Connecticut State Senate

Connecticut State Senate
Connecticut General Assembly
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Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 4, 2023
Leadership
Susan Bysiewicz (D)
since January 9, 2019
Martin Looney (D)
since January 7, 2015
Majority Leader
Bob Duff (D)
since January 7, 2015
Minority Leader
Stephen Harding (R)
since February 16, 2024
Structure
Seats36
Political groups
Majority
  •   Democratic (24)

Minority

Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle III, Section 1, Connecticut Constitution
Salary$40,000/year
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2022
(36 seats)
Next election
November 5, 2024
(36 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative Control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber
Connecticut State Capitol
Hartford, Connecticut
Website
Connecticut State Senate

The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits. The Connecticut State Senate is one of 14 state legislative upper houses whose members serve two-year terms; four-year terms are more common.

As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state's executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions and boards. Unlike a majority of U.S. state legislatures, both the Connecticut House of Representatives and the State Senate vote on the composition to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

The Senate meets within the State Capitol in Hartford.