These CT reps voted against pizza as state food. Here's why FacebookTwitterEmail 7of9 A popular hot oil pizza is served at Colony Grill in a 2018 file photo.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would declare pizza the “State Food” and place it in the State Register and Manual. While the bill passed with 131 votes in favor of the bill, there were nine representatives who did not vote in support of the action. Among them was Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, who told Hearst Connecticut via email that he was not in favor of singling out just one of the state's foods.