 The current state constitution was implemented in 1965; it absorbed the majority of its 1818 predecessor and incorporated a handful of important modifications.The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted on January 14, 1639, and the document has often been referred to as the world's first written constitution.At the urging of influential preacher Thomas Hooker, the Connecticut legislative body (or General Court) began secret committee meetings to discuss drafting the orders in June 1638.