CT Senate sends new biennial budget to Lamont’s desk

CT Mirror – Wednesday, June 4, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

The Senate gave final approval late Tuesday to a biennial budget that prioritizes children, dramatically scales back a pledged boost to health care providers who treat the poor and relies on accounting maneuvers to comply with the constitutional spending cap.

The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 25-11 along party lines to adopt the $55.8 billion two-year budget, which now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont for his expected signature. But the plan still may be tweaked before the General Assembly adjourns at midnight Wednesday because of problems with a related hospital tax increase.

The package, which the House approved minutes after midnight Tuesday, would boost funds for nonprofit social service agencies two years from now and increase taxes on corporations.

A last-minute adjustment to the tax hospital tax

Despite the Senate’s vote, the legislature’s work on the next state budget likely won’t be completed until Wednesday, the last day of the regular 2025 session.

That’s because Lamont, following a meeting Tuesday morning with hospitals, agreed to slice $90 million off a $375 million tax increase included in the new budget.

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