Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES AND THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY COMPANIES.

To (1) require transportation network companies and third-party delivery companies to provide receipts that detail time, distance and pay rate to 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.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

To enhance recruitment and retention of police officers.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RELATED STATUTES.

To make minor revisions to various programs of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VERIFICATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRANTS' ADDRESSES.

To make verification of addresses by registrants possible by telephone, extend the period for which a person must return an address verification form and decriminalize such failure if not intentional.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL RECORDS.

To revise the maximum allowable fees an institution may charge for medical records requested by someone other than a patient or the patient's personal representative.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSORTED REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.

To (1) require EASTCONN to establish a pilot program to implement a uniform chart of accounts, (2) increase the retirement benefit for full-time credited service in an alliance district and reduce the penalty for early retirement, (3) from the funds appropriated for the after-school program grant program, (A) provide a grant-in-aid to an organization that provides support services to grant recipients, and (B) set aside ten per cent for towns with populations between seven thousand five hundred and twenty thousand, (4) remove the allowance for the establishment of a Connecticut School Reform Resource Center through contract with a regional educational resource center, and (5) require the Department of Education to allocate funds to the State Education Resource Center as specified in its annual budget.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCONNECTED YOUTH.

To (1) increase the foundation amount for equalization aid grants and add weight for students eligible for free or reduced price meals, multilingual learners and students requiring special education, (2) add the Department of Correction and Court Support Services to P20 WIN and require data collection and sharing concerning disconnected youth, (3) require establishment of a youth success oversight board within a regional council of governments, (4) require the establishment of a program to provide school-based telehealth mental health services, and (5) require the distribution of youth employment funds to regional workforce development boards based on the percentage of disadvantaged youth in such region.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ASPIRING EDUCATORS.

To make revisions to the laws governing the recruitment of aspiring educators.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CURBSIDE VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ELECTORS WITH DISABILITIES OR OTHER INCAPACITIES.

To require registrars of voters to designate areas for curbside voting at polling places to assist electors with disabilities and other incapacities in casting their ballots.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REFERENDA, INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND OTHER CAMPAIGN FINANCE CHANGES.

To (1) implement federal court rulings regarding independent expenditure political committees and contributions to such committees, (2) reflect federal case law on aggregate contribution limits for individuals, (3) more explicitly recognize referendum spending as a type of independent expenditure and make changes related to reporting and attribution requirements, (4) adjust a disclaimer requirement to address certain organization expenditures, (5) make a conforming change regarding the distribution of surplus funds by candidate committees participating in the Citizens' Election Program, (6) allow the State Elections Enforcement Commission additional time to investigate certain complaints, (7) establish in-state contributor requirements for state-wide candidates participating in said program, and (8) specify that individual contributions under said program may not exceed already-established contribution limits.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT RENAMING THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT THE DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT AND INCREASING FUNDING FOR SAID ACCOUNT.

To increase the funding for the community investment account by raising the fees charged, to rename said account the Donald E. Williams, Jr. community investment account and to increase the fees remitted to town clerks by one dollar.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR STATE MARSHALS.

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

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC UTILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

To (1) deem certain public service companies a public agency for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act and not permit them to recover through rates costs of compliance with said act, (2) subject the Home Energy Solutions program to audit by the Auditors of Public Accounts, (3) modify the expertise and other requirements of utility commissioner appointments and impose revolving door and substantial conflict recusal requirements, (4) modify other processes of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, (5) prohibit certain mergers of utility companies, (6) prohibit a utility company from owning both gas and electric utilities, (7) prohibit a public utility company from imposing any fees that would discourage the adoption of grid-enhancing and energy-efficient technologies, (8) prohibit a right of first refusal to acquire property by a utility company, and (9) prohibit deceptive fees to utility end use customers.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.

To (1) redefine "organization expenditure" to include campaign events at which a candidate or candidates are present, (2) move the timing of the consumer price index adjustments for individual contribution amounts and the aggregate contribution amounts candidates are required to raise, from January of the election year to (A) not later than July 3, 2025, for elections held in 2026, and (B) January of the prior year for elections held in subsequent cycles, (3) beginning with the 2030 election, allow major party candidates for Governor to apply for convention campaign grants beginning the January of the year preceding the election, (4) provide that candidates who change their party status after filing their grant applications are ineligible to receive additional grant funds, and (5) address approvals of grant applications in relation to the timing of such consumer price index adjustments.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN PARTY CAUCUSES, CONVENTIONS AND PRIMARIES, INCLUDING PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARIES, AND IN CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

To afford political parties the flexibility to use ranked-choice voting in party caucuses, conventions and primaries, including presidential preference primaries.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S SPENDING ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES ACTIVITIES.

To provide funding for arts, culture, tourism and humanities activities and require reporting on the spending for such activities.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONNECTICUT PRECIOUS METALS WORKING GROUP AND CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COINS, BULLION AND LEGAL TENDER.

To (1) recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the state, (2) implement various initiatives to promote the ownership and use of gold and silver in trade and transactions, (3) establish the Connecticut Bullion Depository, and (4) establish the Gold Start Savings Program for children residing in a concentrated poverty census tract.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE PROVISION OF REIMBURSEMENT AND OTHER GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES.

To phase out and eliminate the property tax on motor vehicles through the dedication of certain revenue and savings for reimbursement and other grants to municipalities.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT APPEALS BOARD FOR PROPERTY VALUATION.

To establish the Connecticut appeals board for property valuation to hear property tax appeals in lieu of boards of assessment appeals.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S ECONOMY, ELECTRICITY AFFORDABILITY AND BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS AND ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT ENERGY PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY AND THE GREEN BOND FUND.

To (1) establish the Connecticut Energy Procurement Authority; (2) establish the Electric Rate Stabilization Fund; (3) redefine "Class I renewable energy source" to include electricity generated from any nuclear power generating facility in the state; (4) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to incorporate time-of-use components into electric rates; (5) establish the Energy Infrastructure Transition Fund; (6) allow for electric distribution companies to issue securities concerning certain storm remediation costs; and (7) authorize bonds of the state to fund the Green Bond Fund.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

To address issues relating to resources for special education in Connecticut.

Select Committee on Special Education

RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION AWARD TO STEFON MORANT WITH RESPECT TO HIS CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Judiciary Committee

RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION AWARD TO VERNON HORN WITH RESPECT TO HIS CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Judiciary Committee

RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION AWARD TO GEORGE GOULD WITH RESPECT TO HIS CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Judiciary Committee

RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION AWARD TO ADAM CARMON WITH RESPECT TO HIS CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING A RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS REGARDING NONLAPSING ACCOUNTS.

To implement a recommendation of the Auditors of Public Accounts regarding nonlapsing accounts.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROGRAMMING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND OTHER FARMING AND AGRICULTURE RELATED PROVISIONS.

To streamline certain services at the Department of Agriculture while increasing access to such services.

Environment Committee

AN ACT REVISING THE EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROVISIONS REGARDING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL REFERENDA AND EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CONCERNING CONTRACTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION'S NETWORK OF SCHOOLS, THE REPORTING OF CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCIAL INFORMATION, THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS AND THE DEFERRALS OF CERTAIN TOWNS' REAL PROPERTY REVALUATIONS.

To allow certain persons to file for a certain property tax exemption, notwithstanding certain statutory deadlines, and authorize the town of Trumbull to defer the revaluation of real property in said town by one year.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM STATUTES.

To implement the Teachers' Retirement Board's recommendations for changes to the teachers' retirement system statutes.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF THE STATE.

To (1) reduce a portion of the amount of the credit for income taxes paid to other states, (2) require the Attorney General to study ways to defend residents from having income tax imposed by other jurisdictions on income derived from services rendered while such resident was within this state, and (3) provide a credit to residents who file an appeal protesting the tax imposed by such other jurisdiction.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION.

To implement the Department of Consumer Protection's recommendations regarding (1) public accountancy and certified public accountants, (2) architects and the practice of architecture, (3) real estate licensees, (4) the skilled trades, (5) major contractors, (6) new home construction contractors and the New Home Construction Guaranty Fund, (7) community association managers, (8) closing-out sales, (9) mobile manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home parks, (10) the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers and the enforcement powers of various boards and commissions, (11) pure food and drugs, (12) the Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, (13) bakeries, food manufacturing establishments and food warehouses, (14) health clubs, (15) donation bins, (16) acceptance of cash as a form of payment, (17) the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, (18) the Home Solicitation Sales Act, (19) new motor vehicle warranties, (20) automatic renewal and continuous services provisions, and (21) mechanical contractors.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING BROADBAND INTERNET, GAMING, SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE SERVICES AND CONSUMER CONTRACTS.

To (1) require the owner of a social media platform to incorporate an online safety center into, and establish a cyberbullying policy for, the owner's social media platform, (2) redefine "heightened risk of harm to minors" to include processing minors' personal data in a manner that presents any reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to minors' physical or mental health, and (3) require the controller of an online service, product or feature that is offered to minors to (A) include a default setting in such service, product or feature to prevent adults from sending unsolicited communications to minors, (B) not use any system design feature to significantly increase, sustain or extend minors' use of such service, product or feature, and (C) disclose to the Attorney General a plan established and implemented to mitigate or eliminate any heightened risk of harm to minors.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

To update references in the general statutes to the regional community-technical colleges to Connecticut State Community College and to the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System and the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges to the Board of Regents for Higher Education.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES AND DRIVERS, THE PROJECTION OF A LASER AT AN AIRCRAFT OR FLIGHT PATH, AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SAFETY DEVICES, SMALL HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND THE NAMING OF CERTAIN ROADS AND BRIDGES.

To implement the recommendations of the Department of Transportation concerning the Connecticut Plan Coordinate System, an autonomous vehicle pilot program, crosswalks, light rail transit signals, highway service signs, federal surface transportation urban program funding, rail facilities and transit districts.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING LOTTERY AND GAMING REGULATION.

To (1) prohibit lottery ticket resales and ticket courier services, (2) modify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's disciplinary authority concerning certain gaming licensees, (3) require vendor and affiliate licensees to provide books and records, (4) define and redefine certain terms concerning gaming, (5) modify provisions concerning wagers on sporting events involving Connecticut intercollegiate teams, (6) restrict who may review certain criminal history records checks, (7) prohibit certain advertising, (8) authorize certain bets and wagers on boxing and mixed martial arts, (9) provide that certain persons conducting sweepstakes or promotional drawings shall not allow or facilitate participation in certain real or simulated online casino gaming or sports wagering, (10) provide that any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class D felony, and (11) repeal a provision authorizing the commissioner to appoint a director to perform delegated functions.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER CREDIT AND COMMERCIAL FINANCING.

To: (1) Require cancellations of certain surety bonds to be submitted electronically; (2) modify procedures regarding changes to the legal names of certain licensees; (3) redefine "sales finance company"; (4) establish procedures for registering as an exempt mortgage servicer registrant; (5) establish requirements regarding private student education loan cosigner releases; (6) establish enforcement authority regarding registrants; (7) prohibit receiving fees in connection with small loans without a license; (8) redefine "mortgage servicer" and "servicing"; (9) define "private education lender" and "private education loan creditor"; (10) establish requirements regarding timelines and fees for certain registrants that are exempt from licensing; (11) modify various statutes relating to commercial financing; (12) modify registration and enforcement procedures regarding private education lenders and private education loan creditors; (13) require certain disclosures in connection with shared appreciation agreements; (14) make technical changes to various statutes regarding consumer credit; and (15) redefine "system".

Banking Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE TREASURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS CONCERNING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

To make revisions to provisions concerning unclaimed property, including providing when funeral service contracts are deemed abandoned, redefining "last-known address", creating a process to escheat property solely owned by a state agency, authorize a process to donate approved claims for charitable purposes and require notification for properties valued at fifty dollars or more.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO THE FIREFIGHTERS CANCER RELIEF PROGRAM.

To amend the Firefighters Cancer Relief Program to expand coverage to conditions of cancer affecting the skin, expand benefits to firefighters employed by the state and surviving dependents of firefighters that have applied for benefits and make other clarifying changes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.

To (1) reduce the amount of time an employer can protest unemployment benefits that such employer contends to have been improperly charged, (2) change the position of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate to classified service, (3) require physicians and advanced practice registered nurses to report suspected occupational diseases to the Labor Department, and (4) make technical changes to the labor statutes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

To recruit and retain health care providers in the state.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE ALLIANCE DISTRICT EDUCATOR AND COUNSELOR LOAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM AND THE HIGH PRIORITY OCCUPATION LOAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM.

To expand the (1) Alliance District Educator Counselor Loan Subsidy Program to include other high priority occupations, and (2) High Priority Occupation Loan Subsidy Program by allowing the use of existing bonding funds for such purpose.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE FALLEN HERO FUND AND PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO SURVIVORS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

To (1) establish that the surviving family of a firefighter killed in the line of duty shall be paid a death benefit from the Fallen Officer Fund, (2) rename such fund the "Fallen Officer and Firefighter Fund", and (3) provide health insurance coverage to the survivors of a firefighter killed in the line of duty.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STATUTES.

To make technical revisions to the education and early childhood statutes.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES.

To establish various requirements concerning earned but unpaid wage or salary income advances.

Banking Committee

AN ACT ELIMINATING CERTAIN FUNDING PROVISIONS FROM THE HEALTHY HOMES FUND.

To remove certain funding provisions from the Healthy Homes Fund.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR FDA-APPROVED GENE THERAPIES TO TREAT SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

To require Medicaid coverage for gene therapies approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to treat sickle cell disease.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC ADJUSTERS.

To provide that any public adjuster fee charged to an insured shall be (1) based on the insurer's settlement amount paid on the account of a loss, and (2) collected by such public adjuster after such insurer has paid such settlement proceeds.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee