Connecticut State House
Connecticut State House behind Civil War monument
in the State House park
In 1662 Connecticut received a royal
charter. In 1818 the state adopted a new constitution. The state's present
constitution was adopted in 1965. To become a law, a proposed constitutional
amendment must receive at least a three-fourths majority vote in both houses of
the state legislature or be approved by a majority in both houses in two
consecutive legislative sessions and must be approved by a majority of voters.
State Capitol of Connecticut
The General Assembly, as the state legislature is called, consists of a 36-member Senate and a 151-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses are elected for two-year terms. The General Assembly meets in Hartford every year.
Text from Microsoft Encarta
Entrance to the State House area
Israel Putnam, a Connecticut Patriot
Horace Bushnell Memorial theater
square across from the State House
