HARTFORD, Conn. -- The battle over sick time reached the state capitol on Tuesday.

Supporters of a bill requiring paid days off for illness rallied on the eve of the special session.

Connecticut Working Families hung a clothesline of baby clothes outside the state capitol Tuesday as they called on Legislators pass a law requiring businesses to give Connecticut workers paid sick days.

"The people who work in the building behind me have paid sick days and yet they did not see fit to allow individuals like myself and my coworkers the same benefit," said Deborah Noble of CT Working Families.

The bill would guarantee about six sick days per year. It passed the Senate, but was never considered by the state House of Representatives during the last session.

The business community largely opposes the bill, but its supporters think it has enough support to pass if they could get it to a vote.

"It is unconscionable, unconscionable that in this stat of Connecticut, we don't have paid sick days for our working people," said Sen. Edith Prague, D-Columbia.