The legislative calendar was supposed to be complete, and state senators planned to be working their day jobs or taking vacation.
Instead, with several major items unfinished, they'll be back in the Capitol Tuesday at 11 am for a special session.
One key item is the "implementer," the bill that activates the state's new two-year budget. The implementer document, which can run hundreds of pages long, had not been issued for review as of 10 pm Monday, according to Republican Senator Tony Hwang of Fairfield.
Hwang says lawmakers and their aides need time to examine the implementer, which has, in previous years, included last-second items that don't directly relate to the budget rollout.
"It's an omnibus aircraft carrier that contains the implementation of the budget," says Hwang, "but also included other provisions, and sometimes they're not very favorable and we coined a term in the General Assembly, calling them 'rats.'"
WTIC News has made multiple requests for comment from Democratic state senators.
The State Senate also has to re-vote on legalizing marijuana for recreational use. It's 19-17 passage of the bill last week expired at the end of the regular session, when House Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford), facing a Republican filibuster, decided there was not enough time for debate and a vote.
The State House is expected to debate the marijuana bill when it gathers for its special session on Wednesday at 10 am.