# John Santanella

John Santanella is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House for district 58.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Connecticut House, district 58
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3939d7ca-20d7-4587-9c34-c6ee9bb2014e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3939d7ca-20d7-4587-9c34-c6ee9bb2014e (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Santanella voted against the majority of Connecticut House Democrats 22 times; party unity 90%, in the bottom quarter of the Connecticut House (average 95.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.03), from 307 donors and 292 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CT 2025–26 session)

754 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (Connecticut House 96.7%). Party unity 90% (95.0%). 22 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 391 AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB391/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · HB 5563 AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5563/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 307 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB307/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 306 AN ACT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY STRATEGY. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB306/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 220 AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB220/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 375 AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL MAPPING DATA SERVICES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB375/
- 2026-05-06 · voted nay · House Roll Call Vote · HB 5281 AN ACT CONCERNING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5281/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 247 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB247/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 457 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB457/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 430 AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED SETTING STANDARD OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB430/

## Legislation (CT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 52.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut House 35.3%; rank 24 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5043: AN ACT CONCERNING CONVERTIBLE PISTOLS, UNFINISHED FRAMES OR UNFINISHED LOWER RECEIVERS, VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION AND REFUNDABILITY… (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5043/
- SB 307: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP… (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB307/
- HB 5434: AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5434/
- HB 5551: AN ACT CONCERNING PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITING COUNCIL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING CERTAIN UTILITY EXPENDITURES. (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5551/
- HB 5001: AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ALL AND VARIOUS OTHER REFORMS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS. (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5001/
- HB 5480: AN ACT CONCERNING PEER SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5480/
- HB 5340: AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION. (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5340/
- HB 5468: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF PARENT-MANAGED LEARNING. (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5468/
- SB 457: AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL. (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB457/
- HB 5522: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SEWAGE RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT AND REQUIRING A REPORT CONCERNING WELL CONTAMINATION PROTOCOLS. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5522/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,165 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://johnsantanella.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnSantanella.EnfTC/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-santanella-8bb0882

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3939d7ca-20d7-4587-9c34-c6ee9bb2014e