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Republican
· Senator
Stephen Harding
Represents District 30 in the State Senate.
Votes with Republicans
88%
on 174 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 89%
Cast a vote
95%
Yea or Nay on 564 of 592 roll calls · Senate median 98%
Their bills that became law
0 of 9
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
592
2026 General Assembly
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 General Assembly.
How Stephen Harding votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Stephen Harding sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Stephen Harding is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
21 of 174 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB05567 · An Act Concerning Health Care In The Department Of Correction Facilities.
In plain English Establishes medical positions in the correction ombudsman office, improves medication administration and health care safeguards, reimburses nursing student loans, audits nutrition services, and creates a medical oversight board for correction facilities.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-24 · Passed 45–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB00476 · An Act Concerning Visitation Policies Of The Department Of Correction And The Transfer Of Funds Held In Trust By The Department Of Correction To Persons Who Were Formerly Incarcerated.
In plain English Requires the Department of Correction to establish minimum in-person visitation for incarcerated people and transfer trust funds to formerly incarcerated persons.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-24 · Passed 44–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB00485 · An Act Expanding The Address Confidentiality Program To Shield Land Records And Include Private Entities.
Senate Roll Call Vote 139 · 2026-04-22 · Passed 26–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB00498 · An Act Concerning Penalties For Tardy Paychecks For Personal Care Attendants And Expanding Public Access To State Programs.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 44–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB00497 · An Act Providing Food Security For Veterans, Transitional Nutrition Assistance For Other Persons Affected By Federal Program Cuts, A Food As Medicine Waiver Program, Meals On Wheels Provider Rate Increases And Aligning Nutrition Assistance Applications With Federal Regulations.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 46–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB05148 · An Act Concerning The Existence Of And Methods Of Addressing Racial Imbalance In Public Schools.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 44–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB05557 · An Act Concerning A Plan To Revise The Definition Of Intellectual Disability And The Establishment Of Working Groups On American Sign Language Education And Nonemergency Medical Transportation Reimbursement.
In plain English Modifies eligibility criteria for assistance programs administered by the Department of Developmental Services.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 46–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB05558 · An Act Concerning The Department Of Developmental Services' Abuse And Neglect Investigations.
In plain English Requires the Department of Developmental Services to provide abuse and neglect investigation reports to family members unless they are suspects, and to evaluate background checks and investigation timeliness.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 45–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB05358 · An Act Concerning The Rebasing Of Rates Of Reimbursement For Certain Residential Facilities.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 45–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB05514 · An Act Concerning Various Revisions To The Public Health Statutes.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-04-17 · Passed 44–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SR00010 · Resolution Approving The Settlement Agreement In Isaiah Lindsay, Et Al. V. Nancy Navaretta In Her Official Capacity As Commissioner Of The Department Of Mental Health And Addiction Services, Et Al.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Senate) · 2026-04-14 · Passed 8–6
SB00457 · An Act Concerning The State's Bottle Bill.
In plain English Requires a beverage container stewardship program, examines state-specific labeling requirements, sets distributor pickup timelines, and restricts container transshipment and short bagging practices.
ENV Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · 2026-03-18 · Passed 19–15
SR00012 · Resolution Proposing Approval Of An Agreement Between The State Of Connecticut And The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (sebac).
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Senate) · 2026-04-24 · Passed 10–4
SR00011 · Resolution Proposing Approval Of A Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The University Of Connecticut Board Of Trustees And The Graduate Employee Union Local 6950 – International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace And Agricultural Implement Workers Of America.
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Senate) · 2026-04-20 · Passed 10–4
HB05521 · An Act Concerning Sterile Cultivars, Application Requirements For The Use Of Certain Materials As Fill And The Revision Of Certain Housing-related Statutes.
In plain English Allows the sale and distribution of sterile plant varieties and requires review of certain energy facilities regardless of their use for sterile plant propagation.
ENV Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) · 2026-03-18 · Passed 20–14
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Susan JohnsonDemocrat · District 49 · 56 shared contested votes
50%
Jimmy SánchezDemocrat · District 6 · 59 shared contested votes
47%
Gregg HaddadDemocrat · District 54 · 58 shared contested votes
47%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (28 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Stephen Harding was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced9
Out of committee0
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee9
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 0 bills that became law this session.
An Act Concerning Funding For School-based Mental Health Services In Certain Rural Areas.
To offset decreases in federal funding for school-based mental health services in the northwest part of the state.
Not out of committeePublic Hearing 03/05 · 2026-02-27
An Act Reducing Certain Personal Income Tax Marginal Rates.
To reduce the two lowest marginal rates for the personal income tax from (1) two per cent to zero, and (2) from four and one-half per cent to three per cent, for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of less than one hundred thousand dollars for…
Not out of committeePublic Hearing 02/27 · 2026-02-20
An Act Eliminating Various Occupational And Professional License, Permit, Certification And Registration Fees.
To eliminate various occupational and professional license, permit, certification and registration fees.
Not out of committeePublic Hearing 02/23 · 2026-02-19
An Act Concerning Personal Income Tax Refunds.
To require moneys to be transferred from the Budget Reserve Fund to the General Fund and used to provide personal income tax refunds to taxpayers.
Not out of committeeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding · 2026-02-11
An Act Establishing A Refundable Credit Against The Personal Income Tax For The Amount Of Motor Vehicle Property Tax Paid.
To (1) establish a refundable credit against the personal income tax for the amount of motor vehicle property tax paid for a taxable year by taxpayers with adjusted gross income of less than one hundred thousand dollars for single filers and less than two hundred…
Not out of committeeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding · 2026-02-09
An Act Requiring The Establishment Of The Learn Here, Live Here Program, Increasing The Annual Expenditure On Such Program And Making Such Program Available To Certain Individuals.
To: (1) Require the establishment of the Learn Here, Live Here program; (2) increase the annual expenditure on such program to not more than five million dollars; and (3) make such program available only to individuals whose annual federal adjusted gross income is not more…
Not out of committeeReferred to Joint Committee on Commerce · 2026-02-04
An Act Concerning Funding For Rural Hospitals.
To provide residents in rural communities with vital health care services.
Not out of committeeReferred to Joint Committee on Appropriations · 2026-02-04
An Act Authorizing Bonds Of The State For The Enhancement And Extension Of High-speed Broadband Internet Access In Rural Communities.
To provide funding to improve access to quality Internet and cellular telephone service in rural communities.
Not out of committeeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding · 2026-02-04
An Act Establishing A Tax Credit For Dairy Farmers.
To establish a tax credit in the amount of twenty million dollars in the aggregate for dairy farmers, to offset cyclical downturns in milk prices paid to such farmers.
Not out of committeeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding · 2026-02-04
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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HJ00073 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Sean O. Kehoe, Esquire, Of West Hartford To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 304)
HB05125 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Entertainment Event Tickets. (Senate Roll Call Vote 325)
HB05578 · 2026-05-06
An Act Amending A Conveyance Of A Parcel Of State Land To The Chesprocott Health District. (Senate Roll Call Vote 314)
HB05431 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Cooperative Corporations. (Senate Roll Call Vote 330)
HB05464 · 2026-05-06
An Act Implementing Recommendations From The Department Of Transportation And Concerning Vegetation Management Guidelines, Transportation Network Companies And Rider Safety, Traffic Signal Modernization Grant Program, Encampments, Marine Pilot License Fees, Motor Vehicle Mechanical Equipment, Distracted Driving, A Task Force To Study Access To Parking For Home Health Agencies And A Working Group To Study Use Of Alternative Fuels And Technologies In School Bus Fleets. (Senate Roll Call Vote 293)
HB05583 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Conveyance Of Parcels Of State Land In The Town Of Derby. (Senate Roll Call Vote 317)
HJ00057 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Accepting The Recommendation Of The Claims Commissioner To Make Payment In Excess Of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars With Respect To The Claim Against The State Of Clifford Beers Community Health Partners, Llc O/b/o Youth Continuum, Llc. (Senate Roll Call Vote 309)
HB05222 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Consumer Protection, Cannabis, Data Privacy, Fire Inspections, Criminal Mischief And Artificial Intelligence. (Senate Roll Call Vote 299)
HB05534 · 2026-05-06
An Act Designating The State As The Birthplace Of The Boys And Girls Club Movement, The State Amphibian And The State Rock. (Senate Roll Call Vote 324)
HB05155 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Pesticide Reporting Modernization. (Senate Roll Call Vote 322)
HB05143 · 2026-05-06
An Act Requiring Training For Homemaker-companion Agency Employees. (Senate Roll Call Vote 319)
HB05215 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Legislative Commissioners' Recommendations For Technical Revisions To The Education And Early Childhood Statutes. (Senate Roll Call Vote 333)
HB05575 · 2026-05-06
An Act Conveying A Parcel Of State Land To The City Of Shelton. (Senate Roll Call Vote 312)
SB00342 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Health Coverage. (Senate Roll Call Vote 298)
SB00477 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Failure To File For Certain Grand List Exemptions, A Municipal Option To Abate Delinquent Property Taxes On Certain Parcels Of Land, Allocations Of Certain State Funds And Items Implementing The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2027. (Senate Roll Call Vote 295)
SB00477 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Failure To File For Certain Grand List Exemptions, A Municipal Option To Abate Delinquent Property Taxes On Certain Parcels Of Land, Allocations Of Certain State Funds And Items Implementing The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2027. (Senate Roll Call Vote 297)
SB00477 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Failure To File For Certain Grand List Exemptions, A Municipal Option To Abate Delinquent Property Taxes On Certain Parcels Of Land, Allocations Of Certain State Funds And Items Implementing The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2027. (Senate Roll Call Vote 296)
SB00477 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Failure To File For Certain Grand List Exemptions, A Municipal Option To Abate Delinquent Property Taxes On Certain Parcels Of Land, Allocations Of Certain State Funds And Items Implementing The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2027. (Senate Roll Call Vote 294)
HJ00067 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Sean P. Mcguinness, Esquire, Of Norwalk To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 300)
HB05163 · 2026-05-06
An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study Methods And Programs For Improving Affordability For Children, Families And Young Professionals. (Senate Roll Call Vote 327)
HB05574 · 2026-05-06
An Act Amending A Conveyance Of A Parcel Of State Land To The Town Of Hamden. (Senate Roll Call Vote 311)
HJ00077 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Rosemarie T. Weber, Esquire, Of Granby To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 306)
HB05579 · 2026-05-06
An Act Amending A Conveyance Of Parcels Of State Land To The Town Of Cheshire. (Senate Roll Call Vote 315)
HB05334 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Riparian Areas. (Senate Roll Call Vote 337)
HB05208 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Data Security, Payroll Processing, Consumer Fraud Protection, Mortgage Loans And Employee Credit Rates. (Senate Roll Call Vote 331)
HB05481 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning A Pilot Program To Treat Certain Medicaid Patients At A Short-term Hospital Special Hospice. (Senate Roll Call Vote 332)
HJ00068 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Nisa J. Khan, Esquire, Of West Hartford To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 301)
HJ00076 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Patrick T. Ring, Esquire, Of Windsor To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 305)
HJ00069 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Patrick M. Fahey, Esquire, Of South Glastonbury To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 302)
HB05291 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Department Of Emergency Services And Public Protection's Recommendations Regarding Various Statutes Relating To Public Safety. (Senate Roll Call Vote 329)
HB05532 · 2026-05-06
An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Office Of State Ethics For Revisions To The State Codes Of Ethics, Redefining "gift" For Purposes Of Said Codes And Increasing Various Monetary Thresholds In Said Codes. (Senate Roll Call Vote 349)
HB05525 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning A Rapid Response Program For Certain Aquatic Invasive Species. (Senate Roll Call Vote 323)
HB05577 · 2026-05-06
An Act Amending A Conveyance Of A Parcel Of Land To The Town Of Somers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 313)
HJ00072 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Campbell Barrett, Esquire, Of Durham To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 303)
HB05373 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Insurance Department's Recommendations For Revisions To The Insurance Statutes. (Senate Roll Call Vote 346)
HB05381 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Unlawful Funeral Service Practices. (Senate Roll Call Vote 336)
HB05476 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Oversight Of Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking And The Use Of Confidential Crisis Hotlines At Correctional Institutions. (Senate Roll Call Vote 321)
HB05447 · 2026-05-06
An Act Implementing Recommendations Of The Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy And Planning Committee. (Senate Roll Call Vote 320)
HB05126 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning The Legislative Commissioners' Recommendations For Minor And Technical Revisions To Statutes Concerning Consumer Protection. (Senate Roll Call Vote 326)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 345)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 344)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 343)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 342)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 341)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 340)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 339)
HB05043 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Convertible Pistols, Unfinished Frames Or Unfinished Lower Receivers, Voluntary Relinquishment Of Firearms And Ammunition And Refundability Of Permits For Sale At Retail Of Firearms And For Carrying Of Pistols And Revolvers. (Senate Roll Call Vote 338)
HB05141 · 2026-05-06
An Act Requiring Fear Of Retaliation Training For Persons Providing Assisted Living Services In Managed Residential Communities. (Senate Roll Call Vote 318)
SB00469 · 2026-05-06
An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The State Contracting Standards Board. (Senate Roll Call Vote 353)
HJ00042 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Vacating The Decision Of The Claims Commissioner To Deny The Claim Against The State Of Evan Clark, Ppa, Christopher Clark And Granting The Claimant Permission To Sue The State. (Senate Roll Call Vote 308)
HB05580 · 2026-05-06
An Act Amending A Prior Conveyance Of A Parcel Of State Land To The Town Of Stratford To Permit The Parcel To Be Sold, Transferred Or Leased. (Senate Roll Call Vote 316)
SB00323 · 2026-05-06
An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Office Of State Ethics For Revisions To The State Codes Of Ethics. (Senate Roll Call Vote 352)
HJ00078 · 2026-05-06
Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Justine L. Whalen, Esquire, Of Branford To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. (Senate Roll Call Vote 307)
HB05312 · 2026-05-06
An Act Establishing A Civil Action For The Office Of The Attorney General And A Private Right Of Action For Victims Of Unlawful Dissemination Of A Synthetically Created Intimate Image. (Senate Roll Call Vote 351)
HB05401 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Revisions To The State Building Code, State Fire Prevention Code And Fire Safety Code. (Senate Roll Call Vote 335)
HB05229 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Gaming. (Senate Roll Call Vote 359)
SB00483 · 2026-05-06
An Act Establishing The Crime Of Digital Defrauding. (Senate Roll Call Vote 360)
HB05336 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Advanced Nuclear Energy. (Senate Roll Call Vote 347)
HB05562 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Various Revisions To Human Services Statutes. (Senate Roll Call Vote 356)
HB05377 · 2026-05-06
An Act Concerning Return Of Health Care Provider Payments. (Senate Roll Call Vote 350)
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