Bills & Legislation

AN ACT EQUALIZING ADULT ACCESS TO MEDICAID.

To provide equal access to Medicaid-funded health care for older adults and adults with disabilities.

Mike DemiccoDemocrat

AN ACT DISREGARDING THE VALUE OF LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS IN ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

To disregard the value of life insurance policies in eligibility determinations for state-administered public assistance programs.

Minnie GonzalezDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING REDUCED MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE HOME HEALTH VISITS TO THE SAME HOUSING FACILITY.

To provide the same Medicaid reimbursement rate for each behavioral health home visit to a building housing more than one resident rather than reduced rates for subsequent visits to the same building by the same behavioral health practitioner.

Rebecca MartinezDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SAFETY ESCORTS.

To ensure the safety of behavioral health nurses who provide community-based care to Medicaid beneficiaries.

Rebecca MartinezDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE CTTRANSIT NEW HAVEN 255 BUS.

To appropriate additional funds to increase the frequency of the CTTransit New Haven 255 Bus between the Naugatuck Valley and the city of New Haven at certain times.

Kara RochelleDemocrat

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS PROGRAM.

To eliminate the Passport to the Parks program.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO 529 QUALIFIED STATE TUITION PROGRAMS.

To increase the amount of the personal income tax deduction for contributions to accounts for 529 qualified state tuition programs established and maintained by the state.

Geoff LuxenbergDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Steve WeirRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING HANDICAP RAMPS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt handicap ramps for residential use from the sales and use taxes.

Steve WeirRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING HOSPITAL BEDS FOR HOME HEALTH CARE USE 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 hospital beds for home health care use.

Steve WeirRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Steve WeirRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING STATE BONDS FOR MUNICIPAL COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENTS.

To provide funding to municipalities for commercial facade improvements, encourage beautification programs in downtown corridors and promote foot traffic and economic activity.

Jason RojasDemocrat

AN ACT REPLACING THE CANNABIS TOTAL THC TAX WITH AN EXCISE TAX.

To replace the cannabis tax based on total THC with an excise tax of ten and seventy-five-hundredths per cent.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

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

To (1) specify that vehicles shared through a peer-to-peer car sharing platform or company are 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 under sections 12-408 and 12-411 of the general statutes, and (2) deposit the revenue generated from the tax on vehicles shared through such platform or company in the Special Transportation Fund.

Jason RojasDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SERVICES USED FOR BURIALS AND CREMATIONS FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To (1) expand the existing sales and use taxes exemption for personal property used in burials or cremations to ten thousand dollars, and (2) exempt burial and cremation services from the sales and use taxes.

Jason RojasDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX THE AMOUNT OF STATE AND FEDERAL DEBT RELIEF RECEIVED BY A TAXPAYER FOR STUDENT LOANS AND MEDICAL DEBT.

To exempt from the personal income tax the amount of any state and federal debt relief received by a taxpayer for student loans and medical debt.

Jason RojasDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF CANCELLED DEBT AND DEBT RELIEF RECEIVED BY A TAXPAYER FOR STUDENT LOANS, MEDICAL DEBT AND CREDIT CARD DEBT.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for the amount of cancelled debt and debt relief received by a taxpayer for student loans, medical debt and credit card debt.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR A PORTION OF ANNUAL RENT PAYMENTS MADE BY A TAXPAYER FOR A PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN THE STATE.

To establish a refundable credit against the personal income tax for a portion of annual rent payments actually made by a taxpayer for a taxable year for a primary residence in the state.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN LOSSES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF CRYPTOCURRENCY INVESTMENT FRAUD OR WIRE FRAUD.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for the amount properly deductible, for federal income tax purposes, as a loss resulting from cryptocurrency investment fraud or wire fraud.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT REDUCING THE RATE OF THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To reduce the rate of the sales and use taxes to six per cent.

Bob GodfreyDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ADDITIONAL MARGINAL RATE FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX AND DEDICATING THE REVENUE GENERATED TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

To (1) establish an additional marginal rate for the personal income tax of at least four per cent on the portion of an individual's taxable income in excess of one million dollars, and (2) dedicate the revenue generated from such tax to education; universal school meals; school construction, repair, capital projects and expenditures; higher education and free public colleges and universities; child care; higher wages for child care workers; baby supplies for parents and guardians of newborn infants; the repair and maintenance of, and access to, roads, bridges and public transportation; and free public transit.

Nick GauthierDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES, INC. IN THE TOWN OF NEWINGTON.

To provide funding for repairs and renovations to the building and grounds owned and used by Catholic Charities, Inc., in the town of Newington to provide services for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Gary A. TurcoDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF NEW LONDON.

To provide funding for a new roof at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and ensure the valuable art of the museum is in a safe environment.

Daniel GaiewskiDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN THE TOWNS OF BLOOMFIELD AND WEST HARTFORD.

To provide funding to improve traffic safety and management and roadway conditions in the towns of Bloomfield and West Hartford.

Bobby G. GibsonDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR BUILDING FACADES AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.

To provide funding to the city of New Haven for renovations to building facades and other site improvements in the Hill and Fair Haven neighborhoods.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED TECHNOLOGICAL AND ELECTRIC UPGRADES TO MUNICIPAL FIREHOUSES.

To provide funding to municipal and other local fire departments for infrastructure-related technological and electric upgrades to firehouses.

Joe HoxhaRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A CLOUD-BASED FILING SYSTEM FOR THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.

To provide funding for a cloud-based filing system for the town of Plymouth.

Joe HoxhaRepublican

AN ACT FULLY REIMBURSING MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN VETERANS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

To fully reimburse each municipality for the revenue loss caused by a property tax exemption for veterans pursuant to subdivision (83) of section 12-81 of the general statutes.

Daniel GaiewskiDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING ENTERTAINMENT EVENT TICKETS.

To (1) specify the circumstances in which a ticket reseller may enter into a contract with, or accept consideration from, a purchaser for the resale of a ticket to an entertainment event, (2) establish and modify various requirements concerning the sale or resale of a ticket to an entertainment event by way of an Internet web site or online technology platform, (3) define various terms concerning tickets to entertainment events, and (4) require a ticket seller or reseller to provide a refund for a cancelled live entertainment event.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION.

To make minor and technical revisions to statutes concerning consumer protection.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CREDIT CARDS AND HEALTH AND VETERINARY CARE SERVICES.

To (1) provide that no health or veterinary care provider shall (A) advertise, market, solicit, promote or offer a medical credit card to a consumer, (B) receive any financial incentive or compensation in exchange for advertising, marketing, soliciting, promoting or offering a medical credit card to a consumer, (C) assist a consumer in acquiring a medical credit card, or (D) charge a medical credit card for (i) any health care or veterinary service before such service is provided to a patient or animal, or (ii) any ancillary product unless a consumer separately consents to purchase such product, (2) require a health or veterinary care provider to make certain disclosures concerning a medical credit card in response to a consumer's request for financial information concerning a medical credit card, and (3) require a health or veterinary care provider to accept, and provide a full refund for, certain returned ancillary products.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING.

To (1) provide that a consumer has a property right in, and retains the right to exercise exclusive control over, (A) any biological sample that is derived from the consumer's body and provided to, or used by, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, and (B) the results of any genetic testing conducted on the consumer's DNA by a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, and (2) specify various duties and limitations applicable to direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies.

General Law Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SURCHARGE ON HIGH-VALUE RECREATIONAL VESSELS AND CONCERNING THE USE OF THE REVENUE GENERATED.

To establish a surcharge on high-value recreational vessels and dedicate the revenue generated from such surcharge to reducing and eliminating the property tax on motor vehicles.

Travis SimmsDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Patrick BigginsDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAID ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION LOANS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction of up to ten thousand dollars for the amount of principal and interest paid by a taxpayer for a taxable year on a postsecondary education loan.

Patrick E. CallahanRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED IN THE PROCESS OF COLORING OR MIXING PAINT FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt machinery and equipment used in the process of coloring or mixing paint and used by retailers that offer paint for sale from the sales and use taxes.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE HIGHEST MARGINAL RATE OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To increase the highest marginal rate of the personal income tax from six and ninety-nine-hundredths per cent to seven and ninety-nine-hundredths per cent.

Jason DoucetteDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

To establish a refundable child tax credit against the personal income tax.

Kate FarrarDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A YOUTH CENTER IN THE FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY OF NEW HAVEN.

To provide funding for the development of a youth center in the Fair Haven community of New Haven.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT DEDICATING THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

To provide that the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by an eating establishment, caterer or grocery store be dedicated to (1) distribution to the municipalities in which the revenue was generated, and (2) deposit in the Tourism Fund.

Aundre BumgardnerDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT FOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THAT COVER LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE.

To establish a refundable tax credit to news organizations that cover local communities in the state.

Kate FarrarDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE LOCATED IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores that are located in municipalities with a population of more than one hundred thousand.

Patricia A. DillonDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ESTATE TAX RECAPTURE FOR CERTAIN ESTATES AND AN ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM ESTATE TAX.

To establish (1) an estate tax recapture for certain estates, and (2) an alternative minimum estate tax to prevent the effective net tax rate from falling below two per cent.

Jason DoucetteDemocrat

AN ACT ALLOWING DENTAL HYGIENISTS TO PROVIDE DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES IN PATIENTS' PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

To study the needs of senior citizens in the state in order to ensure the adequate allocation of resources.

Aging Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING FEAR OF RETALIATION TRAINING FOR PERSONS PROVIDING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES IN MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

To require assisted living services agencies that provide assisted living services in a managed residential community to provide annual in-service training to employees concerning residents' fear of retaliation from employees or others.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL MONITORING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES.

To extend protections for the use of technology for the purpose of virtual monitoring and virtual visitation to residents of residential care homes and prescribe a penalty for violation of such protections.

Aging Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING TRAINING FOR HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCY EMPLOYEES.

To require homemaker-companion agencies to provide not less than ten hours of (1) initial training to new employees, and (2) continuing education to current employees.

Aging Committee