Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE STATE.

To increase workforce development efforts and improve working conditions in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD WELFARE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

To implement various policies concerning the provision and oversight of child welfare services in the state.

Committee on Children

AN ACT ESTABLISHING CONNECTICUT VACCINE STANDARDS.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT CONCERNING NON-SAFETY-RELATED TRAFFIC STOPS, DRIVING WHILE CONSUMING CANNABIS AND EXCESSIVE RECKLESS DRIVING.

To clarify and amend certain statutes for traffic stops concerning properly displaying a number plate, lamps and illuminating devices, windshields and registration.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESOLUTION OF CLAIMS FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION BY THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER.

To permit the Attorney General and a claimant to stipulate to facts and a compensation award that may, in certain instances, be approved by the Claims Commissioner without the need for the General Assembly to approve such agreement or stipulation.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

To revise provisions concerning (1) the DNA data bank, (2) sexual assault evidence collection kits, (3) juror compensation, (4) failure to appear, (5) acquittee applications for discharge, (6) credit for presentence confinement, (7) use of an electronic defense weapon by a peace officer, (8) pretrial diversionary programs for persons with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder, (9) penalties for a violation of chapter 545 of the general statutes, (10) underage Internet gambling, (11) accelerated pretrial rehabilitation for gambling addiction related violations, and (12) failure to stop for or eluding a police officer.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ILLEGAL USE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES AND STREET TAKEOVERS.

To (1) revise provisions regarding forfeiture of certain illegally used vehicles, (2) authorize municipalities to adopt an ordinance related to street takeovers, and (3) revise the time period for suspension of an operator's license and to allow for revocation of a license due to violations related to a street takeover.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT MODIFYING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS AND THE POWERS OF THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

To make several changes concerning campaign finance laws and the State Elections Enforcement Commission, including redefining organization expenditure, solicit, contribution and expenditure, modifying what disclaimers are required to contain, reducing the number of required commission audits, restricting the timing of commission declaratory rulings, requiring legislative approval of guidance documents, amending provisions concerning the timing of contribution limits and procedures for rejected contributions and requiring legislative confirmation of the executive director of the commission.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS.

To: (1) Make various statutory changes relating to Probate Court procedures and the Council on Probate Judicial Conduct, and (2) require the Probate Court Administrator to convene a working group to study issues relating to the use of conservators in the Probate Court system.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF THE CORRECTION OMBUDS, DISCLOSURE OF DISCIPLINARY MATTERS OR ALLEGED MISCONDUCT BY A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION EMPLOYEE, USE OF FORCE AND BODY CAMERAS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS.

To (1) lengthen the term of the Correction Ombuds, (2) modify the duties and powers of the Office of the Correction Ombuds, (3) amend the budget process for the Office of the Correction Ombuds, (4) modify provisions concerning use of force in correctional facilities, (5) require the development of a plan for use of body cameras by correctional officers, and (6) permit claimants to be granted permission to sue the state in the case of certain claims by persons who are incarcerated.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING AND THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PERSONS.

To lower housing costs, increase housing options and better support homeless persons.

Housing Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE OF SHARK FINNING.

To prohibit the practice of shark finning.

Environment Committee

AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST.

To prohibit the sale, use and distribution of certain invasive plants in the state.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A MOTOR VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE COMMEMORATING CONNECTICUT WOMEN VETERANS.

To establish a motor vehicle number plate commemorating Connecticut women veterans.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.

To (1) define "ancillary fee", (2) require each park owner to prepare and publish a comprehensive and itemized list of all ancillary fees payable by residents, (3) require that information concerning ancillary fees be included in the disclosure statement, (4) require the Department of Consumer Protection to establish a resident complaint process, (5) require that each park owner provide at least ninety days' advance written notice of a proposed rent increase, and (6) prohibit certain rental agreement provisions concerning ancillary fees.

General Law Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING PET STORES FROM PURCHASING OR PROCURING DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS.

To provide that no pet shop licensee shall purchase or otherwise procure any dog, cat or rabbit for the purpose of auctioning, bartering, selling, leasing or transferring, or offering to auction, barter, sell, lease or transfer, such dog, cat or rabbit.

General Law Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PLACEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONES AROUND CERTAIN LANDSCAPING VEHICLES WHEN PARKED ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY.

To require the placement of traffic cones around certain landscaping vehicles when parked on a public highway.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FISHING AND HUNTING RIGHTS OF CERTAIN NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.

To affirm and expand fishing, hunting and aquaculture rights of federal and state-recognized Native American tribes.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.

To (1) cap rent increases and ancillary fees imposed by mobile manufactured home park owners, (2) establish additional enforcement measures and penalties concerning mobile manufactured home park owners, (3) subject certain files to the Freedom of Information Act, (4) modify the method by which mobile manufactured homes are appraised, (5) modify the amount of relocation expenses paid to mobile manufactured home park residents, and (6) require mobile manufactured home park owners to submit reports to the Department of Consumer protection concerning fire hydrant water capacity and flow.

General Law Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM RESTOCKING FEE FOR RETURNED CONSUMER GOODS.

To establish a maximum restocking fee for returned consumer goods.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REAL ESTATE WHOLESALERS AND REAL ESTATE WHOLESALE CONTRACTS.

To provide for (1) the licensing and regulation of real estate wholesalers, and (2) the regulation of real estate wholesale contracts.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DIABETES PREVENTION, EDUCATION, SELF-MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY PROGRAMS AND ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

To provide Medicaid coverage consistent with federal law for diabetes prevention, education, self-management and medical nutrition therapy programs and establish an advisory council.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.

To prohibit employers from reducing retirement benefits due to an employee receiving workers' compensation benefits.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES OF PARKING IN FRONT OF A FIRE HYDRANT.

To deter parking in front of a fire hydrant by increasing the penalty for subsequent offenses.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT FOR VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO JOIN A CHAPTER OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART AND RECEIVE A NUMBER PLATE RECOGNIZING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART.

To reimburse veterans and members of the armed forces who may obtain a number plate recognizing the Military Order of the Purple Heart the cost to join a chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and recognize the sacrifice of such veterans and members.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE SALE AND USE OF CERTAIN TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR MIXED-INCOME DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt from the sales and use taxes the sale of and the storage, use or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property acquired for incorporation into or used and consumed in the development, construction, rehabilitation, renovation, repair or operation of dwelling units of a mixed-income development.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT EXEMPTING CONVEYANCES AND SALES OR TRANSFERS OF CONTROLLING INTEREST TO PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES FROM THE REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX AND THE CONTROLLING INTEREST TRANSFER TAX.

To exempt (1) conveyances to a public housing authority in the state from the real estate conveyance tax, and (2) sales or transfers of controlling interest in an entity to a public housing authority in the state from the controlling interest transfer tax.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES RATES APPLICABLE TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING.

To specify that peer-to-peer car sharing for thirty days or less is subject to the nine and thirty-five-hundredths per cent sales and use taxes rate applicable to the rental or leasing of a passenger motor vehicle.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HOME SOLICITATION SALES ACT AND RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS.

To (1) amend the Home Solicitation Sales Act by (A) defining and redefining various terms, (B) prohibiting a person convicted of a disqualifying offense from engaging in an in-person solicitation for the purposes of a home solicitation sale, (C) requiring sellers to make additional disclosures and establish guidelines, (D) establishing requirements concerning sellers of residential solar photovoltaic systems, (E) requiring the Department of Consumer Protection to establish a "no home solicitation sales" listing, and (F) modifying the penalty applicable for violations of said act, and (2) require residential solar lenders and lessors to provide payoff statements and transfer documentation.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STUDENT LOAN REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

To specify that the volunteer service requirement for the student loan reimbursement program includes volunteering for one or more nonprofit organizations or religious organizations or volunteering as a firefighter or emergency medical personnel.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT EXTENDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION EXPENSES OF FOSTER YOUTH.

To require the Department of Children and Families to continue to provide financial aid for the postsecondary education expenses for foster youth until such youth reaches twenty-eight years of age.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR ILLEGALLY TAKING STRIPED BASS.

To restore the population of striped bass in the lower Housatonic River.

Environment Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING FUNDING FOR FARMERS WHO HAVE CROP LOSS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACUTE WEATHER EVENTS.

To help mitigate the hardship on farmers resulting from the loss of a crop due to a devastating one-time weather event.

Environment Committee

AN ACT PERMITTING REMOVAL OF AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL FROM REAL PROPERTY.

To allow law enforcement to remove an individual who is unlawfully occupying real property in lieu of requiring a summary process action.

Housing Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING COMPENSATION TO DEPENDENTS FOR A DEATH RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT.

To allow surviving family members of an employee to receive compensation for a work-related death when such employee does not have dependents.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING UNDUE DELAY IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.

To limit undue delay by an employer or its insurance carrier in providing compensation for medically necessary treatment or equipment.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE FOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES.

To require the state to provide uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to employees of the Department of Transportation.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A FEE WAIVER AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

To waive the payment of extension fees for certain veterans and members of the National Guard at public institutions of higher education in this state.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION THROUGH ENDORSEMENT CONTRACTS AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENTS.

To allow institutions of higher education to enter into endorsement contracts and revenue sharing agreements with student athletes and require public institutions of higher education to submit a report on the revenue shared with student athletes pursuant to a revenue sharing agreement.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN FEES FOR VETERANS OR SPONSORS OF VETERANS IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

To allow reimbursement of certain licensing, certification, registration and tuition fees for veterans or sponsors of veterans in apprenticeship programs.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE IN RECOGNITION OF "THE BORINQUENEERS".

To recognize and honor "The Borinqueneers" with a special motor vehicle number plate.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FREE RIDERSHIP FOR VETERANS ON MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON VETERANS' DAY.

To (1) annually on Veterans' Day exempt veterans from payment of the fares for state-owned or state-controlled bus public transportation services, and (2) require the Commissioner of Transportation to study the implementation of expanding such an exemption to all modes of public transportation in the state by January 1, 2030.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT REDUCING FOR VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES THE FEE FOR CERTAIN SPECIALTY MOTOR VEHICLE NUMBER PLATES TO NOT MORE THAN THE COST TO MAKE SUCH PLATES.

To reduce for veterans and members of the armed forces the fee for certain military-related specialty motor vehicle number plates to not more than the cost to make such plates.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECORDING OF A MILITARY DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION UPON A STATE VETERANS REGISTRY AS "HONORABLE" AND MAKING A MINOR TECHNICAL REVISION TO A CERTAIN SUCH CHARACTERIZATION.

To allow any person who received an other than honorable discharge and who believes such discharge characterization was based on such person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression to apply to have such person's discharge characterization recorded upon a state veterans registry as "honorable".

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTANCE WITH DENTAL SERVICES FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

To establish a program to assist eligible veterans with certain costs associated with dental services received at The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and federally-qualified health centers.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A DISABLED VETERANS REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

To establish, as part of the Small Business Express program, at least one revolving loan fund to provide loans to eligible small businesses of which greater than fifty per cent are owned by one or more disabled veterans.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS' PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE.

To provide cost-of-living adjustments to long-term care facility residents' personal needs allowance.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING WATER UTILITY SYSTEMS AND WATER QUALITY AND TREATMENT SURCHARGES.

To allow water companies to charge a water quality and treatment surcharge to recover costs for capital projects required to comply with state and federal water regulations.

Energy and Technology Committee