Senate Joint Resolution No. 1 - Joint Rules Summary

• Establishes joint rules for the Connecticut General Assembly governing regular sessions and interim periods during the 2023-2024 legislative term.

• Creates 22 joint standing committees divided into Group A and Group B with specified membership sizes and subject matter jurisdictions, plus 2 statutory committees for legislative management and executive/legislative nominations.

• Sets committee meeting schedules, public hearing requirements, deadlines for bill introductions and committee actions, and procedures for bill drafting, amendment, reporting, and passage through both chambers.

• Requires public hearings before favorable committee reports, fiscal notes for bills affecting revenue or expenditures, and specifies procedures for collective bargaining agreements and special agreements submitted to the General Assembly.

• Includes provisions for virtual participation in meetings and hearings, immediate transmittal of bills to the Governor, committee of conference procedures for resolving disagreements between chambers, and amendments requiring a two-thirds vote to suspend rules.