State lawmakers head to Hartford for a special session of the Connecticut General Assembly and they are voting on some key legislation.

A re-worked version of the housing bill that Gov. Ned Lamont spent months negotiating with lawmakers and municipal leaders is the key piece of legislation that is bringing lawmakers back to the state Capitol.

Ninety thousand units, that's how much it's believed is needed in Connecticut when it comes to affordable housing, and lawmakers will debate the solution today.

Lamont vetoed a previous housing bill, which caused anger within his own party. But this time, there's bipartisan support.

One of the biggest changes in this bill is that towns and cities can collaborate on a growth plan or do it on their own, instead of a state mandate.

This housing bill also provides grants for communities building new homes and requires cities and towns with more than 15,000 people to have fair rent commissions.

"If you're saying its better, it's better by a matter of degree. This is at the end of the day taking local control out of the hands of folks who have been elected by their community to make these zoning decisions. To make these housing decisions. I don't see much improvement at all, and I don't see a world where I can possibly support it," said State Senator Jason Perillo.

"If we do not have housing, we cannot bring in businesses. We cannot increase our tax base, and we cannot reduce the taxes on our residents," State Senator Ceci Maher told News 12 Connecticut.

Connecticut lawmakers will also take up immigration, food assistance, a hospital acquisition and other issues in the session today and tomorrow.

The House votes today and the Senate tomorrow.

If all goes well the legislature will put four new bills on the governor's desk by Friday.