Besides housing? Here’s what else is in store for Lamont’s special session

The proclamation compels the special session to begin this Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. — even as the Governor eyes a 3rd term

The Governor has called the Legislature into special session; while housing comprises a huge controversy, don’t miss what else state leaders are discussing:

• authorizing temporary adjustments to the Budget Reserve Fund
• a monthly telecommunications surcharge to support the Firefighters Cancer Relief Program
• improving access to and coordination of children’s behavioral health services
• establishing procedures governing law enforcement detentions and arrests on courthouse grounds, prohibiting the use of masks or other facial coverings by officers engaged in enforcement actions
• authorize the University of Connecticut Health Center to establish subsidiaries or joint ventures to acquire, operate, fund, or improve hospitals
• that employees of entities acquired, operated, funded, or improved by the University of Connecticut Health Center Joint Venture Initiative are not [its] employees;
• authorizing the Initiative, through a governing body, to establish compensation and personnel policies without regard to chapter 68; and
• clarifying that neither the Initiative nor any hospital systems it acquires, operates, funds, or improves shall not be an employer as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270 of the general statutes.
• amending section 9-50b of the general statutes to establish clear procedures for the Secretary of the State and registrars of voters to implement new redistricting plans, correct districting errors, and provide written notice to voters when polling places are changed as a result of such corrections

Regarding the monthly surcharge, legislators are revising the effective date, the timeline for implementation, and deciding how consumers can opt out.

Redistricting plans are historically drawn up by the legislature, via town clerks; more on the process here.

In recent years, there has been a notable surge in hospitals and healthcare systems entering into joint ventures with private equity groups. The joint venture with the University of Connecticut could spell trouble with the

With the recent scandals surrounding the Governor’s budget director, and a state police lieutenant, a special session could indicate Lamont is worried. If he fails to earn a 3rd term, his opportunities to enact policies are dwindling.