Lamont's bell-to-bell cellphone ban expected to die in Senate

Lamont's bell-to-bell cellphone ban expected to die in Senate

One of the quirks of the legislative process is that a partisan bill can pass while a bipartisan one dies. Such is the case for a pair of headline education bills in Connecticut this year. House Bill 5468, which imposes Connecticut’s first homeschooling regulations, barely survived the Education Committee and faced strenuous opposition at every step; it now awaits Gov. Ned Lamont’s signature. House Bill 5035, a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for pub…