Bills & Legislation

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

AN ACT CONCERNING A CHILD CARE SERVICES LOAN PROGRAM.

To require the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority to establish a program to provide loans for child care services.

Banking Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING DISASTER SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND A RELATED TAX DEDUCTION AND CREDIT.

To establish a disaster savings account and a related tax deduction and credit.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE PLATFORMS THAT COLLECT CONTRIBUTIONS AND AUTHORIZING STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION JURISDICTION OVER VOTING AT THE MEETINGS OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS.

To exclude certain voluntary payments given by contributors to online political donation platforms from the definition of "contribution" and from the provisions regarding illegal campaign finance practices, to require the State Elections Enforcement Commission to hire additional personnel and to give the commission jurisdiction over the elections of certain districts.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE FILINGS.

To require that all municipal campaign registration and financial disclosure statements be filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, instead of with town clerks, and make several conforming changes.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MINIMUM WAGES FOR NURSING HOME WORKERS PROVIDING DIRECT CARE AND CERTAIN GROUP HOME WORKERS.

To establish minimum wages for nursing home workers and certain group home workers in programs funded by Medicaid.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD.

To establish a board to develop minimum nursing home workforce standards for compensation and training.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT REDUCING BARRIERS TO FOOD SECURITY.

To maximize state and federal resources to reduce barriers to food security.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR LONG-TERM CARE.

To institute safeguards for participants in the Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE PROTECTION PRODUCTS.

To regulate the business of extended warranties for motor vehicles and vehicle theft protection product warranties in this state.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS TO CERTAIN SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.

To expand Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program benefits to employees of a local or regional board of education who do not hold professional certification under chapter 166 of the general statutes and individuals employed by a nonpublic elementary or secondary school who do not hold professional certification under chapter 166 of the general statutes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR MILITARY FUNERAL HONOR GUARD DETAIL COMPENSATION.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for compensation received as a result of participation in military funeral honor guard details.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUESTS FOR HEALTH RECORDS AND THE FEES CHARGED FOR ACCESS TO SUCH RECORDS.

To establish time and cost parameters relating to requests for copies of health records.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

To establish the crime of mutilation of female genitalia of minors as a class D felony.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF AN INTIMATE SYNTHETICALLY CREATED IMAGE.

To criminalize unauthorized dissemination of intimate images that are digitally altered or created through the use of artificial intelligence.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

To (1) define "employer's agent" for purposes of the state's discrimination laws, (2) make conforming statutory changes relating to an individual's status as a victim of domestic violence, (3) clarify when requests for early legal intervention can be made, (4) clarify when commission proceedings may be reopened or appealed, and (5) align state law with federal law concerning a complainant's ability to pursue a matter in state court.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SURVIVOR'S BENEFITS AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF CORRECTION OFFICERS, COURT SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION INVESTIGATORS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION INVESTIGATORS AND OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER INVESTIGATORS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

To provide survivor's benefits and health insurance coverage to the family members of correction officers, Court Support Services Division investigators, Criminal Justice Division investigators and Office of the Chief Public Defender investigators killed in the line of duty.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO EXEMPT MOTOR VEHICLES FROM PROPERTY TAXATION.

To authorize municipalities to exempt motor vehicles from property taxation and transition the municipal revenue loss resulting from such exemption by phasing in an increase in the uniform assessment rate applicable to real property and personal property other than motor vehicles.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ROAMING DOGS.

To enhance fines for unlawfully permitting a dog to roam at large.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT SUBJECTING PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING TO THE SALES AND USE TAX AND REPEALING THE STATUTE REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL TO STUDY MILEAGE-BASED USER FEES ON STATE HIGHWAYS.

To (1) subject peer-to-peer car sharing for thirty days or less to a nine and thirty-five-hundredths sales and use tax, (2) establish a fee on each retail delivery made in the state, and (3) repeal the statute requiring legislative approval for the Department of Transportation to use state money to study a mileage-based user fee on state roads.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES AND DRIVERS.

To (1) require transportation network companies and third-party delivery companies to provide receipts that detail time, distance and pay rate to their drivers, (2) increase the registration fee for transportation network companies, and (3) require transportation network companies to provide real-time messaging, establish an appeals process and disclose certain information to their drivers.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDIUM-DUTY AND HEAVY-DUTY TOWING.

To (1) require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to establish uniform rates and charges for medium-duty and heavy-duty towing and procedures to resolve towing complaints, (2) establish the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Advisory Council, and (3) establish a procedure to process, investigate and resolve complaints by customers of dealers and repairers.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE MEALS TAX REVENUE TO ARTS, CULTURE AND TOURISM.

To dedicate a portion of the revenue generated from the meals tax to the Tourism Fund.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER SALARIES.

To establish a minimum salary for teachers and require the Comptroller to distribute a grant to pay any difference between a teacher's current salary and such minimum salary.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO EMPLOYEES' CHET ACCOUNTS AND CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION TRUST AND CONNECTICUT BABY SCHOLARS FUND.

To establish a tax credit for employer contributions to employees' CHET accounts, make various changes to the Connecticut Higher Education Trust statutes and eliminate references to the Connecticut Baby Scholars Fund.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL DEBT.

To protect spouses from inheriting medical debt from their partners.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

To expand Medicaid coverage for weight loss drugs, require approval by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services of Medicaid state plan amendments not otherwise subject to legislative approval and require nonopioid pain management training for prescribers of opioids who receive Medicaid reimbursement.

Human Services Committee