Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE NORTHWEST RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY.

To convey a parcel of state land to the Northwest Resource Recovery Authority for purposes of operating a public transfer station for municipal solid waste and recycling materials.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF KILLINGWORTH.

To convey a parcel of state land to the town of Killingworth.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF NORTH CANAAN.

To convey a parcel of state land known as South Greenway in the town of North Canaan to said town.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF EASTON.

To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Easton to The Congregational Church of Easton, Inc., for purposes of open space and two small butterfly gardens-pollinator pathways.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.

To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to conduct reviews of the level of services and reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers and to require prompt payment of private provider organizations.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.

To implement the recommendations of the State Contracting Standards Board, including requiring a notice of bidder rights in solicitations, requiring minimum staffing for the board, amending what is required for privatization business cases, permitting waiver of bidding requirements for minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases and expanding disqualification grounds.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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

To make technical and minor revisions to the government administration statutes.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF APPRENTICES ON PREVAILING WAGE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

To create phased-in requirements for the usage of apprentices on certain prevailing wage public works projects, and to subject contractors and subcontractors who do not comply to a civil penalty and temporary disqualification from public works contracts.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES.

To require employers to notify employees of where electronic surveillance is occurring and which prohibited activities may give rise to surveillance without prior notice.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE GENERAL STATUTES.

To make various technical changes concerning grammar, clarity, accuracy of internal references and consistency in the general statutes.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF ANNUAL TRAINING TO A PERSON APPOINTED AS A CONSERVATOR IN A PROBATE COURT PROCEEDING.

To require the Probate Court Administrator to establish and implement an annual training program for persons appointed as a conservator in a Probate Court proceeding.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS.

To make various changes to the general statutes (1) governing Judicial Branch operations, processes and procedures, and (2) affecting civil and criminal proceedings.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VISITATION POLICIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO PERSONS WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

To prescribe (1) minimal in-person visitation thresholds for persons who are incarcerated, and (2) the process for the transfer of funds held in trust by the Department of Correction to persons who were formerly incarcerated.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS, A MUNICIPAL OPTION TO ABATE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES ON CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND, ALLOCATIONS OF CERTAIN STATE FUNDS AND ITEMS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027.

To allow certain persons to file for property tax exemptions, notwithstanding certain statutory deadlines.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS FOR LONG-TERM CARE POLICIES.

To establish consumer safeguards for purchases of long-term care insurance policies.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL FUND APPLICATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

To allow legislative oversight of applications for federal funds by the Department of Social Services.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PREVENTING FRAUD IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND EXPRESSLY EXTENDING FRAUD AND CORRUPTION PENALTIES TO PUBLIC SERVANTS.

To deter fraud in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and include federal officials among public servants subject to state laws concerning corrupt practices affecting the Medicaid program and other state programs.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOME OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY, FINANCIAL SAFEGUARDS PROTECTING NURSING HOME OPERATIONS AND PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING REQUIRED ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.

To establish financial safeguards concerning private equity ownership of nursing homes and to prohibit nursing homes from requiring residents or prospective residents to sign arbitration agreements to resolve disputes.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAID WAIVERS, MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHER FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS.

To establish additional legislative oversight of applications by the Department of Social Services for federal funding.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF DIGITAL DEFRAUDING.

To establish the crime of digital forgery.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.

To (1) include the playing of a video on a mobile electronic device that is in full view to the person who is operating the vehicle as a form of distracted driving, and (2) specify that distracted driving in a highway work zone is a violation of the state's reckless driving statute.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM TO SHIELD LAND RECORDS AND INCLUDE PRIVATE ENTITIES.

To make a technical change to a statute concerning government organization.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONCERNING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES WITH ACCESS TO TAX RECORDS.

To require criminal background checks of employees with access to federal tax records be conducted at least every five years.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES BY STATE AGENCIES FOR PAYROLL SERVICES.

To require state agency contracts with fiscal intermediaries for payroll services to provide for financial penalties in the event that the fiscal intermediary fails to timely process payroll.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE TREASURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM AND SECOND INJURY FUND.

To make various revisions to the unclaimed property program and Second Injury Fund recommended by the Treasurer.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES TO STATUTES CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTING.

To make technical changes to provisions concerning state contracting.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE POLITICAL DONATION PLATFORMS AND LIMITING AUTOMATICALLY RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS.

To (1) exclude certain voluntary payments given by contributors to online political donation platforms from the definition of "contribution", and the use of such online platforms to request such voluntary payments from the definition of "expenditure", and (2) prohibit such platforms from taking automatically recurring contributions without the affirmative consent of contributors.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.

To implement the Secretary of the State's recommendations for implementation of no-excuse absentee voting, including provisions regarding (1) removal of the statutory restrictions on absentee voting, (2) distribution of absentee ballot applications, (3) use of a single envelope and other aspects of returning absentee ballots, (4) ability to cure absentee ballots in cases where voters have not signed the statement on the return envelope, and (5) tracking of absentee ballots and applications throughout the process.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SECURITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

To (1) amend the Freedom of Information Act to provide that public agencies may not disclose, from their personnel, medical or similar files, the residential addresses of certain public officials and employees, (2) permit candidate committees to expend campaign funds for personal security services, and (3) (A) establish a "legislative safety account" from which the Joint Committee on Legislative Management may expend moneys for purposes of state legislator and state legislative staff safety, and (B) provide for funding of such account.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES CONCERNING ELECTIONS.

To make technical changes to statutes concerning elections.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG SHORTAGES, PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATES AND PROHIBITED MANUFACTURER PRACTICES CONCERNING CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

To set term limits and administrative support for a prescription drug task force, require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to expand the Strategic Supply Chain Initiative to include efforts to prevent or mitigate prescription drug shortages and require the Commissioner of Social Services to negotiate more supplemental prescription drug rebates.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND STUDY FOCUS OF THE LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING COMMITTEE.

To expand the scope of study of long-term care needs.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL UNCOMPENSATED CARE.

To expand hospital financial assistance to patients and reimburse such assistance in a voluntary assistance program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT PROVIDING FOOD SECURITY FOR VETERANS, TRANSITIONAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED BY FEDERAL PROGRAM CUTS, A FOOD AS MEDICINE WAIVER PROGRAM, MEALS ON WHEELS PROVIDER RATE INCREASES AND ALIGNING NUTRITION ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

To mitigate federal changes in the supplemental nutrition assistance program with a transitional assistance fund, expand food security with a Medicaid waiver program and increase rates for meals on wheels providers.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR TARDY PAYCHECKS FOR PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS AND EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATE PROGRAMS.

To require contractual safeguards for personal care attendants working in self-directed home care programs and accessible communication by state agencies and private organizations contracting with state agencies.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID RATE INCREASES.

To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement in accordance with a study.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STATE-FUNDED CAREGIVER PROGRAM TO ASSIST PARENTS OF PERSONS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ENROLLED IN A MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM.

To provide a state-funded caregiver program for parents of children enrolled in a Medicaid waiver program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY AND WHEELCHAIR REPAIR ADVISORY COUNCIL.

To amend statutory provisions and requirements concerning complex rehabilitation technology and wheelchair repair.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER FROM JUVENILE COURT TO ADULT COURT.

To include all serious firearm offenses in the list of offenses eligible for transfer from the juvenile court to the adult court, require a motion to transfer a hearing on such motion for a case involving such offense to be within fifteen days of the child's arraignment and require reporting on transfer motions.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCING OF AND PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-SIX YEARS.

To expand provisions concerning the sentencing of a child who committed a class A or B felony and parole of persons who committed a crime under the age of twenty-one years, to those persons who were under twenty-six years of age when they committed such crimes.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAWS OF THIS STATE.

To study the criminal procedure laws of this state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE LAWS OF THIS STATE CONCERNING ISSUES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

To study the laws of this state concerning issues of criminal justice.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

To strengthen criminal penalties for intentional damage to or tampering with critical infrastructure and public safety systems by expanding the offenses of criminal mischief in the first and second degrees to include conduct that causes damage, or creates a risk of interruption or impairment of services rendered to the public, including utility, transportation, communications, emergency response and other essential state and municipal systems.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CORRECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

To make technical changes to the statute establishing the Correction Advisory Committee.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS.

To suspend the operator's license of a person who has repeatedly violated state law requiring a motor vehicle to stop for a school bus that is displaying flashing red signal lights.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ADDRESS VERIFICATION REFORMS FOR REGISTRANTS.

To make a technical correction to the definition of "sexually violent offense" and modify provisions concerning verification of a registrant's address and other information and associated penalties for failure to do so.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL GAINS SURCHARGE.

To require the Commissioner of Revenue Services to study the revenue policies of the state.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee