Steve Cassano (born March 7, 1942) is a retired American politician and former Deputy
President Pro Tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
of the
Connecticut State Senate
The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Sena ...
, having first been elected as a member in 2010 and retiring at the end of 2022.
Cassano was succeeded in the Connecticut State Senate by
MD Rahman.
He previously served as mayor of
Manchester, Connecticut, from 1991 to 2005. Cassano is an alumnus of
Manchester Community College,
Boston State College (BA), the
University at Albany, SUNY (MA) and the
University of Connecticut (MSW).
While in the Connecticut State Senate, he served as Co-Chair of the Planning & Development Committee, as a Vice Chair of the Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee and as a member of the Transportation, Public Safety, and Insurance and Real Estate Committees.
Connecticut Senate
Legislation
In 2011, Cassano was co-sponsor of the house bill 6308, the bill that established the
Connecticut Healthcare Partnership in accordance with the
Affordable Care Act. In 2012, he co-sponsored bills to repeal the death penalty and legalize the use of medical marijuana. Since 2016 Cassano has introduced multiple bills regarding the unrestricted access to birth records for adult adopted individuals. Other co-sponsored bills include increasing the minimum wage, authorized driver's licenses for undocumented residents and capping the out of pocket costs for insulin.
Electoral history
References
1947 births
Living people
Democratic Party Connecticut state senators
Mayors of places in Connecticut
People from Manchester, Connecticut
Boston State College alumni
University at Albany, SUNY alumni
University of Connecticut alumni
21st-century American legislators
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