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor) |
YES |
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Sen. Joseph Crisco (D; Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge) |
YES |
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Sen. Paul Doyle (D; Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield) |
NO |
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Sen. Bob Duff (D; Darien, Norwalk) |
YES |
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Sen. Len Fasano (R; East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford) |
NO |
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Sen. Mae Flexer (D; Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham) |
YES |
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Sen. John Fonfara (D; Hartford, Wethersfield) |
YES |
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Sen. Paul Formica (R; East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford) |
NO |
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Sen. L. Scott Frantz (R; Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford) |
NO |
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Sen. Terry Gerratana (D; Berlin, Farmington, New Britain) |
YES |
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Sen. Ed Gomes (D; Bridgeport, Stratford) |
YES |
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Sen. Tony Guglielmo (R; Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock) |
NO |
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Sen. Joan Hartley (D; Naugatuck, Prospect, Waterbury) |
NO |
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Sen. Tony Hwang (R; Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston) |
NO |
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Sen. Rob Kane (R; Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury) |
NO |
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Sen. Kevin Kelly (R; Monroe, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford) |
NO |
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Sen. Ted Kennedy (D; Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford) |
YES |
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Sen. John Kissel (R; East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks) |
NO |
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Sen. Tim Larson (D; East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor) |
YES |
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Sen. Carlo Leone (D; Darien, Stamford) |
YES |
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Sen. Art Linares (R; Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook) |
NO |
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Sen. Martin Looney (D; Hamden, New Haven) |
YES |
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Sen. Joe Markley (R; Cheshire, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott) |
NO |
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Sen. Henri Martin (R; Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth) |
NO |
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Sen. Andrew Maynard (D; Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown) |
YES |
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Sen. Michael McLachlan (R; Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman) |
NO |
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Sen. Marilyn Moore (D; Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull) |
YES |
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Sen. Cathy Osten (D; Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, Norwich, Sprague) |
YES |
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Sen. Gayle Slossberg (D; Milford, Orange, West Haven) |
YES |
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Sen. Gary Winfield (D; New Haven, West Haven) |
YES |
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Sen. Kevin Witkos (R; Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington) |
NO |
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