# Susan Johnson

Susan Johnson is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House for district 49.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Connecticut House, district 49
- Serving since: 2009-01-01
- Current term: CT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/454e5979-c5bb-4f4e-9f3d-dc11f5e5b6ca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/454e5979-c5bb-4f4e-9f3d-dc11f5e5b6ca (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

100% of Johnson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Connecticut, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.03), from 395 donors and 397 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CT 2025–26 session)

754 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Connecticut House 96.7%). Party unity 96.2% (95.0%). 17 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 23.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut House 35.3%; rank 112 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB3/
- SB 487: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES BY STATE AGENCIES FOR PAYROLL SERVICES. (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB487/
- SB 257: AN ACT CONCERNING EVICTIONS FOR CAUSE. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB257/
- HB 5211: AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL FINANCING. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5211/
- HB 5144: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL MEALS. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5144/
- HB 5185: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS SURCHARGE. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5185/
- HB 5187: AN ACT ADJUSTING THE FISCAL GUARDRAILS. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5187/
- HB 5186: AN ACT CONCERNING THE AFFECTED BUSINESS ENTITY TAX AND THE CREDIT RELATED THERETO AND ESTABLISHING A SURCHARGE ON THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL QUALIFIED BUSINESS… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5186/
- HB 5134: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5134/
- HB 5139: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ESTATE TAX RECAPTURE FOR CERTAIN ESTATES AND AN ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM ESTATE TAX. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5139/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,704 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.housedems.ct.gov/Johnson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepSusanJohnson/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susan.johnson.587

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/454e5979-c5bb-4f4e-9f3d-dc11f5e5b6ca
