Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.

To (1) increase to more than seventy-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate, and (2) exempt commercial vehicles from the higher sales and use taxes rate.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAX CREDIT FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.

To replace the current tax credit for machinery and equipment with a tax credit for fifty per cent of the amount spent by a corporation on machinery and equipment acquired for and installed in a facility in this state and including a five-year minimum use and recapture provision.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To establish a first-time home buyers tax credit against the personal income tax for certain tax filers from an asset limited, income constrained, employed household.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INSTALLATION OR REPLACEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS NEAR SCHOOLS.

To prohibit the installation or replacement of any telecommunications tower if such tower is located, or will be located, one hundred fifty or fewer yards from any school.

John A. KisselRepublican

AN ACT PREVENTING POLITICAL BIAS IN THE CLASSROOM.

To prevent political bias in the classroom.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

To ensure that students are able to learn about the foundation of the rights and liberties of all citizens of the United States of America.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DIVERSION OF CHILD CARE SUBSIDY FUNDING TO UNION DUES.

To ensure that funding for child care subsidies not be diverted to increase provider union dues.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTAL VISITATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

To study the feasibility of allowing parents to visit their child's classroom during the school day.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRICULUM COMMITTEES.

To determine whether school districts are in compliance with the requirement to establish curriculum committees.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY IN CLASSROOMS.

To ensure that students receive age and developmentally appropriate instruction in the classroom about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DISCLOSURE OF DISCIPLINARY RECORDS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

To create safer school environments for students by providing increased parental oversight and accountability of school districts.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ALLOWING TRADESPEOPLE AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TO CREDIT WORK EXPERIENCE TOWARD TEACHER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

To allow tradespeople and health care professionals to receive credit for work experience toward earning a teacher certification to aid in filling a shortage in trade school teachers.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE EASY BREATHING ASTHMA PROGRAM.

To reinstate funding for the Easy Breathing asthma program.

John A. KisselRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR ELDERLY NUTRITION.

To increase funding for the elderly nutrition program.

John A. KisselRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE STATE-WIDE NARCOTICS TASK FORCE.

To direct additional resources to combat the illegal manufacturing and sale of fentanyl in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR INTERNET ACCESS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.

To improve quality Internet and cellular telephone service in rural communities.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS.

To provide residents in rural communities with vital health care services.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING LIMITS ON STATE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

To limit state retirees from collecting a pension greater than their annual base pay.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE SHORE LINE EAST RAIL LINE.

To increase the Shore Line East rail service between the city of New Haven and the town of Mystic in order to ease traffic congestion on Interstate Route 95 and promote tourism along the Connecticut shoreline during the summer.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT.

To reopen recently closed school-based health clinics and ensure the continued operation of expanded school-based health centers in eastern Connecticut.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

To fund the high school preapprenticeship grant program.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

To recruit and retain health care providers to work within the state correctional system.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S SHARE OF THE COST FOR RESIDENT STATE TROOPERS.

To provide financial relief to small municipalities.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

To fully fund the preapprenticeship grant program and award each student who successfully completes the program not less than one thousand dollars.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL AUDITS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDING.

To require annual audits of all organizations that receive state funding.

Henri MartinRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CERTAIN RATE INCREASES AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.

To protect residents of assisted living facilities from unaffordable price increases.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING SUNDAY HUNTING ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS.

To expand Sunday hunting during hunting season.

Henri MartinRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FUND FOR TRAIL MAINTENANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

To assist the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with maintaining state trails.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING INCREASED PATROL AND ENFORCEMENT ON STATE-OWNED LANDS AND WATERWAYS.

To increase patrols and enforcement performed by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection on state-owned lands and waterways.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DISCLOSURE OF CHEMICALS DISBURSED IN THE AIR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WEATHER ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES.

To require the disclosure of chemical releases by the federal government.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING ALL SUNDAY HUNTING.

To permit Sunday hunting.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING.

To improve public safety by increasing penalties for speeding and reckless driving.

Donna VeachRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NEW COMMUTER RAIL LINE TO BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

To establish a new commuter rail line to connect Hartford Union Station to Bradley International Airport and enhance the accessibility and competitiveness of Bradley International Airport.

Christopher RosarioDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING REPORTING ON CLOSED WELLS AND LANDFILLS AND ESTABLISHING A PROTOCOL FOR TESTING SUCH STRUCTURES FOR PFAS.

To create a record of closed landfills and wells and establish a protocol for PFAS testing of wells, landfills and incinerator ash.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THAT LEAVE PURSUANT TO THE CONNECTICUT PAID LEAVE AUTHORITY IS SECONDARY TO SHORT-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE.

To require that leave pursuant to the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority is secondary to short-term disability insurance when individuals apply for short-term disability insurance coverage.

INTRODUCER WITHDRAWN

AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM IMPOSING UNILATERAL TIME LIMITS ON COVERAGE FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES.

To prohibit health insurance companies from imposing unilateral time limits on coverage for anesthesia services.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY BOND REQUIREMENTS.

To exempt nonprofit organizations from the insurance and indemnity bond requirements applicable to certain motor vehicle owners pursuant to subsection (a) of said section, provided the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles finds that such nonprofit organization has maintained sufficient financial responsibility to meet legal liability for personal injury, death or damage resulting from or caused by the use or operation of a service bus owned or operated by such nonprofit organization.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT PERMITTING CERTAIN SPONSORING ASSOCIATIONS TO CREATE MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENTS.

To permit sponsoring associations greater than a specified membership threshold to create multiple employer welfare arrangements.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A STATE-OPERATED REINSURANCE PROGRAM AND THE REGULATION OF HEALTH CARE COST GROWTH.

To establish a state-operated reinsurance program and reduce the cost of health care in this state.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF PREMIUM RATES ON LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE POLICIES.

To: (1) Evaluate an alternative pool for long-term care policyholders in excess of twenty years; (2) require that the Insurance Department hold a public hearing for long-term care premium rate increase requests that exceed ten per cent; and (3) require that long-term care insurers provide potential policyholders with explicit notice, prior to the purchase of long-term care insurance policies, of the high risk of future premium rate increases.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING AN ANNUAL AUDIT AND REPORT CONCERNING CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PLANS ADMINISTERED BY THIS STATE.

To provide for greater transparency in, and legislative oversight of, health care plans administered by this state and offered to persons other than state employees.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

To require that the Office of Health Strategy conduct additional reporting, accounting and transparency measures.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE MARKET.

To ensure consumer protection in the long-term care insurance market and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH INSURERS FROM REQUIRING SPOUSES OF COVERED EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN SEPARATE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

To prohibit health insurers from requiring that spouses of covered employees obtain separate health insurance coverage, if available.

Henri MartinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A HEALTH SAVINGS OR FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT FOR VETERINARY EXPENSES.

To allow residents of this state to use such resident's health savings account or flexible spending account to pay for veterinary expenses.

John A. KisselRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCESS FOR BOROUGHS.

To allow any borough to qualify for an exemption from the affordable housing appeals process separately from the municipality of which such borough is a political subdivision.

Heather S. SomersRepublican