All Roll Calls
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Education Committee
Signed by Governor
To establish and provide reading instruction and supports to all students in grades four to nine who are below proficient in reading.
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Starting in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, aspiring teachers can receive scholarships of up to $10,000 each year. Applicants must be Connecticut public high school graduates from an underrepresented group identified as a teacher shortage area. They must enroll and stay in good standing in a teacher preparation program at a four-year college. By January 1, 2027, the education department must set eligibility, payment, and student notification rules, allowing applications before high school graduation. The commissioner sets repayment terms for recipients who do not become certified Connecticut teachers after graduation; repayments enter the General Fund. The department can accept gifts, grants, and donations, and must report recipients' race, ethnicity, and programs annually starting January 1, 2028.
Beginning July 1, 2026, public-school paraeducators can get health deductible help each fiscal year, subject to available funding. They must open a health savings account, or be Medicare-eligible and enrolled in a high-deductible health plan. The subsidy covers a percentage of the deductible, minus employer contributions to a health savings or health reimbursement account. The comptroller sets the payment limit, and each paraeducator can receive only one subsidy. Payments can be coordinated through the employing school agency.
Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying school boards, including charter schools, receive funded subsidies to lower paraeducators' payroll deductions for health premiums. They must cover paraeducators and dependents through a health benefit or partnership plan; boards offering high-deductible coverage are excluded. The per-enrolled-paraeducator ceiling is 10% of total premiums, including employer and employee shares, divided by the number enrolled. Available unused scholarship funds from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, must be transferred by July 15, 2026, up to $300,000, for charter-school paraeducator subsidies in the following fiscal year. The comptroller must estimate charter-school expansion costs by January 1, 2027, and reach an agreement with the education department on implementation and use of an existing $5 million paraeducator-assistance appropriation.
Beginning July 1, 2026, the education commissioner must identify teacher shortages by December 1 each year. Reviews cover subjects, geographic areas, and population groups underrepresented in teaching. They must consider vacancies, newly issued certificates, classes taught without subject-specific training, and statewide school information. The department must certify shortages to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority for housing-related programs. By March 1 annually, it must send Connecticut teacher preparation colleges shortage information covering at least the prior five years.
Beginning July 1, 2026, the education department must develop and share guidance on helping students who struggle with reading. It must explain school support systems that use different levels of help or track students' responses to intervention. The guidance must use results from approved reading tests. The department must report its guidance and any recommended law changes to lawmakers by January 1, 2028.
Starting January 1, 2027, the education department must convene a working group of agencies, colleges, language educators, and Deaf-community representatives. It must recommend American Sign Language curriculum guidance, teacher certification standards, and language proficiency benchmarks. Its work includes alternative certification routes for native signers and interpreters, recognition of other states' credentials, and training incentives. The department must submit progress reports starting January 1, 2028, and annually afterward. By July 1, 2030, it must issue consistent guidance for teaching American Sign Language within schools' world languages curriculum.
Education Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Anthony L. Nolan
Democratic • House
Antonio Felipe
Democratic • House
Christopher Poulos
Democratic • House
Eric C. Berthel
Republican • Senate
Farley Santos
Democratic • House
Geraldo C. Reyes
Democratic • House
Hubert D. Delany
Democratic • House
John A. Kissel
Republican • Senate
Kenneth Gucker
Democratic • House
Patricia Billie Miller
Democratic • Senate
Tom Delnicki
Republican • House
All Roll Calls
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/1/2026
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
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House vote • 3/18/2026
House Roll Call Vote 309 AS AMENDED
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Senate vote • 3/18/2026
Senate Roll Call Vote 183
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Senate vote • 3/18/2026
Senate Roll Call Vote 412
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Senate vote • 3/18/2026
ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference)
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Signed by the Governor
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Transmitted to the Secretary of State
Public Act 26-149
On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A,B
Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A,B
Disagreeing Action, Tabled for Calendar, Senate
Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A,B
House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
House Adopted House Amendment Schedule B 6223
House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 6248
House Calendar Number 531
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4641
File Number 650
Senate Calendar Number 412
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 5:00 PM
Public Act No. 26-149
4/29/2026
File No. 650
4/16/2026
APP Joint Favorable Substitute
3/18/2026
ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference
3/18/2026
Raised Bill
2/18/2026
APP Joint Fav. Rpt
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Bill Analysis For File Copy 650
Bill Analysis for SB-220, as amended by Senate "A"
ED Joint Fav. Rpt
ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference)
Fiscal Note For File Copy 650
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4641 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6223 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6248 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for SB-220, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 4641)
Fiscal Note for SB-220, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 4641), House "A" (LCO 6248), House "B" (LCO 6223)
House Roll Call Vote 309 AS AMENDED
House Schedule A LCO# 6248 (D)
House Schedule B LCO# 6223 (R)
Senate Roll Call Vote 183
Senate Roll Call Vote 412
Senate Schedule A LCO# 4641 (J)
Summary for Public Act No. 26-149
SB 00247, AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
To implement the recommendations of the Auditors of Public Accounts submitted in their most recent annual report, including to require Governor or Attorney General approval for additional agreements with state employees over a certain amount, require agreements with foundations to provide when foundations will reimburse the expenses, salaries and benefits of state employees providing services for the foundation, remove the Comptroller from the Treasurer's audit, remove the State Contracting Standard Board's ability to request the auditors to conduct its audits, modify provisions concerning state agency contracts and agreements for auditing services, add a time frame for quasi-public agency annual reports to the auditors and provide that the annual comprehensive financial review of the Technical Services Revolving Fund is performed as part of the audit of the State Comptroller's annual comprehensive financial report.
SB 00191, AN ACT CONCERNING THE PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM.
To expand access to and extend the psychedelic-assisted therapy pilot program.
SB 00137, AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
To implement the recommendations of the Office of Early Childhood.
HB 05563, AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED LANDING AREAS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES, POLICE COLLABORATION WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, SURVEILLANCE PRICING, EDUCATION COST SHARING AND WITHHOLDING OF TAXES FROM LUMP SUM PAYMENTS.
To (1) modify statutory provisions relating to the offenses of organized retail theft and accessory to organized retail theft, (2) establish fostering the sale of stolen property and gift card crime as forms of larceny, (3) modify statutory provisions relating to the civil liability of a person eighteen years of age or older or an emancipated minor who takes possession of certain goods, merchandise or produce without the consent of the owner and with a certain intention, or who alters the price indicia of such goods or merchandise, and (4) modify statutory provisions concerning to whom the Department of Public Health may release information concerning acknowledgment of parentage.
HB 05509, AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
To (1) require the Secretary of the State to publish a manual concerning the duties of justices of the peace, (2) prohibit misconduct by justices of the peace, (3) specify that a newly created office of justice of the peace may be filled by appointment prior to the next regular election, (4) require a forty-eight hour waiting period before the issuance of a marriage license, and (5) establish a working group concerning justices of the peace.
HB 05518, AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SUBSURFACE SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WATER OPERATOR APPRENTICES AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND DRINKING WATER STATUTES.
To implement the Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding various revisions to the environmental health and drinking water statutes, including statutes relating to bottled water, environmental laboratories and asbestos abatement.