
Witkos, Kevin
8th District (R)
Senate Republican President Pro Tempore

- 860-240-8800
- Kevin.Witkos@cga.ct.gov
Towns Represented
Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby (p), Hartland, Harwinton (p), New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington (p)
Committees
Finance, Revenue and Bonding (Ranking Member); General Law (Ranking Member); Executive and Legislative Nominations; Legislative Management
Voting Record
Year | Vote Name | Score |
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2019 |
2019 Budget
HB 7424
Favorable vote indicates support for the budget which increased ECS funds, excluded a proposal to shift the teacher pension costs to municipalities, and restructured the unfunded liability of the Teachers' Retirement Fund. |
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2019 |
Minority Teacher Recruitment
SB 1022
Favorable vote indicates support for SDE's development and implementation of strategies and use of existing resources to hire and employ minority teachers. |
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2019 |
Black and Latino Studies
HB 7082
Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of Black and Latino studies in the public school curriculum. |
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2019 |
School Climate
HB 7215
Favorable vote indicates support for the development of a statewide school climate survey,addressing social-emotional learning, and taking steps to make schools safer by expanding the definition of bullying to acts causing physical or emotional harm on any individual in a school, including staff. |
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2019 |
School Play
HB 7250
Favorable vote indicates support for inclusion of additional time for undirected play in the school day. |
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2019 |
School Counselors
SB 956
Favorable vote indicates support for the development of guidelines for a comprehensive school counseling program for all students. |
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2019 |
Cultural Responsiveness
SB 1020
Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of cultural responsiveness in training and professional development provided to teachers. |
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2019 |
IEP Retaliation
HB 7353
Favorable vote indicates support for establishing protections to ensure educators who make recommendations in IEP's and PPT's are not retaliated against. |
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2018 |
Classroom Safety
SB 453
Favorable vote indicates support for a bill providing greater teacher input and access to resources to address incidents where a student causes physical harm to others in the classroom. (Passed; Vetoed) |
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2018 |
Veto Override on Classroom Safety
SB 453
Favorable vote supported a procedural action to permit a future vote to override the governor's veto of the Classroom Safety Bill. |
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2018 |
Prohibition of Governor's Recissions
HB 5171
Favorable vote indicates support of a bill that would prevent the governor from unilaterally making mid-year reductions to the education cost sharing grant for cities and towns without legislative approval. (Passed; Vetoed) |
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2018 |
Veto Override of Prohibition of Governor's Recissions
HB 5171
Favorable vote indicates support of a bill in the Education Committee that would prevent the governor from unilaterall1 making mid-1ear reductions to the education cost sharing grant for cities and towns without legislative approval. (Passed; Vetoed) |
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2018 |
Displaced Students from Puerto Rico
SB 456
Favorable vote indicates support of a bill in the Education Committee that would prevent the governor from unilaterall1 making mid-1ear reductions to the education cost sharing grant for cities and towns without legislative approval. (Passed; Vetoed) |
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2018 |
CT Lottery to the Retirement System
SB 280
Favorable vote indicates support for studying a proposal to preserve retirement benefits and strengthen the financial position of the Teachers Retirement System using the full value of the state's lottery system. |
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2018 |
2018 Budget Bill
HB 543
Favorable vote rejected governor's proposal to reduce ECS by $63m and Magnet School funding by $18.5m from FY19 enacted amounts. It restored $8.5m funding to teacher retiree health and $1.5m to TEAM. |
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2018 |
DREAMERS
SB 4
Favorable vote indicates support for a bill that allows undocumented graduates of high schools in Connecticut aka ("Dreamers") be eligible for tuition assistance at public colleges and universities in the state. |
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2018 |
Minority Teacher Recruitment
SB 455
Favorable vote supported a version of legislation that promoted minority teacher recruitment and retention without diminishing the value of teacher certification. Prior versions would have undermined the teacher evaluation system and awarded certification without adequate preparation. |
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2017 |
October Budget and ECS
SB 1502
Favorable vote prevented deeper ECS cuts proposed b1 the governor and staved off efforts to undermine collective bargaining. Opposition (passed SB 1502) |
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2017 |
Teacher Pension Increase
SB 1502
Favorable vote indicates opposition to increasing teachers contrubution to the TRF from 6% to 7%. (SB 1502) |
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2017 |
September Budget
HB 7501
Favorable vote indicates opposition to provisions of this bill that: Increased Teacher Pension contribution to 8%; redistributed ECS to the detriment of needier districts; limited state employee collective bargaining; and undermined municipal collective bargaining. (Passed HB 7501; vetoed) |
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2017 |
SEBAC
SR 51
Favorable vote i0dicated support of state emplo1ee collective bargai0i0g. Oppositio0 sought to u0dermi0e the collective bargai0i0g process. (Passed; HR 202 & SR 51) |