Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEPARTMENT ON AGING.

To align state agency functions and improve efficiency and service delivery for seniors and persons with disabilities.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR FARMING.

To make certain motor vehicles used exclusively for farming eligible for personal property tax exemptions.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES.

To increase the maximum penalty for the violation of certain municipal regulations and ordinances to one thousand dollars and adjust such amount for inflation annually.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON CERTAIN INDIAN LANDS.

To establish a property tax exemption for real property and tangible personal property located on certain Indian lands.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PANCREATIC CANCER SCREENING AND TREATMENT REFERRAL PROGRAM.

To establish a pancreatic cancer screening and treatment referral program.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT PROVIDING SCHOOL MEALS TO ALL STUDENTS.

To provide free school meals to all students.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING WATER SAFETY AND SWIM INSTRUCTION.

To require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish and administer an annual program to provide free-of-charge swimming lessons to certain children.

Committee on Children

AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR FELONY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FRAUD.

To increase the threshold dollar amount for an individual to become guilty of a felony for receiving unemployment benefits by fraudulent means.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR STATE MARSHALS.

To provide certain state marshals with medical insurance benefits in the same manner as other state employees.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PORTAL TO PORTAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.

To provide portal to portal workers' compensation coverage for employees of a public works department.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT INCREASING VARIOUS MONETARY THRESHOLDS UNDER THE STATE CODES OF ETHICS.

To increase the monetary thresholds for various prohibitions, requirements or other additional conditions under the State Codes of Ethics.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FEES FOR COPYING, REVIEWING AND REDACTING RECORDS CREATED BY POLICE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND DASHBOARD CAMERAS.

To authorize a public agency to charge a redaction fee for the disclosure of a record created by police body-worn equipment or dashboard cameras that contains portions not authorized to be disclosed under state or federal law.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION AND DELINQUENCY ASSESSMENTS, TICKET DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES, PROHIBITED ADVERTISING PRACTICES AND LOTTERY TICKET REDEMPTION.

To (1) authorize hardship waivers of interest for delinquent lottery sales agents, (2) specify that persons providing ticket distribution services for the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall not be required to obtain a vendor license, (3) authorize the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to issue an endorsement to a corporation employee's occupational license to enable such employee to engage in the corporation's operation of certain forms of gaming or wagering without obtaining an additional license, and (4) authorize advertising, marketing and other promotional materials promulgated by or on behalf of a gaming entity licensee to imply greater chances of winning based on larger wagers in certain online keno and lottery draw games.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

To provide fare-free bus public transportation services for high school students, veterans and low-income passengers.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVENUE ITEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE BIENNIAL BUDGET.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT EXPANDING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING A DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING TIMELY WHEELCHAIR REPAIR STANDARDS.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations regarding health and human services.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT REDUCING INSURANCE RATE PREMIUM REQUESTS.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT EXPANDING MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN.

To (1) prioritize the participation of women in youth manufacturing workforce training programs, CareerConneCT workforce training programs related to manufacturing and the Connecticut Career Accelerator Program, and (2) require Connecticut State Community College to offer financial and career counseling services to such women.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT REDUCING THE SALES AND USE TAXES FOR CERTAIN GOODS USED IN NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.

To reduce the sales and use taxes for certain tangible personal property used in new housing construction.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TAX CREDITS FOR THE CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

To provide certain tax credits for the conversion of commercial buildings into residential developments.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE.

To: (1) Require the Insurance Department to conduct a study concerning an alternative pool for long-term care policyholders; (2) require a public hearing concerning long-term care premium rate increase requests in excess of ten per cent; (3) require notice to individuals of the risk of long-term care premium rate increases prior to the purchase of any long-term care policy; (4) limit premium rate increases for certain long-term care policies renewed in this state; (5) allow life insurance companies to issue annuity contracts with long-term care riders; (6) implement a tax credit for individuals who purchase long-term care policies; and (7) require the Insurance Department to conduct a study of the long-term care premium rate filing process.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS WHO ARE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED BASED ON A DISABILITY RATING OF ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AND A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES.

To (1) authorize municipalities to disregard already-published grand lists for the assessment years commencing October 1, 2024, for purposes of adjusting and republishing said grand lists, (2) make several changes to the veterans' property tax exemption enacted in public act 24-46, and (3) increase a property tax exemption for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who were killed in action.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR CERTAIN DISABLED OR ELDERLY VETERANS.

To provide for affordable housing for certain disabled or elderly veterans.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES.

To (1) allow an income tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums, (2) require the Insurance Department to hold a public hearing for long-term care premium rate increase requests that exceed ten per cent, and (3) require that policyholders are provided advance notice of such hearing.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID-COVERED DENTAL CARE.

To expand preventive adult oral health services covered under Medicaid and require that Medicaid payment be made for eligible dental services and procedures at mobile dental clinics and school-based health centers and sites without requiring such services or procedures be provided in a single visit.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATING SPOUSES FOR STATE-FUNDED HOME CARE.

To compensate spouses who provide personal care assistance to persons enrolled in the state-funded portion of the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE EVICTION OF A RESIDENTIAL TENANT FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT IF THE LANDLORD'S ONLINE RENTAL PAYMENT SYSTEM PREVENTS SUCH PAYMENT OF RENT.

To prohibit a landlord from evicting a tenant for nonpayment of rent if the landlord's online rental payment system prevents the tenant from paying such rent.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FINES FOR CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH FINES INTO A FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE INCARCERATED.

To allow for the assessment of fines for certain disciplinary actions in correctional facilities that shall be deposited in the Correctional General Welfare Fund for uses that may benefit all persons who are incarcerated.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO ENFORCE CERTAIN BLIGHT REGULATIONS WITHOUT PROVIDING NOTICE OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE.

To remove certain notice and opportunity to remediate provisions concerning repeat blight violations.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT REDUCING INTEREST DUE ON CERTAIN DELINQUENT MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES.

To reduce from eighteen per cent to twelve per cent the interest due on unpaid taxes on real property if a lien placed on such property by a municipal tax collector to secure payment of such lien is assigned to a third party.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ASSESSING A CERTAIN FEE FOR DEPOSIT INTO THE FIREFIGHTERS CANCER RELIEF ACCOUNT.

To provide that telephone and telecommunications companies providing local telephone service, providers of commercial mobile radio service and providers of voice over Internet protocol service shall assess against each subscriber a fee in an amount equal to five cents per month per access line for deposit into the firefighters cancer relief account.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMES RELATING TO GIFT CARDS, ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, FOSTERING THE SALE OF STOLEN PROPERTY AND CIVIL LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN CONDUCT RELATING TO GOODS, MERCHANDISE OR PRODUCE.

To (1) establish various crimes relating to gift cards, (2) modify statutory provisions relating to the offenses of organized retail theft and accessory to organized retail theft, (3) establish fostering the sale of stolen property as a crime, and (4) 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.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN LIENS.

To (1) reduce the interest rate for certain municipal tax liens, and (2) provide that certain attorney's fees (A) may not be received, claimed or collected until commencement of a foreclosure action or a suit on the debt, and (B) shall not be more than fifteen per cent of the amount of any judgment.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.

To (1) establish fines for municipal failure to submit certain reports and forms to the Office of Policy and Management, (2) require municipal valuation of tangible personal property other than motor vehicles to be determined in accordance with statutory provisions concerning such valuation, (3) eliminate a requirement concerning municipal statements of compliance with certain zoning requirements after December 1, 2025, (4) require applications for certain tax benefits to be made to municipal assessors rather than the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, (5) alter the composition of and requirements for certain committees governing programs and procedures for municipal assessors and tax collectors, and (6) make minor changes to statutes relating to local capital improvement grant reporting, approval of certain tax abatements, the dates of municipal transmission of certain digital parcel files to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, property valuation increase notices and methods of providing certain notification to municipalities by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, DEVICES AND NONLEGEND DRUGS.

To (1) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to adopt regulations to (A) ensure that nonsterile compounding pharmacies are able to engage in nonsterile compounding of drug products that include levonorgestrel, mifepristone, misoprostol or a similar component as an active ingredient, and (B) provide for the Department Consumer Protection, or one or more public-private partnerships, to import levonorgestrel, mifepristone, misoprostol and similar drug products and components, (2) eliminate a provision requiring the department to prominently post on its Internet web site certain information concerning pharmaceutical representatives, and (3) authorize certain persons working under the direct supervision of veterinarians to dispense prescription veterinary drugs.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

To make various revisions to statutes concerning child support, rates for certain residential living arrangements, reporting regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program, information required at managed residential communities to report abuse, neglect or exploitation and information dissemination from a registry of employees terminated for substantiated abuse.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD CARE SUPPORT FOR CONNECTICUT'S WORKFORCE.

To establish the Workforce Child Care Fund to assist working families in the cost of child care and to cap the cost of child care at seven per cent of a family's annual household income.

Committee on Children

AN ACT REQUIRING WORKERS PERFORMING OFF-SITE CUSTOM FABRICATION FOR A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT TO BE PAID PREVAILING WAGE RATES.

To require workers performing off-site fabrication for a public works project to be paid prevailing wage rates.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE LICENSURE OF LACTATION CONSULTANTS.

To require the licensure of lactation consultants.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHWAY, PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY.

To increase penalties for unsafe driving, restrict driving in the extreme left lane, require helmets for certain operators of motorcycles and bicycles, redefine "mobile electronic device", prohibit open alcoholic beverage containers in motor vehicles, require reflective paint on highways, permit the reporting of instances of unsafe driving, support Complete Streets projects and prioritization plans, study the use of intelligent speed assistance devices, require an operator to complete the operator's retraining program after the first conviction of reckless driving, revise the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate program and restrict the issuance of certain right-of-way encroachment permits and certificates of operation.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT.

To provide authority for the enhanced ability of the state to prepare for and respond to the threat that wildfires present to the state and its residents.

Environment Committee

AN ACT ALLOWING BOARD MEMBERS OF QUASI-PUBLIC AGENCIES TO OBTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE UNDER THE STATE EMPLOYEE PLAN.

To allow any board member of a quasi-public agency to obtain health insurance coverage under the state employee plan.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DOG BREED AND THERAPY ANIMALS IN INSURANCE UNDERWRITING AND EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PENALTY FOR MISREPRESENTING A DOG AS A SERVICE ANIMAL.

To: (1) Prohibit any homeowners insurance or tenants insurance policy from discriminating based on (A) harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds, or (B) owning any dog that is a dog trained or being trained as a service animal to assist blind, deaf or mobility impaired persons; and (2) require the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a penalty for intentional misrepresentation of a dog as a service animal to gain accommodations under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FAILURE TO MOVE OVER FOR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE OPERATOR OR OTHER OCCUPANT OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

To provide that a violation of section 14-283b that results in the death of the operator or any occupant of an emergency vehicle constitutes circumstances evincing an extreme indifference to human life in a criminal prosecution for manslaughter in the first degree.

Judiciary Committee