Bills & Legislation

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IN STATE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND OFFICES, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To foster healthier communities, improve public health outcomes and reduce long-term health care costs.

Christopher RosarioDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR STIPENDS PAID TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.

To establish a personal income tax deduction, not exceeding two thousand dollars, for any stipend paid to certain volunteer emergency personnel by a municipality, volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance association.

Brian LanoueRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES PRICE THRESHOLD OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO A HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE.

To 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.

Devin R. CarneyRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR INTEREST PAID ON STUDENT LOANS.

To establish a credit against the personal income tax for interest paid on student loans by the taxpayer.

Devin R. CarneyRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR FULL-TIME HOME HEALTH CARE COSTS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction of up to sixty thousand dollars for the cost of full-time home health care, including, but not limited to, the cost of medical supplies and in-home services.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENTS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for premiums paid for long-term care insurance.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR STIPENDS PAID TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE MEMBERS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for any stipend paid to certain volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance members by a municipality, volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance association.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Lezlye ZupkusRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Brian LanoueRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR OVERTIME INCOME.

To exempt from the personal income tax the amount of any overtime income earned by an employee.

Brian LanoueRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING SUNDAY HUNTING ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY BY SHOTGUN OR RIFLE.

To authorize Sunday hunting on private and public property by shotgun or rifle.

Donna VeachRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING A LIMITED BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASON.

To manage the black bear population and protect residents of the state.

Donna VeachRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESSING OF RABBITS FOR CONSUMPTION BY LOCAL CONSUMERS AND RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.

To provide for the in-state processing of rabbits for local consumers and retail food establishments.

Joseph P. GreskoDemocrat

AN ACT LIMITING THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS FEE TO ONE REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE PER HOUSEHOLD.

To limit the Passport to the Parks Fee to one registered motor vehicle per household.

Greg S. HowardRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF CERTAIN RODENTICIDES.

To protect the health of birds of prey and other rodent predator animals.

Joseph P. GreskoDemocrat

AN ACT ADDING OYSTER SHELLS TO THE STATE'S LIST OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

To provide for the recycling and reuse of oyster shells as a means to seed more Connecticut oyster beds.

Joseph P. GreskoDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING VETERANS FROM THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS FEE WHEN REGISTERING A MOTOR VEHICLE.

To exempt veterans from the Passport to the Parks motor vehicle registration fee.

Mark DeCaprioRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE BARRIERS TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS BECOMING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.

To address the shortage of volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency medical technicians.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE OFFICER DISCRETION TO PURSUE MOTOR VEHICLES.

To provide discretion to a police officer to pursue a motor vehicle if such officer can articulate a public safety need for such pursuit.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF STATE TROOPERS ASSIGNED AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.

To require that an increased number of state troopers be assigned as school resource officers at vocational-technical schools.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING TOUR PROVIDERS AND THE PROVISION OF BASIC LIFE SUPPORT.

To ensure that certain persons providing tours are trained to provide basic life support.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON CERTAIN ENDOWMENT FUNDS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND CONCERNING THE USE OF THE REVENUE GENERATED.

To impose a capital gains tax on certain endowment funds of institutions of higher education and dedicate the revenue from such tax to reducing the amount that participants in the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program are required to contribute under section 31-49g of the general statutes.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CIVIL PREPAREDNESS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS, THE USE OF TOWN AID ROAD PROGRAM FUNDS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND REVISIONS TO THE STATE WATER PLAN.

To better enable towns to undertake climate change-related resiliency efforts.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING POLITICAL ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS FROM RECEIVING STATE FUNDS.

To prohibit political activist organizations from receiving state funds.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NEW PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST ON-DEMAND MICROTRANSIT SERVICES IN THE COUNTIES OF WINDHAM AND TOLLAND.

To establish and fund a new pilot program to test on-demand microtransit services in rural areas not currently served by public transportation.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM NUMBER OF SWORN STATE POLICE PERSONNEL.

To protect public safety by ensuring appropriate staffing levels within the state police force.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT LOWERING THE COST OF RESIDENT STATE TROOPERS FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

To lower the cost of resident state troopers for municipalities.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE STATE FIRE SAFETY CODE RELATING TO METHODS OF EGRESS IN THE EVENT OF AN INTRUDER.

To study the State Fire Safety Code as it relates to methods of egress in the event of an intruder, including the use of a lock that requires two releasing motions.

Rob SampsonRepublican

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO GRANT THE POWERS OF DIRECT INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL.

To grant electors of the state the powers of direct initiative, referendum and recall.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING AN AUDIT OF UNPAID UTILITY BILLS DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

To require (1) an audit of shut-off moratoria related to the financial hardship of an end use customer of any utility, and (2) monthly statements from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority concerning efforts to collect unpaid bills related to such moratoria.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF A PENSION BUYOUT PLAN FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

To require the Office of Policy Management to study a state employee pension buyout plan.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FEDERAL VETERANS' BENEFITS AND INCOME ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

To disregard from income certain federal veterans' benefits when determining eligibility for certain public assistance programs.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF DYSLEXIA AND READING DISABILITIES.

To provide an operating budget for the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPARENCY IN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

To provide transparency in transportation projects.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CERTAIN MINIMUM NUMBER OF STATE TROOPERS.

To establish a minimum number of one thousand two hundred forty-eight state troopers.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING PARENTAL NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF A PREGNANCY BY A MINOR.

To ensure that the best interests of a minor are protected when facing an unplanned pregnancy.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CODIFYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT.

To codify certain provisions of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act concerning emergency health care.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADEQUATE PRESCRIPTION OF PAIN MEDICATION FOR CANCER PATIENTS, PALLIATIVE AND NURSING HOME PATIENTS AND PATIENTS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC INTRACTABLE PAIN.

To allow health care practitioners to adequately prescribe pain medication.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING TIME FRAMES FOR BINDING ARBITRATION.

To amend time frames for binding arbitration in the state.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS.

To expand the scope of work that minors sixteen and seventeen years of age can be employed or permitted to work in.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLD.

To increase the prevailing wage thresholds.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVAILING WAGE THRESHOLD FOR RENOVATIONS.

To increase the total cost threshold for renovations of any public works project and to require such threshold to be indexed to reflect inflation.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE USE OF PAID SICK LEAVE.

To allow employers to require documentation that an employee's use of paid sick leave is being taken for a permitted purpose.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND THE ABILITY TO STRIKE.

To prohibit the ability of school bus drivers to strike.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSENT SEARCHES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

To permit consent searches of motor vehicles in the same manner as permitted for pedestrians.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT RESTRICTING EARLY RELEASE FOR PERSONS CONVICTED OF CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT OR FIREARMS.

To protect the citizens of Connecticut from early release of convicted violent felons.

Rob SampsonRepublican