Melissa Osborne
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Complete Vote History
Paid Union Strikes House
SB8 Paid Union Strikes (passed 89 to 59 on 5/30/25). Amends Connecticut law to expand welfare entitlements, allowing workers participating in a labor strike to receive unemployment payments.
Care-facility Mandate House
HB6913 Care-facility Mandate (passed 26 to 10 on 5/22/25). Prohibits long-term care facilities from discriminating against residents based on “gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,” and “human immunodeficiency virus status.”
HB7213 Contraceptives for Children (passed 117 to 27 on 5/1/25). Allows minors to consent to reproductive health services related to pregnancy and pregnancy prevention without parental consent or notification.
HB7042 Firearm-manufacturer Lawfare (passed 100 to 46 on 4/30/25). Enacts the “Firearm Industry Responsibility Act” which requires firearm-industry members to adopt broadly defined “reasonable controls," and allows civil action in the superior court against firearm-industry members.
HB7042 Firearm-manufacturer Lawfare (passed 100 to 46 on 4/30/25). Enacts the “Firearm Industry Responsibility Act” which requires firearm-industry members to adopt broadly defined “reasonable controls," and allows civil action in the superior court against firearm-industry members.
Con-Con Rescission House
HJ49 Con-Con Rescission (passed 145 to 0 on 4/28/25). Rescinds prior applications for an Article V constitutional convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
HJ67 Environmental Conservation Plan (passed 106 to 40 on 3/5/25). Adopts the “Connecticut Conservation & Development Policies Plan 2025-2030,” prepared by the Office of Policy and Management.
SB248 Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission (passed 147 to 0 on 5/8/2024). Establishes the Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission to “advance bilateral trade and investment,” “initiate joint action on policy issues,” and “encourage mutual economic support.”
SB248 Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission (passed 147 to 0 on 5/8/2024). Establishes the Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission to “advance bilateral trade and investment,” “initiate joint action on policy issues,” and “encourage mutual economic support.”
SB5 Expanding State-Subsidized Child Care (passed 120 to 24 on 5/7/2024). Expands eligibility for the Care 4 Kids program to Medicaid recipients.
HB5422 "Hate Crime" Community Service Mandate (passed 140 to 6 on 4/30/2024). Would require that anyone convicted of a “hate crime” to attend “anti-bias” training or participate in a community service program.
HJ217 Federal Child Labor Amendment (adopted 88 to 56 on 4/30/2024). Would ratify the proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to grant Congress the power to “limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age.”
HB5003 Increasing Access to "Food Stamps" (passed 149 to 0 on 4/30/2024). Streamlines cross-enrollment of children in federal and state “food and nutrition” assistance programs.
HB5412 Marriage Licenses for Illegal Aliens (passed 109 to 39 on 4/17/2024). Would prohibit local vital-records offices from inquiring about a marriage license applicant’s citizenship or immigration status.
Green Energy House
SB1147 Green Energy (Passed 109 to 41 on 6/7/2023). Enhances the environmental and public health considerations made under the state's environmental justice statute.
State Student Loan Grant House
HB6901 State Student Loan Grant (Passed 114 to 33 on 6/1/2023). Establishes a pilot program to reimburse certain professionals for student loan payments.
"Reproductive Health" House
SB1108 "Reproductive Health" (Passed 114 to 34 on 6/1/2023). Requires public higher education boards to establish a plan, ensuring "reproductive health care services" for residential campus students.
HB6638 Defining "Sexual Orientation" (Passed 132 to 17 on 5/9/2023). Redefines "sexual orientation" to mean a person's "identity" in relation to the gender or genders to which they are romantically, emotionally, or sexually attracted, and adds "age" as a protected class.
HB6638 Defining "Sexual Orientation" (Passed 132 to 17 on 5/9/2023). Redefines "sexual orientation" to mean a person's "identity" in relation to the gender or genders to which they are romantically, emotionally, or sexually attracted, and adds "age" as a protected class.
HB6752 Embracing Digital Currency (Passed 129 to 14 on 5/4/2023). Empowers the Banking Commissioner to regulate digital asset business practices, defines key terms like "virtual currency address," "virtual currency kiosk," and "virtual currency wallet," and sets forth requirements for virtual currency kiosk owners/operators to enhance transparency and consumer protection.
HB6752 Embracing Digital Currency (Passed 129 to 14 on 5/4/2023). Empowers the Banking Commissioner to regulate digital asset business practices, defines key terms like "virtual currency address," "virtual currency kiosk," and "virtual currency wallet," and sets forth requirements for virtual currency kiosk owners/operators to enhance transparency and consumer protection.
Medicaid Expansion House
HB6587 Medicaid Expansion (Passed 129 to 16 on 5/3/2023). Provides Medicaid coverage, to the extent permissible under federal law, for diapers.
