# Laurie Sweet

Laurie Sweet is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House for district 91.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Connecticut House, district 91
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4324ca37-42af-4095-b666-a4bf80af6df1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4324ca37-42af-4095-b666-a4bf80af6df1 (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

Sweet sits at −1.12 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.12 (standard error 0.04), from 353 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.0% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CT 2025–26 session)

754 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Connecticut House 96.7%). Party unity 99.4% (95.0%). 5 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 168 bills: 168 reached committee, 57 passed one chamber, 44 passed both, 42 became law. Cosponsored 0. 33.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut House 35.3%; rank 71 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 13: RESOLUTION RAISING A COMMITTEE TO INFORM SENATOR MARTIN M. LOONEY THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS ORGANIZED AND READY TO RECOGNIZE HIS DISTINGUISHED… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HR13/
- HR 14: RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING SENATOR MARTIN M. LOONEY ON HIS DISTINGUISHED LEGISLATIVE CAREER. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HR14/
- HJ 70: RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE NOMINATION OF FELICE N. GRAY-KEMP, ESQUIRE, OF HAMDEN TO BE A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HJ70/
- HB 5574: AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF HAMDEN. (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5574/
- SB 388: AN ACT CONCERNING THE MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT AND MOHEGAN FUND. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB388/
- SB 1: AN ACT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, MAKING DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,… (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB1/
- HB 5032: AN ACT ADJUSTING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5032/
- SB 259: AN ACT CONCERNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB259/
- SB 503: AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCING OF AND PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-SIX YEARS. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB503/
- SB 509: AN ACT CONCERNING ADDRESS VERIFICATION REFORMS FOR REGISTRANTS. (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB509/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,344 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://sweetforstate.com/
- X: https://x.com/LaurieQSweet
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sweetforstate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweetforstate/#
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-sweet-4a614440/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4324ca37-42af-4095-b666-a4bf80af6df1