HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut’s 2021 legislative session won’t look like it has in past years because it’s still unclear if the building will reopen to the public, but legislative leaders say there will be a session.
Incoming Speaker of the House Matt Ritter and Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly talked Thursday about what it may look like during the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association annual meeting.
“If you’re running committee meetings via Zoom or a public hearing and you just want to roll out 42 bills, again on any given day, I’m not sure that is easy to follow and easy to track for anybody, including the committee,” Ritter said Thursday.
But that doesn’t mean legislative business will stop.
“We will have a session. We will pass bills. We’ve proven we can do that safely and effectively and there’s things that have to get done to get our state back up and running and have the legislature play a roll with the executive branch,” Ritter said.
Since March, Gov. Ned Lamont has been running the state with his executive powers under the emergency powers authority that legislative leaders gave him.
“This might be the most accessible the legislature has ever been to the public in some ways but not other ways,” Ritter…
