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Senate Bill 397, An Act Concerning Democracy And Government Accountability, is on its way to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk after passing the House 91-53. Every Republican voted against it as did Democratic representatives Jill Barry of Glastonbury, Michael DiGiovancarlo of Waterbury, William Heffernan of West Haven and Christopher Poulos of Southington.

Debate on the bill began Thursday, but the lengthy deliberations, including 10 failed Republican amendments, meant the vote did not happen until Friday afternoon.

“This is a very difficult time of year,” House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said Friday before the session convened. “Everybodys very tired. There’s a lot of emotions. There’s internal disagreements in caucuses, there are external disagreements.”

Ritter and House Majority Leader Jason Rojas of East Hartford said emotions ran high during the debate and the two had to “pull everybody back from the brink.”

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