Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

To bring the child pornography definitions in line with federal language concerning virtual children.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPLICABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY IN ACTIONS FILED AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

To allow police officers to assert governmental immunity in more situations and to permit interlocutory appeals of a trial court's denial of the application of the defense of governmental immunity.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT LIMITING CANDIDATES TO APPEARING ONLY ONCE ON THE ELECTION BALLOT.

To require that, for any candidate who has been nominated by multiple parties, the name of such candidate shall appear only once on the ballot.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF THE STATE'S PENSION FUNDS.

To require an annual independent review of the investment performance of the state's pension funds.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To establish a caregiver tax credit against the personal income tax.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING CONTRACTED PREMIUM RATES FOR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE POLICIES.

To establish contracted premium rates for long-term care insurance policies.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGIONAL PLANNING INCENTIVE ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTION FORMULA.

To change the regional planning incentive account distribution formula by indexing the per capita payment amount to inflation or an amount determined by the General Assembly, provided such amount shall not be decreased.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REPEALING A STATUTE CONCERNING PROHIBITED CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

To repeal a statute concerning prohibited charter amendments.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CLARIFYING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE PREVAILING WAGE STATUTE.

To maximize private investment in municipal economic development and affordable housing projects.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION PAID TO JURORS.

To provide increased compensation to jurors who are required to miss more than five days of work due to jury service.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO STUDY REFORMS TO THE FAMILY COURT PROCESS.

To create a task force to study and recommend reforms to the family court process in order to ensure justice and fair outcomes and to reduce the costs to individuals.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM UNILATERALLY LIMITING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.

To prohibit health insurance companies from unilaterally limiting health insurance coverage for special needs children, including health insurance coverage for physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and feeding therapy services.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BIOMARKER TESTING.

To require that individual and group health insurance policies provide coverage for biomarker testing.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE RATE REIMBURSEMENT PARITY.

To equalize Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM RECEIVING TAXPAYER-FUNDED BENEFITS.

To reduce the tax burden of lawful residents by prohibiting the state from providing taxpayer-funded benefits and social welfare services to illegal immigrants.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SKILLED TRADE LICENSING RECIPROCITY, LICENSING FEES AND APPRENTICESHIP RATIOS.

To provide for licensing reciprocity for skilled tradespersons, cap licensing fees applicable to skilled tradespersons and modify the required apprenticeship ratios applicable to the skilled trades.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE AGRICULTURAL LABOR REMUNERATION THRESHOLD FOR IMPOSITION OF UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES.

To increase, for purposes of the imposition of unemployment taxes, the threshold for payments made to individuals employed in agricultural labor in a calendar quarter, from twenty thousand dollars to thirty thousand dollars.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A SUSPENSION OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE, LIMITS ON CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN ZERO-CARBON INCENTIVES AND AN INCREASE IN THE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY.

To (1) suspend the charges collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" pending legislative review of such charges, (2) prohibit any power purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of electricity at a price exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the wholesale price of electricity, (3) remove incentives for the development of zero-carbon energy sources unless such incentives are available for the development of any energy generation, and (4) promote an increase in the natural gas supply in the state.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW POLICIES CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF BALLOONS.

To create a task force to review policies concerning the release of balloons.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO REIMBURSE MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOSS CAUSED BY VETERAN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.

To hold municipalities harmless for granting veterans benefits.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS.

To permanently fund law enforcement crisis intervention teams.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

To provide additional funding for United Services, Inc. and youth services in the towns of Chaplin, Hampton and Scotland.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.

To increase the fines and penalties for someone who causes injury to another person as a result of texting and driving.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY AND DETERMINE THE BEST MECHANISM FOR PROVIDING NOTICE OF CERTAIN RESTRAINING OR PROTECTIVE ORDERS TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND RESOURCE OFFICERS.

To establish a working group to study and determine the best mechanism for providing the appropriate school official or school resource officer with notice of any restraining or protective order concerning a student or the parent or legal guardian of a student at such official's or officer's school.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMMISSIONER OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION TO ACQUIRE A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE.

To ensure the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection facilitates firearm transfers from person to person in compliance with rules established by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regarding such transfers.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ALLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF PULSE OXIMETERS.

To allow law enforcement officers to carry and to authorize the use of pulse oximeters.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE STATE'S CURRENT LAWS REGARDING REPEAT OFFENDERS OF LAWS PROHIBITING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

To study the state's current laws regarding repeat offenders of laws prohibiting driving under the influence in order to protect the public from impaired drivers.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF POLICE POLICIES ON WELLNESS CHECKS.

To review policies of the State Police and municipal police departments on wellness checks.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE PLANS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

To protect the security of single-family dwellings by exempting the plans for such dwellings from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ALLOWING MUNICIPALITIES TO SELECT THEIR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA RESPONDER.

To allow each municipality to select its own primary service area responder.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING ENGINE BRAKING BY COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

To alleviate excessive noises on roadways caused by the use of engine compression brake devices in densely populated residential areas.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT NAMING A PORTION OF CHURCH HILL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NEWTOWN IN HONOR OF THE PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE NEWTOWN HOOK AND LADDER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

To name a portion of Church Hill Road in honor of the past, current and future members of the Newtown Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CASTLE DOCTRINE.

To adopt and incorporate the castle doctrine into the general statutes.

Brian LanoueRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS.

To ease the burden on local roads by prohibiting global positioning systems and other navigation applications from proposing routes of travel that direct heavy motor vehicle traffic onto local roads.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINERS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

To reduce the number of crashes and fatalities resulting from drivers operating under the influence of alcohol.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR INJURIES OCCURRING IN A SKATEBOARD PARK OR DOG PARK MAINTAINED BY A MUNICIPALITY.

To reduce a municipality's exposure to liability for injuries occurring in a municipally maintained skateboard park or dog park.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSESSMENTS AND USER FEES CHARGED TO HEALTH CARRIERS BY THE CONNECTICUT HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE.

To require the exchange, established pursuant to section 38a-1081 of the general statutes, to gain legislative approval before: (1) Modifying any existing assessment or user fee charged to health carriers; or (2) charging any new assessment or user fee to health carriers.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HEALTHY HOMES FUND SURCHARGE.

To eliminate the requirement that insureds under certain homeowners insurance policies pay the surcharge imposed pursuant to section 38a-331 of the general statutes.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING A FAIR RENT COMMISSION DISMISS CERTAIN CASES.

To require a fair rent commission to dismiss any case when the rent increase for a dwelling unit is within the fair market rental value for comparable dwelling units in the neighborhood where the property is located.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEMS FOR ELDERLY MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

To better protect senior Medicaid recipients by extending Medicaid coverage for medical alert systems.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

To eliminate the Board of Regents for Higher Education.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE UNSOLICITED PROVISION OF ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS.

To prohibit the unsolicited provision of absentee ballot applications.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY VOTING AT ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES.

To specify fewer days for early voting at elections and primaries.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAINING OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.

To require the Secretary of the State to provide certain elections-related training to registrars of voters.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT WITHDRAWING CONNECTICUT FROM THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INTERSTATE COMPACT.

To withdraw the state from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE VETERANS' CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To establish a refundable veterans' caregiver tax credit.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SPECIAL FUEL TAX RETURNS.

To prohibit the Department of Revenue Services from requiring taxpayers to report nontaxable sales and use information when filing special fuel tax returns.

Rob SampsonRepublican