Connecticut House · 2026 Regular Session
HB 5035: An Act Requiring School Districts to Ban Cellular Phones in the Classroom
Passage · April 27, 2026 · Yeas 117, nays 31 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Matt Ritter voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- HB 5035
- Motion
- Passage
- Date
- April 27, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 117, nays 31; 3 didn't vote
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
The record: the Journal (PDF) ↗
The measure on the General Assembly's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (117)
- Tim Ackert R-8
- Raghib Allie-Brennan D-2
- Héctor Arzeno D-151
- Andre Baker D-124
- Jill Barry D-31
- Kai Belton D-100
- Aimee Berger-Girvalo D-111
- Patrick Biggins D-11
- Matt Blumenthal D-147
- Seth Bronko R-70
- Kevin Brown D-56
- Aundré Bumgardner D-41
- Larry Butler D-72
- Juan Candelaria D-95
- Vin Candelora R-86
- Joe Canino R-65
- Devin Carney R-23
- Brandon Chafee D-33
- Eilish Collins Main D-146
- Robin Comey D-102
- Julio Concepción D-4
- Savet Constantine D-42
- Lucy Dathan D-142
- Dave DeFronzo D-26
- Eleni DeGraw D-17
- Hubert Delany D-144
- Tom Delnicki R-14
- Mike Demicco D-21
- Michael DiGiovancarlo D-74
- Pat Dillon D-92
- Jason Doucette D-13
- Josh Elliott D-88
- Tammy Exum D-19
- Kate Farrar D-20
- Jack Fazzino D-83
- Tone Felipe D-130
- Mary Fortier D-79
- Jaime Foster D-57
- Dan Gaiewski D-40
- Jane Garibay D-60
- Nick Gauthier D-38
- Fred Gee D-126
- Henry Genga D-10
- Jill Gilchrest D-18
- Bob Godfrey D-110
- Minnie Gonzalez D-3
- Joe Gresko D-121
- Ken Gucker D-138
- Gregg Haddad D-54
- Carol Hall R-59
- Joshua Hall D-7
- Bill Heffernan D-115
- Maria Horn D-64
- Joe Hoxha R-78
- Anne Hughes D-135
- Jonathan Jacobson D-148
- Arnie Jensen R-131
- Dominique Johnson D-143
- Susan Johnson D-49
- Sarah Keitt D-134
- Maryam Khan D-5
- Brian Lanoue R-45
- Jenn Leeper D-132
- Roland Lemar D-96
- Geoff Luxenberg D-12
- Tracy Marra R-141
- Rebecca Martinez D-22
- Cristin McCarthy Vahey D-133
- Treneé McGee D-116
- Ben McGorty R-122
- Nick Menapace D-37
- Steve Meskers D-150
- Amy Morrin Bello D-28
- Renee Muir D-36
- Mary Mushinsky D-85
- Ron Napoli D-73
- Anthony Nolan D-39
- Tammy Nuccio R-53
- Tom O'Dea R-125
- Melissa Osborne D-16
- Al Paolillo D-97
- Corey Paris D-145
- John-Michael Parker D-101
- Larry Pemberton D-139
- Bill Pizzuto R-71
- Joe Polletta R-68
- Chris Poulos D-81
- Michael Quinn D-82
- Moira Rader D-98
- Geraldo Reyes D-75
- Matt Ritter D-1
- Kadeem Roberts D-137
- Kara Rochelle D-104
- Jason Rojas D-9
- Amy Romano R-113
- Christopher Rosario D-128
- Dave Rutigliano R-123
- Manny Sanchez D-24
- John Santanella D-58
- Hilda Santiago D-84
- Farley Santos D-109
- Kaitlyn Shake D-120
- M.J. Shannon D-117
- Travis Simms D-140
- Frank Smith D-118
- Steve Stafstrom D-129
- Jonathan Steinberg D-136
- Chris Stewart R-51
- Laurie Sweet D-91
- Iris Sánchez D-25
- Jimmy Sánchez D-6
- Gary Turco D-27
- Toni Walker D-93
- Mary Welander D-114
- Derell Wilson D-46
- Steven Winter D-94
- Tami Zawistowski R-61
Nay (31)
- Mark Anderson R-62
- Chris Aniskovich R-35
- Mitch Bolinsky R-106
- Pat Boyd D-50
- Marcus Brown D-127
- Jason Buchsbaum R-69
- Billy Buckbee R-67
- Pat Callahan R-108
- Christie Carpino R-32
- Jay Case R-63
- Tina Courpas R-149
- Anne Dauphinais R-44
- Mark DeCaprio R-48
- Doug Dubitsky R-47
- Marty Foncello R-107
- Irene Haines R-34
- Greg Howard R-43
- Kathy Kennedy R-119
- Nicole Klarides-Ditria R-105
- Liz Linehan D-103
- Gale Mastrofrancesco R-80
- Cara Pavalock-D'Amato R-77
- John Piscopo R-76
- Karen Reddington-Hughes R-66
- Tony Scott R-112
- Kurt Vail R-52
- Donna Veach R-30
- Steve Weir R-55
- Dave Yaccarino R-87
- Joe Zullo R-99
- Lezlye Zupkus R-89
Not voting (3)
- Craig Fishbein R-90
- Bobby Gibson D-15
- Kerry Wood D-29