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Legislative History for Connecticut Act 2008 Transcripts from the Joint Legislative History for Connecticut Act 2008 Transcripts from the Joint Standing Committee Public Hearing(s) and.or Senate and House of Representatives Proceedings Connecticut State Library Compiled 2017 006586 tmp 516 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 Mr. Speaker, I move for the immediate transmittal of all bills needing further action to the Senate. SPEAKER AMANN: The question is on transmittal, is there objection? Hearing none, so ordered. (CHAMBER AT EASE) Representative Michael Christ. REP. CHRIST: (11~) Mr. Speaker, I'm going to be moving items onto a Consent Calendar. Mr. Speaker, the first bill is Calendar Number 526, Calendar Number 475, Calendar Number 430, Calendar Number 367, and Calendar Number 530. SPEAKER AMANN: The motion before us to place items on the Si'Jlt~ Consent Calendar for action on a later day are ~f;lk;9 Calendar Number 526, 475, 340, 367, 530. Is there .'?B _;J.b. HB5'13D objection to the motion? Is there objection? Hearing SG Y.'1~ none, those items are placed on the Consent Calendar for action later today. (CHAMBER AT EASE) 006587 tmp 517 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 Representative McCluskey, for what purpose do you rise, Sir? REP . MCCLUSKEY: (20th) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would ask that House Calendar Number 340 be removed off of the Consent Calendar. SPEAKER AMANN: So ordered, Sir. (CHAMBER AT EASE) Representative Christ. REP. CHRIST: (11th) Mr. Speaker, if I may move one more item onto the Consent Calendar. SPEAKER AMANN: You may, Sir. REP. CHRIST: (11~) Calendar Number 353. SPEAKER AMANN: The motion before us is to place the following item, Calendar Number 353, on the Consent Calendar. Is there objection? Hearing none, j___ LYLill be placed on the Calendar for action. 006678 tmp 608 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 we moved onto the Consent Calendar, beginning with Calendar Number 526, Calendar Number 475. SPEAKER AMANN: Hold on one second. One second, Representative Christ. The computer just jammed at that. Number 526, gentlemen, and Number 475. Representative Christ. You may proceed, Sir. REP. CHRIST: (11th) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I began with Calendar /1t?li13C Number 526, Number 475, Number 367, Number 530, Number '31)~£1~ 353, Number 470, Number 472, Number 274, Number 474, . _'>/~ ~-) 9i Number 541, Number 403. Mr. Speaker, I move adoption ,:)J31SJ <' 1.. .., L,.... of the Consent Calendar. • ::> (!_:;> ) Jii+ SPEAKER AMANN: _S8 j£2~~2' The question is on adoption. Will the Clerk SlJJ;-. place the following items on the Consent Calendar for ',l /.~ ,~ (lj~ r 1 :JJ·1 _ action, excuse me. The question before us is passage of the bills on today's Consent Calendar. My apologies. Will you remark? Will you remark? If not, let me try your minds. 006619 tmp 609 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 Staff and guests, please come to the Well of the House. Members take your seats. The machine will be opened. CLERK: The House of Representatives is voting by Roll'- Call. Members to the Chamber. The House is voting • today's Consent Calendar by Roll Call. Members to the Chamber. SPEAKER AMANN: Have all the Members voted? Have all the Members voted? If all the Members have voted, please check the board and make sure your vote has been properly cast. If all Members have voted, the machine will be locked and the Clerk will take a tally. Will the Clerk please announce the tally. CLERK: On Today's Consent Calendar. Total Number Voting 150 Necessary for Passage 76 Those voting Yea 150 Those voting Nay 0 006680 tmp 610 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 Those absent and not voting 1 SPEAKER AMANN: The Consent Calendar passes. Will the Clerk please call Calendar Number 489. CLERK: On Page 19, Calendar Number 489, .substitute for ,Senate Bill Number 281~ AN ACT CONCERNING CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES, Favorable Report of the Committee on Government Administration and Elections. SPEAKER AMANN: Representative O'Connor. REP. 0' CONNOR: ( 3 5th) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move acceptance of the Joint Committee's Favorable Report and passage of the bill. SPEAKER AMANN: The question is on acceptance of the Joint committee's Favorable Report and passage of the bill. Will you remark, Sir? REP. 0' CONNOR: ( 3 5th) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill permits a captive insurance company, which is an insurance 006681 tmp 611 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 company owned by the parent that underwrites the insurance needs of the parent's subsidiaries to be licensed and domiciled in Connecticut. I move for passage. SPEAKER AMANN: Will you remark? Will you remark? REP. 0 I CONNOR: ( 3 5th) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Clerk is in possession of Senate Amendment "A", LCO Number 5077. I ask that he call it and ask leave to summarize. CLERK: Will the Clerk please call LCO Number 5077, which was previously designated Senate Amendment Schedule "A". CLERK: !:'CO_Jil1!!lber 5077, Senate "A", offered by Senator Crisco. SPEAKER AMANN: The Representative seeks leave of the Chamber to summarize. Is there objection? You may proceed, Sir. REP. 0 I CONNOR: ( 3 5th) 006682 tmp 612 House of Representatives May 7, 2008 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What this does is it authorizes the use of utilization review funds to implement the registration and licensure. I move adoption. SPEAKER AMANN: The question is on adoption. Will you remark? Will you remark? If not, let me try your minds. All those in favor please signify by saying Aye. REPRESENTATIVES: Aye. SPEAKER AMANN: Opposed, Nay. The amendment is adopted. Will you remark further on the bill as amended? Care to remark further? Representative Witkos. REP. WITKOS: (17th) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. REP. 0 I CONNOR: ( 3 5th) I've got one more. REP. WITKOS: (17th) I yield to Representative O'Connor. SPEAKER AMANN: Representative O'Connor. 0024.42 skb 78 Senate April 29, 2008 Calendar Page 30, Calendar 401, Senate Bill 664 that was previously marked as a consent item, would move to remove that item from the Consent Calendar and to mark it PR. That is Senate Bill 664, Calendar 401 on Calendar Page 30. THE CHAIR: Hearing and seeing no objection, so ord_~;:~.9..! Sir. SEN. LOONEY: Thank you, Mr. President. THE CHAIR: Mr. Clerk. THE CLERK: Starting the Call of the Calendar, Senate Calendar for Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Calendar Page 1, Favorable Report, Calendar 88, File 106, --~~_!2_ate__ _ Bill 469, An Act Concerning The Legion Of Christ ··-·~···--- College Of Humanities, Favorable Report of the Committee on Higher Education. 002lt43 skb 79 Senate April 29, 2008 THE CHAIR: Senator Hartley. SEN. HARTLEY: Good afternoon, Mr. President. I move acceptance of the Joint Committee Favorable Report and passage of the bill, Sir. THE CHAIR: Acting on approval, Ma'am, would you like to remark further? SEN. HARTLEY: Yes, indeed. Thank you, Mr. President. The bill before us simply gives the authority to the Legion of Christ to confer associate degrees. This essentially is the final step in their accreditation process which has been going on for a period of almost three years. They have met all of the requirements as designated by state statute for their accreditation process to confer degrees in the humanities, Mr. President, and I recommend adoption, Sir. skb 80 Senate April 29, 2008 THE CHAIR: Thank you, Ma'am. Will you remark further on Senate Bill 469? Will you remark further on Senate Bill 469? If not, Mr. Clerk, ~all for a roll call vote. The machine will be open. THE CLERK: An immediate roll call has been ordered in the Senate. Will all Senators please return to the Chamber. An immediate roll call has been ordered in the Senate. Will all Senators please return to the Chamber. THE CHAIR: Have all Senators voted? If all Senators have voted, the machine will be closed. The Clerk will call the tally. THE CLERK: Motion is on passage of Senate Bill 469. 002445 skb 81 Senate April 29, 2008 Total number voting, 34; necessary for passage, 18. Those voting "yea", 31; those voting "nay", 3. Those absent and not voting, 2. THE CHAIR: The bill passes. Senator Looney. Hold on, Mr. Clerk. Senator Looney. SEN. LOONEY: Yes, thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I would move for suspension for an immediate transmittal to the House of Representatives of Calendar 110, Senate Bill 301 acted on earlier in the session, An Act Concerning The Department Of Motor Vehicles. THE CHAIR: The motion is on suspension. Hearing and seeing no objection, so ordered, Sir. SEN. LOONEY: Thank you, Mr. President. So I would move for immediate transmittal of that item. THE CHAIR: 000603 100 krs HIGHER EDUCATION AND March 4, 2008 EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT REP. ADINOLFI: I think we might even go further with this and maybe we can get our Congressional and House of Representatives basically to do something with the GI Bill to cover this, or maybe we can share it. But this is something we should look at, because they don't expect it and they get this surprise at the end of semester. Thank you for-- REP PAWELKIEWICZ: Thank you. REP. ADINOLFI: --the other bill I'm here for is Raised Senate Bill 469, AN ACT CONCERNING THE ^LEGION OF CHRIST COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES. You might recall, last year this bill came up in the House for accreditation. It did pass unanimously. Due to time constraints, it just did not come up in the Senate. So we're back here today. Again, I would like to say that I have had the privilege of knowing the Legionaries for Christ for over 25 years-- REP.
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