On January 17, 2025, Connecticut Representative John E. Piscopo (R-District 76) introduced a bill, HB 5378, in the Connecticut House of Representatives to amend the climate change curriculum requirement in the Next Generation Science Standards. If enacted, the law would require “that students are exposed to the debate and research concerning the amount and effects of anthropomorphic [sic] carbon dioxide levels.” Piscopo, the bill’s sponsor, has been quoted, “The public has been hoodwinked . . . I have serious doubts about whether this [i.e., climate change] is man made.”
Piscopo has introduced two identical bills in the past, both of which died in committee: HB 5235 (2021) and HB 5063 (2023).