In its annual accounting of how state legislators voted on key business-related bills, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association found that the General Assembly took a step back in 2025.
In its annual accounting of how state legislators voted on key business-related bills, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association found that the General Assembly took a step back in 2025.
The
scorecard, released Wednesday, illustrates how legislators voted in 2025, either in committee or on the Senate or House floors, on a series of 12 bills determined as key for business by CBIA.
“These bills reflect just a fraction of the legislation that was addressed during the session,” said Chris DiPentima, CBIA president and CEO. “But they were chosen based on their potential impact — positive or negative — on job growth and the state’s competitiveness and economic outlook.”
The bills addressed issues for the state’s economy such as the high cost of living and doing business, workforce growth, healthcare affordability and regulatory reform.
DiPentima noted that bipartisanship and collaboration took another step back in 2025 with fewer legislators receiving 100% scores than they had in 2024.
This year, a total of 57 legislators received perfect scores, including 47 in the House (which has 151 members) and 10 in the Senate (which has 36 members). The total includes just two Democrats, both in the House.
All of those numbers were down from 2024, when 68 legislators received perfect scores, including 55 in the House and 13 in the Senate. Those totals included three Democrats in the House and one in the Senate.
CBIA designates any legislator with a 100% score as a “jobs champion.”
DiPentima said the legislation addressed during the 2025 session created an uncertain economic future for the state.
That includes the two-year, $55.8 billion budget passed by lawmakers, which works around the fiscal guardrails, hikes spending by $2.6 billion, and includes more than $357 million in business tax increases.
“Unfortunately, too many legislators failed to meet the moment to make the tough decisions to ensure Connecticut’s long-term fiscal health and growth,” he said.
