The Connecticut Business & Industry Association, a leading business advocacy group in the state, has given state Rep. Kathy Kennedy (R-119) earned a 100 percent voting score in the 2022 legislative session based on her support of several new pro-business laws.
“It is a great honor to be recognized as an advocate for Connecticut businesses,” Kennedy said in response to the CBIA report. “Connecticut has become more unaffordable, forcing businesses to raise prices and spend more to survive. It’s my priority to reduce unwanted business mandates that hinder economic growth in our state.”
Each year the CBIA rates Connecticut lawmakers’ voting records in committee or on the House floor concerning an array of “key bills” determined by the association on Connecticut’s business environment and economic stability. Tallied votes that support the business community’s position reflect positively, while votes in opposition rendered a lower overall score.
The list of bills included issues ranging from developing a plan for women returning to the post-COVID workplace, addressing manufacturing jobs, establishing licensing reforms and creating a commercial driver’s license training program. The CBIA marked lawmakers negatively for supporting measures the business group opposed, such as a bill which did not pass that would have allowed striking workers to collect unemployment benefits, and a bill that did pass which prevents employers from coercing employees into attending or participating in a meeting sponsored by the employer concerning that employer’s views on political or religious matters.
Kennedy was featured supporting the organization’s position five times during the 2022 legislative session.
Kennedy also got a perfect score from the group in 2021.