Connecticut General Statutes approved by the House of Representatives.

This may be an incredibly boring thing to write about, but it is a very important part of the process of making sure that the laws of the state make sense (as much as possible).

Today, the state House of Representatives approved House Bill 6392. It is a simple bill. Here is the entire text:

Volumes 1 to 13, inclusive, of the general statutes of Connecticut, revised to 1958, consolidated, codified, arranged and revised to January 1, 2007, by the legislative commissioners under the provisions of subsection (g) of section 2-56 of the general statutes and published under the title "The General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958, Revised to January 1, 2007", including the consolidation, codification, arrangement and revision of the public acts of the state from 1959 through 2006, inclusive, are adopted, ratified, confirmed and enacted.

Every two years, a nonpartisan office that works for the legislature, called the Office of the Legislative Commissioners takes all of the laws approved by the legislature in the last two years and "codifies" it. Simply put, they rewrite the thirteen volume collection of laws so that it reflects the changes made during the past two-year term of the state legislature.

But, in order for this new Connecticut General Statutes to really be the laws of the state, the legislature must actually approve it. So, while it is a non-controversial item, it is no exaggeration to say that, today, the House of Representatives approved all of the laws of the state.