2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 2-1. Regular sessions; organization.
Sec. 2-1. Regular sessions; organization. There shall be a regular session of the
General Assembly held at Hartford in each year. In the odd-numbered years, such session
shall commence on the Wednesday following the first Monday of January. The Senate
and House of Representatives, when any such session is to be held, shall convene at
their respective chambers in the Capitol on the day named, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
when the secretary shall call the Senate to order and administer the official oath to the
senators present. The speaker of the preceding House of Representatives shall, at the
same hour, call the House of Representatives to order and administer the official oath
to the members present. In the absence of such speaker, the House of Representatives
shall be called to order and said oath administered by the member present who was the
senior member of any previous House of Representatives. The secretary, and the person
calling the House of Representatives to order, shall have the powers of the president of
the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, until said officers
have been elected. In the even-numbered years, such session shall commence on the
Wednesday following the first Monday of February on which day the Senate and House
of Representatives shall convene at their respective chambers in the Capitol at ten
o'clock in the forenoon.
History: 1972 act provided for annual sessions of general assembly and established opening dates for odd and even-year sessions.
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