Constitution of Connecticut (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment II

Publisher edition notice: The publisher identifies this compilation as revised to January 1, 2025. It preserves the annotated original 1965 text and all ratified amendments, alongside the Revisors' unofficial convenience version incorporating extant amendments. The latter does not supersede the original Constitution and amendments; later changes have not been independently verified.

Amendment II Ratified amendment and publisher annotations.

ARTICLE II.*
*Adopted November 25, 1970.
(Senate, number, qualifications.)
Sec. 1. Section 3 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as follows:
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The senate shall consist of not less than thirty and not more than fifty members,
each of whom shall have attained the age of twenty-one years and be an elector resid-
ing in the senatorial district from which he is elected. Each senatorial district shall be
contiguous as to territory and shall elect no more than one senator.
1 Amended by Article XV., Sec. 1, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut.

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188 AMENDMENTS TO THE Art. III
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
(House of representatives, how constituted.)
Sec. 2. Section 4 of said article third is amended to read as follows:
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The house of representatives shall consist of not less than one hundred twen-
ty-five and not more than two hundred twenty-five members, each of whom shall have
attained the age of twenty-one years and be an elector residing in the assembly district
from which he is elected. Each assembly district shall be contiguous as to territory
and shall elect no more than one representative. For the purpose of forming assembly
districts no town shall be divided except for the purpose of forming assembly districts
wholly within the town.
1 Amended by Article XV., Sec. 2, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut.
(Eligibility to office.)
Sec. 3. Section 10 of article sixth of the Constitution is amended to read as follows:
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Every elector who has attained the age of twenty-one years shall be eligible to any
office in the state, but no person who has not attained the age of twenty-one shall be
eligible therefor, except in cases provided for in this constitution.
1 Amended by Article XV., Sec. 3, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut.