Pat Boyd

Voted yes on banning hospitals and health providers from reporting medical debt to credit agencies. It passed the House 106-44.

May 2, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted no on a law letting the state health department set its own vaccine standards instead of relying only on federal ones. It also created free vaccines for uninsured adults. It passed the House 89-60.

April 21, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on ending the religious exemption from school vaccine requirements. It passed the House 90-53 and became law.

April 20, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on raising the age to buy cigarettes, tobacco and vaping products to 21. It passed the House 124-22.

May 16, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on raising Connecticut's minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour. It passed the House 85-59 and became law.

May 9, 2019Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted no on a bill making striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits after two weeks on strike. It passed the House 87-59, but the governor vetoed it.

May 30, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted no on expanding paid sick leave to nearly all private employers by 2027. It passed the House 88-61 and became law.

April 24, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted yes on letting any worker, not just first responders, get workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress injuries from certain events at work. It passed the House 104-44.

June 1, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted no on requiring public employers to give unions employee contact information and access to new-hire orientations. It passed the House 90-54.

May 25, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted yes on requiring equal pay for comparable work and requiring employers to share a job's wage range. It passed the House 99-48.

May 11, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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Voted no on creating a state paid family and medical leave program. It passed the House 79-69 and became law.

May 31, 2019Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted no on raising Connecticut's minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour. It passed the House 85-59 and became law.

May 9, 2019Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted yes on strengthening workplace protections for pregnant workers. It passed the House 120-30.

May 23, 2017Supports Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill requiring a cost-benefit and economic impact statement for every proposed law. It died in committee.

January 25, 2017Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted no on raising legislators' pay from $28,000 to $40,000 a year and tying top state officials' pay to judges' salaries. It passed the House 95-53.

May 3, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction

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As House chair of the Public Safety and Security Committee, helped pass 2024 laws creating a fallen officer fund with health coverage for survivors and a new state fire services division.

May 16, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill to raise the penalty for sharing intimate images of someone with many people online. It died in the Judiciary Committee.

January 28, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted yes on the police accountability law passed in a July 2020 special session. It passed the House 86-58.

July 24, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill to study lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for driving from 0.08% to 0.05%. It died in the Judiciary Committee.

January 23, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted no on a housing growth bill in a November 2025 special session. It passed the House 90-56 and became law.

November 12, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted no on a housing bill that aimed to lower housing costs, add housing options and help homeless people. It passed the House 84-67. The governor later vetoed it.

May 27, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted no on a housing bill that eased town approvals for housing, including turning vacant nursing homes into apartments. It passed the House 99-51.

May 3, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted no on requiring towns of 25,000 or more people to create fair rent commissions to hear tenant complaints. It passed the House 85-62.

April 20, 2022Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted no on creating a state paid family and medical leave program. It passed the House 79-69 and became law.

May 31, 2019Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Wrote to Connecticut's members of Congress asking for COVID-19 relief money for rural schools left out of the federal formula, including Eastford, Union and Woodstock Academy.

March 2, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Introduced a bill barring the governor from cutting towns' main state school grants in the middle of a fiscal year. It died in the Education Committee.

January 17, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted no on a gun law that made selling convertible pistols a felony and limited sales of unfinished gun frames to licensed dealers. It passed the House 86-64.

April 22, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on a bill letting people, towns and the state sue gun companies that fail to use reasonable controls on sales and marketing. It passed the House 100-46.

April 30, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on expanding risk protection orders so family members and medical professionals can ask a court to take guns from a person at risk. It passed the House 93-55.

May 12, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on requiring handguns left in cars to be locked away safely. It passed the House 98-48 and became law.

May 8, 2019Opposes Gun Control

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Voted no on Ethan's Law, which made it a crime to store any gun unsafely, loaded or not, in a home with a child under 18. It passed the House 127-16.

May 7, 2019Opposes Gun Control

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Co-introduced a bill with Republican Rep. Doug Dubitsky to honor gun carry permits from states with similar standards. It died in the Judiciary Committee.

January 24, 2017Opposes Gun Control

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Voted yes on a law protecting people who get or provide abortions in Connecticut from lawsuits and investigations by other states. It passed the House 87-60.

April 19, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted yes on a law barring pregnancy centers that do not offer abortion referrals from deceptive advertising. It passed the House 87-56.

May 19, 2021Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted yes on a law letting all voters vote by absentee ballot without giving a reason. It passed the House 101-49.

April 23, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on setting up in-person early voting, with 14 days before general elections. It passed the House 107-35.

May 4, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on requiring equal pay for comparable work and requiring employers to share a job's wage range. It passed the House 99-48.

May 11, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on banning licensed health providers from using conversion therapy on minors to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. It passed the House 141-8.

May 2, 2017Supports Civil Rights

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Voted no on a bill letting people, towns and the state sue gun companies that fail to use reasonable controls on sales and marketing. It passed the House 100-46.

April 30, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill letting businesses pass credit card fees on to customers. It died in the General Law Committee.

January 22, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted yes on banning hospitals and health providers from reporting medical debt to credit agencies. It passed the House 106-44.

May 2, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Wrote to state utility regulators urging them not to let Eversource charge customers for its Tropical Storm Isaias costs.

March 2, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: housedems.ct.gov

Introduced a bill to create a Rural Transit Expansion Fund to pay for more public transportation in rural areas. It died in the Transportation Committee.

January 29, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted no on a bill changing cannabis and hemp rules, including higher THC limits for infused drinks. It passed the House 83-61.

April 20, 2026

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Voted yes on the two-year state budget, which passed the House 99-49. The budget set state spending and revenue for July 2025 through June 2027.

June 2, 2025

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Voted no on a criminal justice bill that changed the state's limits on holding people for federal immigration agents. It covered more officials, allowed cooperation for 13 listed crimes, and let people sue towns that break the rules. It passed the House 96-51.

May 21, 2025

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Was reappointed House chair of the Public Safety and Security Committee by Speaker Matt Ritter and Majority Leader Jason Rojas.

November 22, 2024

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Voted yes on the two-year state budget for July 2023 through June 2025. It passed the House 139-12.

June 6, 2023

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Introduced a bill letting landowners mark property lines with purple paint instead of fences or No Trespassing signs. It died in the Judiciary Committee.

January 23, 2023

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Voted no on the bill carrying the tax and policy details of the 2021 state budget. It passed the House 89-50.

June 17, 2021

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Voted yes on legalizing recreational cannabis for adults. It passed the House 76-62.

June 16, 2021

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Voted no on a law that automatically erases many old misdemeanor and lower-level felony convictions after seven or ten years. It passed the House 91-56.

May 27, 2021

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Was named House chair of the Veterans' Affairs Committee for the 2021 session after serving as its vice chair.

December 4, 2020

Source: housedems.ct.gov

Voted no on the two-year state budget for July 2019 through June 2021. It passed the House 86-65.

June 3, 2019

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Introduced a proposed state constitutional amendment letting citizens propose laws and repeal statutes by ballot vote. It got a public hearing but no vote. He had filed the same idea in 2017.

January 17, 2019

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Voted no on a pretrial justice reform bill that changed bail rules for people charged with minor crimes. It passed the House 88-62.

June 3, 2017

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