Christopher G. Donovan (born October 22, 1953) is a former American Democratic politician who was elected to be the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.

They have a daughter, Sarah, a student at American University, Washington College of Law and a son, Aaron, who resides in Vancouver.

Other notable healthcare initiatives include: SustiNet (PA 09-148) lays out a framework for leveraging the bargaining power of state health care purchasing to create a large pool open to individuals and groups and a structure for a state-wide healthcare delivery system that contains costs and promotes preventive care.

The Public Health Committee anticipates that it will raise a bill outlining the next phase of the SustiNet proposal based on these recommendations.

The governor vetoed this measure twice, but finally signed a less sweeping form of the legislation, which permitted municipalities to purchase prescription coverage through the state, in 2010.

[5] On July 13, 2010, House Speaker Donovan came out in favor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield on campaign finance ("pay to play"), in solidarity with Governor Rell.

Donovan has convened a bipartisan legislative task force to formulate Connecticut's response to domestic violence and the legislature approved its most sweeping reforms to domestic violence laws in over 25 years when it approved a package of bills addressing criminal justice, housing and human services, and education issues related to this crime.

[8] Donovan relieved himself of his duties as Speaker for a subsequent special session of the General Assembly, but denied any knowledge of Braddock's alleged actions and vowed to continue his campaign.

[9] On July 26, 2012, seven people where charged in federal court with influence peddling, including Braddock and Donovan's longtime aide Joshua Nassi.

"What I didn't expect, what I'm practically speechless about, is that in spite of my hard-earned reputation for honesty and my career working for campaign finance reform, that there are people who thought that they could buy my vote," Donovan said in the statement.