Bills & Legislation

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

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES.

To (1) provide financial incentives for municipalities that adopt certain transit-oriented development policies, (2) establish the interagency council on housing development, (3) direct the State Responsible Growth Coordinator to establish a fund for the expansion of water and sewerage infrastructure, and (4) allow certain owners of real property to construct an accessory apartment as of right.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

To make technical revisions to statutes relating to planning and development.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ADOPTING THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE COMPACT.

To adopt the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN PERMITTED IN FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES AND CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES AND GROUP CHILD CARE HOMES IN CONDOMINIUMS AND RENTAL UNITS.

To increase the maximum number of children being provided care in a family child care home from nine to twelve children.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE AND PERSONS EMPLOYED AT CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS.

To clarify that persons employed at cannabis establishments are to be paid the minimum fair wage.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.

To prohibit a municipal or special taxing district pension system from diminishing or eliminating rights and benefits granted to a retiree under a pension or retirement system due to such retiree receiving permanent partial disability benefits.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HAZARD PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES.

To add investigators in the Division of Public Defender Services, investigators in the Division of Criminal Justice and support service investigators in Support Enforcement Services to the definition of "hazardous duty member" for the purposes of the State Employees Retirement Act.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER MEANS TO GENERATE DECEPTIVE SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND AFFECT ELECTIONS.

To prohibit distribution of certain deceptive synthetic media within the ninety-day period preceding an election or primary.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK FEES FOR AN INDIGENT PERSON SEEKING A PARDON.

To allow the waiver of certain criminal history records check fees for an indigent person who is seeking a pardon.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CONSUMER PRODUCTS, ABNORMAL ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS AND PRECIPITATING EVENTS.

To (1) provide that no vendor shall downsize, or reduce the quantity, amount, weight or size of, any consumer product unless such vendor (A) reduces the price charged for such product by a commensurate amount, or (B) discloses that such vendor has made such downsizing or reduction, (2) authorize the Attorney General to declare and respond to abnormal economic disruptions, (3) prohibit vendors from charging unconscionably excessive prices following precipitating events, and (4) modify the procedures applicable to persons who fail to adhere to provisions concerning precipitating events.

General Law Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGARDING THE PROJECTION OF A LASER AT AN AIRCRAFT OR THE FLIGHT PATH OF AN AIRCRAFT.

To prohibit (1) equipping an unmanned aircraft with a deadly weapon, (2) operating an unmanned aircraft in close proximity to a critical infrastructure facility, and (3) projecting a laser on or at an aircraft or the flight path of an aircraft.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES.

To (1) redefine "electric foot scooter" and "motor-driven cycle", (2) specify electric vehicles that do meet the definition of electric bicycles, and (3) make selling or advertising such electric vehicles as electric bicycles an unfair or deceptive trade practice.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCATION.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT ADDRESSING PATIENTS' PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT LIMITING OUT-OF-NETWORK HEALTH CARE COSTS.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING THE HATE CRIMES STATUTES.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT ESTABLISHING FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND A RELATED TAX DEDUCTION AND CREDIT.

To establish a first-time homebuyer savings account and a related tax deduction and credit.

Banking Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION FOR REVISIONS TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

To make revisions to the Freedom of Information Act recommended by the Freedom of Information Commission, including concerning the application of the definition of "governmental function", which statutory provisions require training by the commission, the education records exemption, the definition of "hand-held scanner", electronic notice of special meetings and appeals for denial of access to certain public records.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING TAX CREDITS FOR STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS TO INCLUDE EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO TAX UNDER CHAPTER 229.

To expand the tax credit for employers making student loan payments on behalf of employees to pass-through entities.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEBT-FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM.

To expand the debt-free community college program to include students enrolled in a state university within the Connecticut State University System.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NURSING STUDENT LOAN REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

To establish a student loan reimbursement program for nurses who volunteer not fewer than fifty hours in a year providing health care services in a designated health care professional shortage area, medically underserved area or an area with medically underserved populations.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EVICTIONS FOR CAUSE.

To require cause for the eviction of certain tenants and residents of mobile manufactured home parks.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

To modify provisions of the rental assistance program to (1) increase the effective duration of program certificates, (2) reduce eligible unit inspection periods, (3) require program payments to landlords to begin within ten days of the commencement of a qualifying tenancy, and (4) provide for the electronic signature and electronic submission of all program documents.

Housing Committee