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To (1) replace "marijuana" with "cannabis", (2) redefine "cannabis", (3) authorize qualifying out-of-state patients to access the state's palliative use cannabis market, (4) provide that no producer shall be required to staff any transport vehicle with more than one employee, (5) establish a cannabis regulatory working group, (6) prohibit a retailer, hybrid retailer or dispensary facility from borrowing money or receiving credit from a cultivator, micro-cultivator or producer for more than thirty days, (7) authorize the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to order a cultivator, micro-cultivator or producer to issue a written notice of delinquency for any delinquent retailer, hybrid retailer or dispensary facility, (8) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to adopt regulations to (A) establish additional licenses and endorsements, and (B) allow for sales of additional palliative use cannabis products to consumers at retailers and hybrid retailers, (9) require the Social Equity Council to review and approve certain sales or transfers involving cannabis establishment licenses issued to social equity applicants, (10) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection and the Social Equity Council to submit policies and procedures to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer protection, (11) provide that no retailer, hybrid retailer or dispensary facility shall retain any personal data obtained for purposes of age verification for longer than twenty-four hours, (12) eliminate provisions requiring a hybrid retailer to (A) maintain a pharmacist at its hybrid retailer location, (B) offer pharmacist consultations, and (C) maintain a private consultation space for pharmacists, (13) allow edible cannabis products to exceed five milligrams of THC in certain circumstances, (14) eliminate the dosage, potency and concentration limits for cannabis concentrates, cannabis flower and other cannabis plant material, (15) provide that cannabis flower or other cannabis plant material shall not be required to undergo stability testing once it is in its final packaging, (16) authorize remediation of cannabis flower and other cannabis plant material by exposure to ionizing radiation and require a disclosure label concerning such remediation, (17) authorize the inclusion of additional branding and colors on cannabis packaging, (18) provide that certain information and documents concerning a material change to a cannabis establishment shall be public records, (19) increase the permissible amount of THC in infused beverages and high-THC beverages, (20) authorize out-of-state laboratories to test infused beverages, (21) modify the labeling requirements applicable to infused beverages, (22) authorize infused beverage wholesalers to sell infused beverages to additional liquor permittees, (23) establish a commercial extractor license, (24) establish an infused beverage on premises consumption endorsement for cer
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Hemp producers must get a state license and follow federal and state testing, sampling, and reporting rules. The application fee is $50; a three-year license costs $450 for up to one acre, plus $30 for each additional rounded acre, up to $3,000. Qualifying research producers are exempt from those fees, but required resampling after a failed test costs $50. Producers can face penalties of up to $2,500 per violation, and the commissioner can suspend licenses or order products held or destroyed. The state must inspect a random sample of producers each year and report required information to the federal government monthly. Temporary hemp-derivative policies must be posted at least 15 days before taking effect and expire when final rules replace them or, in the stated case, on July 1, 2028.
Hemp license applicants and key people in applicant businesses must provide required information and pay for fingerprint-based background checks. A controlled-substance felony can block a license for 10 years, except for qualifying people who lawfully grew hemp under a state pilot program before December 20, 2018. After a negligent violation, producers must follow a correction plan and report for at least two years. Three negligent violations within five years bar hemp production for five years. Producers must also track certain hemp products bought from others as separate batches and keep testing, purchase, and transport records.
The Social Equity Council must issue binding interim rules for cannabis equity requirements by October 1, 2026. The rules must be posted at least 15 days before taking effect and expire when final rules replace them or, in the stated case, on October 1, 2027. Final-license applicants must submit workforce and social equity plans for council review. Licensed establishments must keep an active social equity plan and report its impact by March 1 each year. Violations of the interim rules can lead to license action or a fine of up to $10 million.
A qualifying social equity applicant seeking a provisional micro-cultivator license must apply during the July 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027, window and submit the application, documents, and fee by December 31, 2026. Some applicants must pay a $500,000 application fee and a $500,000 conversion fee before operating an equity joint venture; a previously paid $3 million provisional cultivator license fee covers both. A person acquiring ownership or control in a covered equity joint venture must also pay a nonrefundable $8,000 fee. Venture limits apply: a social equity micro-cultivator may receive approval for no more than one venture, while some converted cultivators may create no more than two.
Beginning October 1, 2026, Connecticut cancels certain unpaid liabilities and assessments tied to cannabis sales, purchases, possession, transport, or importation in the state. The cancellation applies only to amounts still unpaid. Amounts already paid or collected are not refunded or credited.
Beginning October 1, 2026, qualifying out-of-state patients and caregivers can buy cannabis from Connecticut dispensaries and hybrid retailers. They can buy up to five ounces per day, including the equivalent amount in products. The patient and caregiver together may possess no more than five ounces. Qualifying visitors receive legal protections for palliative use when they follow state rules; those protections do not cover use in places such as cars, workplaces, schools, or public places. Dispensaries must make consultations available while open and provide in-person help upon request, but need not maintain a licensed dispensary for more than 35 hours per week.
Beginning October 1, 2026, qualifying patients from other U.S. states can use Connecticut’s palliative cannabis program. Patients need a valid home-state credential. Qualifying caregivers must be at least 18, live outside Connecticut, meet the law’s relationship rules, and hold a valid caregiver credential. Dispensaries can serve these patients and caregivers, and endorsed micro-cultivators can sell them medical cannabis directly. Producers and cultivators can also supply certain businesses with products labeled “For Medical Use Only” for these customers.
Starting October 1, 2026, qualifying out-of-state cannabis patients and caregivers can buy palliative cannabis in Connecticut with a valid credential and signed form. They must carry the credential while in the state with cannabis and cannot take cannabis across state or international borders. Schools, landlords, and employers generally cannot discriminate against them solely because of their qualifying status. Federal requirements can limit these protections, and employers can still bar intoxicating substances at work and discipline workers who are under their influence during work hours.
Qualifying social equity applicants can seek cultivator or micro-cultivator licenses for facilities outside disproportionately impacted areas through a limited licensing pathway. Applicants must meet provisional-license deadlines, get Social Equity Council verification, and file a complete final application by July 1, 2027, with a qualifying hemp producer lease and required documents. Beginning October 1, 2026, the council and consumer protection department must create a program, after receiving producer funds, to help open no more than two micro-cultivator businesses; producers must mentor participants. Endorsed micro-cultivators can also place a retailer facility on an abutting parcel or in the same disproportionately impacted area.
A qualifying owner of an equity joint venture must keep control and at least 50% ownership unless the law’s change requirements are met. A qualifying change cannot happen until five years after final licensure and requires 90 days’ notice. The acquirer pays an $8,000 nonrefundable fee plus applicable unpaid revolving loans. Violations can lead to a fine of up to $10 million or license action under temporary council policies.
Beginning October 1, 2026, parties to certain major changes at a licensed cannabis business must notify the Attorney General and wait 30 days after all completed notices arrive. The Attorney General can shorten the wait or extend it while requesting more information. Breaking the rule can lead to a civil penalty of up to $25,000 per day.
Beginning October 1, 2026, drivers and passengers cannot smoke, inhale, or ingest cannabis in a motor vehicle on covered roads, in parking areas for ten or more cars, or on school property. Violations are offenses under the law.
For seven years after a final micro-cultivator license, the licensee and its backer generally cannot increase their venture ownership above 50%. An equity joint venture must keep a qualifying individual in control and at least 50% ownership until five years after its final license; later changes require advance notice, and the buyer must pay the transaction fee and covered loan balance. For seven years after a final cannabis license under the specified pathway, the hemp producer generally cannot own, control, or manage the licensee, and the licensee must disclose business ties. Issuing the final cannabis license also ends the hemp producer’s license.
Beginning October 1, 2026, dispensaries, retailers, and hybrid retailers can offer discounts or other promotions on nonmedical cannabis. They can promote offers at their businesses, through delivery services, or on websites where customers can lawfully order products. The law does not require discounts or set their amount. Some cannabis businesses can also use the word “dispensary” and related signs or symbols in advertising.
Beginning October 1, 2026, a package of infused beverages can contain up to 12 containers, up from four. Each container must still hold at least 12 fluid ounces. The law does not set a price or promise savings for buyers.
Starting October 1, 2026, adults age 21 or older can buy infused beverages at a manufacturer’s location. Manufacturers can also sell directly to consumers for off-site use, up to 12 containers per person per day. Sales must take place in an area separate from manufacturing. Sellers must check a valid government-issued driver’s license or identity card.
Beginning October 1, 2026, the $1 fee applies to each container that directly holds an infused beverage; legacy containers are excluded. Indirect or bulk shipping packages are not covered. Cannabis businesses send the fees to the state in October and April for the previous six months. The law does not say whether these fee savings will lower retail prices.
Qualifying hemp sellers do not need a license when they only make the retail or wholesale sales, or resale distributions, listed in the law. Products sold without further production or manufacturing must come from someone authorized to possess and sell them. Sellers conducting other activities are not covered by this exemption.
Starting October 1, 2026, testing labs and research employees acting within their jobs gain protection from listed legal penalties for specified cannabis activities. Registered research subjects also gain protection for cannabis use within an approved program. The protection does not cover use that endangers others or use in listed places, including certain vehicles, workplaces, schools, public places, or around people under 18; stated patient and research exceptions apply.
Starting October 1, 2026, the Social Equity Council must promote full participation in the cannabis industry by people from communities harmed by cannabis prohibition and enforcement. The council can also investigate qualifying complaints and concerns related to protecting, enforcing, or advancing equity under the cannabis law. These duties do not promise individuals a payment or a place in the industry.
Beginning October 1, 2026, a state board coordinates enforcement planning on illegal cannabis sales, intoxicating hemp products, and controlled substances. The board meets every quarter to discuss enforcement needs, national trends, and practices.
Starting July 1, 2026, cannabis packages must show required THC and age warnings, ingredients, potency, tracking details, and other product information. Starting October 1, 2026, covered packages and signs must also provide required information to qualifying out-of-state patients and caregivers. Infused beverage containers must display a prominent symbol that meets the D8441 standard, in addition to the under-21 warning symbol. Retailers must delete age-check data within 24 hours unless the consumer gives written consent to keep it longer. Cannabis establishments must also post or distribute health materials as directed.
Beginning October 1, 2026, infused beverage makers can use hemp oil or intermediate hemp derivatives, including qualifying hemp oil from tribally credentialed extractors and facilities. Naturally occurring caffeine from chocolate, coffee, or tea is allowed, but other added caffeine is not covered by this exception. Finished beverage lots can be tested by a similarly qualified laboratory licensed and located in another state. The law also removes a separate exclusion for legacy infused beverages from a product category covering some products with 0.5 to 5 milligrams of THC per container; infused beverages remain excluded from that category. A separate sales and distribution rule no longer applies to infused beverages.
Beginning October 1, 2026, giving cannabis to a domesticated animal is a class C misdemeanor.
Beginning October 1, 2026, retailers cannot offer discounts or other sales deals to qualifying patients or caregivers, including qualifying visitors from other states. The law does not set the value of discounts that patients may lose.
Beginning October 1, 2026, Connecticut’s cannabis definition includes certain high-THC hemp products and manufactured cannabinoids. Hemp with no more than 0.3% total THC by dry weight is excluded only when it is not a high-THC hemp product. The law also classifies cannabis as Schedule II, while requiring the state to follow certain federal scheduling changes.
Beginning October 1, 2026, the State-Wide Cannabis, Hemp and Controlled Substances Enforcement Board’s quarterly meetings and related documents are closed to the public. People cannot inspect or request those records under Connecticut’s public records law.
Beginning October 1, 2026, a court can order a business closed and sealed when the court finds a violation or an immediate threat to public health and safety. Listed grounds include certain unsafe products, unlawful firearms, and documented sales to people below the minimum purchase age. The state can also suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew a liquor permit for specified cannabis-law violations, and can fine an applicant, backer, or permit holder up to $1,000 per violation.
Beginning October 1, 2026, cannabis testing labs can get cannabis only from listed sources and can send it only to the source business or a research program. People with a financial or control interest in a testing lab cannot hold such an interest in a cannabis business that could benefit from the lab’s results. Research programs face limits on where they can get, send, or use cannabis, including for animals.
Connecticut’s agricultural hemp research pilot program ends when a fully approved state plan under federal law takes effect or the federal law authorizing the pilot is repealed, whichever happens first. Pilot participants must be licensed as hemp producers.
Beginning July 1, 2026, interim rules for cultivator and micro-cultivator grow space remain in effect until final regulations replace them or July 1, 2028, whichever comes first. Interim rules for cannabis delivery and transportation also end when final regulations take effect or on July 1, 2028, whichever comes first. The law does not state the grow-space limits or the details of the delivery and transportation rules.
Beginning October 1, 2026, cultivators cannot sell, transfer, or deliver cannabis directly to consumers, patients, or caregivers. Micro-cultivators can sell seedlings directly to consumers, but not to qualifying patients or caregivers. These rules restrict direct sales channels for both businesses and some buyers.
Beginning October 1, 2026, Connecticut cannabis stores can serve qualifying out-of-state patients and caregivers. Registered patients and caregivers can buy more types of products and larger amounts than general retail limits allow; the commissioner sets those allowances. Their records receive confidentiality protections, and qualifying people can get seized property back after a favorable court outcome if they followed palliative-use rules. Dispensaries cannot provide smokable, inhalable, or vaporizable products to qualifying out-of-state patients under 18 or their caregivers.
Beginning October 1, 2026, retailers can sell more palliative cannabis products, including creams, tablets, capsules, and concentrates. For at least 14 days after a product enters the market, only dispensaries and hybrid retailers can sell it. Hybrid retailers must make pharmacists available for remote consultations and, when asked, in-person consultations, for up to 35 hours per week. Before serving patients or caregivers, hybrid retailer employees must complete at least one hour of training in each of four areas, including product use, ethics, privacy, and medical cannabis developments.
Dispensary facilities that offer remote consultations must keep the service accessible, and consultations can happen by phone from outside the facility. Dispensaries must post consultation signs at entrances, sales points, and on websites; signs must meet the required sizes and wording. Employees who sell palliative-use cannabis must complete at least four hours of training, with at least one hour in each of four required subjects.
Starting October 1, 2026, package stores can sell infused beverages after paying a $500 annual endorsement fee and buying from an authorized wholesaler. Wholesalers must assess a $1 fee on each container sold to a package store and send the collected fees to the state twice a year. The law expands package-store sales but adds fees for package stores and wholesalers.
Beginning July 1, 2026, the commissioner must send temporary cannabis enforcement policies to the named legislative committee and the Secretary of the State at least 15 days before they take effect. The policies end when final regulations are adopted or on July 1, 2028, whichever comes first.
Starting July 1, 2026, state rules must limit cannabis product forms and ban nicotine additives and products made to look like foods, drinks, or other familiar items. Starting October 1, 2026, most nonmedical edible servings are limited to 5 milligrams of THC, with up to 10% testing variance; when servings cannot be separated or marked, the limit applies per item sold. Medical products and listed plant materials, concentrates, and cartridges have exceptions to specific limits. Covered products above the applicable THC thresholds face sales limits or high-potency warnings; the warning threshold is more than 30% THC for flower, plant material, and concentrates.
Hybrid retailers must record sales to qualifying patients and caregivers right away, and no later than one hour afterward unless that timing is not reasonably feasible. Only authorized staff can upload prescription-monitoring data, and dispensaries must check uploaded data every day. Sales to qualifying out-of-state patients and caregivers must also be reported promptly, within one hour when immediate reporting is not reasonably feasible.
Starting July 1, 2026, the commissioner must set cannabis testing standards and rules for mold and yeast disclosures and permitted cleanup. Starting October 1, 2026, cannabis businesses must submit representative batch samples for lab testing before sale. After a failed test, a business generally has 60 days to retest, submit a remediation plan, or dispose of the batch. The commissioner has 60 days to review a plan, and approved cleanup can include required treatment and retesting. The state must allow one or more exposures to ionizing radiation to treat flower or plant material that fails testing because of microbial contamination; disposal periods can receive up to two approved 60-day extensions per batch.
Starting October 1, 2026, dispensaries cannot sell hemp or producer hemp products. They can sell manufacturer hemp products only if the products are kept and displayed separately from cannabis, carry approved signs and labels, and meet required testing and other legal standards. The law blocks some products from dispensaries but allows a limited category of hemp products under added rules.
Beginning October 1, 2026, infused drinks can contain up to 5 milligrams of THC per container at package stores or manufacturers’ premises, and 10 milligrams at dispensaries, hybrid retailers, or retailers. Testing may vary by up to 10%. Manufacturers selling infused drinks directly must assess a $1 fee per container and remit it every six months, starting April 1, 2027. Manufacturers can also sell noninfused, nonalcoholic drinks made on-site for people to consume in a separate area. Wholesalers must check sample containers before selling shipments to package stores.
Beginning December 1, 2026, manufacturers can make certain hemp-derived products, including specified cannabinoids and intermediate derivatives, for businesses listed in the law. Infused beverage makers can buy authorized intermediate derivatives. Food and beverage manufacturers can also handle qualifying hemp products for cannabis manufacturing. These products must be tracked in separate batches and meet applicable testing, documentation, and cannabis rules; purchasers must keep test results, invoices, and transport records.
The law defines hemp manufacturing to include conversion using listed methods, such as heat, certain solvents, ethanol, and carbon dioxide. An intermediate hemp derivative must come only from raw hemp and contain more than 0.3% THC by dry weight. A manufacturer hemp product for internal human use must contain no more than 0.3% THC; infused beverages are excluded. Hemp licensees must keep records and provide them immediately when the commissioner asks, in electronic form when available, and the commissioner can inspect related property and records. Some test results, site locations, security plans, and criminal-history records are not public, but law enforcement can request them.
Approved social equity applicants generally cannot change ownership or control during provisional licensing or for three years after receiving a final license, though regulations may allow exceptions. Beginning October 1, 2026, an eligible applicant or provisional licensee can apply once to replace an original backer who does not meet the stated equity criteria. Interim ownership policies begin July 1, 2026, and end when final regulations take effect or July 1, 2028, whichever comes first. Certain transfers to someone who is not another qualifying social equity applicant can end equity status and reduced renewal-fee eligibility. Separate rules generally limit some cannabis businesses and their backers to 50% ownership of an equity joint venture during the first seven years after licensure, subject to statutory exceptions.
Starting October 1, 2026, retailers and hybrid retailers can use “dispensary” in their branding, and dispensaries can buy cannabis from more types of suppliers. Retailers and dispensaries cannot receive credit from cultivators, micro-cultivators, or producers for more than 30 days. Connecticut also cannot require outdoor cannabis growers to use fences taller than eight feet.
Beginning October 1, 2026, a licensed cannabis business can use one worker for certain trips to another cannabis business, a testing lab, or a research site. The vehicle must have continuous video, real-time GPS, and a fixed secure cannabis container. Beginning July 1, 2026, the commissioner must also set storage and recall rules for transporters that expand into cannabis storage.
The Social Equity Council has 17 members and approves plans for social equity funds and investments, subject to available money. It can investigate only qualifying applicants’ complaints about equity under cannabis law. The council ranks eligible areas using poverty and drug-conviction data, and selected areas cannot include more than 25% of the state’s population.
Beginning October 1, 2026, authorized transporters can store, maintain, and handle cannabis, and hold each unit for up to 180 days after receipt, up from 30 days. They must meet security and tracking rules, receive written security approval, and give at least 30 days’ notice before storing cannabis for more than 24 hours. Each transporter seeking this expanded authorization must pay a one-time $5,000 fee.
General Law Committee
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Farley Santos
Democratic • House
Kadeem Roberts
Democratic • House
Maryam Khan
Democratic • House
Nicholas Menapace
Democratic • House
Roland J. Lemar
Democratic • House
Travis Simms
Democratic • House
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Public Act No. 26-8
5/4/2026
File No. 716
4/22/2026
File No. 401
4/2/2026
GL Joint Favorable Substitute
3/16/2026
Raised Bill
2/26/2026
Bill Analysis For File Copy 401
Bill Analysis For File Copy 716
Bill Analysis for HB-5350, as amended by House "A" and "D"
Fiscal Note For File Copy 401
Fiscal Note For File Copy 716
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4259 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4286 (Cost)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4288 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4290 (Potential Revenue Loss)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4291 (Potential Revenue Loss)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4294 (Eliminates Cost In Bill)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4298 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4309 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4312 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4317 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4324 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4335 (Revenue Loss)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4339 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4340 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4345 (Eliminates Cost In Bill)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5269 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5401 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5403 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5413 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5425 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for HB-5350, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 4259), House "D" (LCO 4345)
GL Joint Fav. Rpt
GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
House LCO Amendment #4286 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4288 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4290 (R)
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House LCO Amendment #4298 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4309 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4312 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4317 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4324 (R)
House LCO Amendment #4335 (R)
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House Roll Call Vote 76 HOUSE AMD E
House Roll Call Vote 77 AS AMENDED
House Schedule A LCO# 4259 (D)
House Schedule B LCO# 4339 (R)
House Schedule C LCO# 4340 (R)
House Schedule D LCO# 4345 (D)
House Schedule E LCO# 4294 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #5401 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #5413 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #5425 (R)
Senate Roll Call Vote 218
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Senate Schedule A LCO# 5403 (R)
Senate Schedule B LCO# 5269 (R)
Summary for Public Act No. 26-8
HB 05349, AN ACT CONCERNING A POLICE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE ROUNDING OF CERTAIN CASH PURCHASES.
To establish a task force to study the operations of the Department of Consumer Protection.
HB 05340, AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION.
To (1) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to develop successor programs for the RRES, NRES and SCEF programs, (2) require a study of consumer protections for solar photovoltaic system leasing and sales, (3) allow the use of portable solar photovoltaic systems, (4) require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to implement an agrivoltaics program, and (5) require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish a pilot program concerning the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in environmental justice communities.
HB 05153, AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RELATED STATUTES.
To make minor revisions to various statutes under the authority of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
SB 00475, AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS.
To make various changes to the general statutes (1) governing Judicial Branch operations, processes and procedures, and (2) affecting civil and criminal proceedings.
SB 00488, AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE TREASURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM AND SECOND INJURY FUND.
To make various revisions to the unclaimed property program and Second Injury Fund recommended by the Treasurer.
SB 00484, AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.
To (1) include the playing of a video on a mobile electronic device that is in full view to the person who is operating the vehicle as a form of distracted driving, and (2) specify that distracted driving in a highway work zone is a violation of the state's reckless driving statute.