Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.

To provide aid in dying to terminally ill patients.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING MOLD REMEDIATION.

To establish requirements for mold remediation of rental housing units and licensure of mold remediation contractors.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTEER MEDICAL LICENSE FOR RETIRED PHYSICIANS SEEKING TO PROVIDE PRO BONO MEDICAL SERVICES TO INDIGENT AND NEEDY PATIENTS.

To create a volunteer medical license for retired physicians who seek to provide pro bono medical services to indigent or needy patients.

Tony J. ScottRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES TO HAVE AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR ON SITE.

To require all nursing homes to have an automated external defibrillator on site.

Tony J. ScottRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

To require each hospital to develop and implement a financial assistance program for certain patients and submit data regarding such program to the Department of Public Health.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A RECIPROCAL FOOD TRUCK VENDOR PERMIT OR LICENSE.

To implement reciprocal permitting or licensing of food truck vendors that allows such vendors to operate in all municipalities in the state.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF A FEE FOR SINGLE-USE PAPER CHECKOUT BAGS.

To authorize municipalities to require the imposition of a fee in the amount of two cents on each single-use paper checkout bag used at the point of sale in a retail establishment.

Jonathan JacobsonDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPOSE A TAX ON THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS OF PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To authorize municipalities to impose a tax on the endowment funds of a private institution of higher education located in the municipality.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES.

To specify that a traffic authority shall not be comprised of a board of police commissioners, chief of police or superintendent of police.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS IN COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES.

To prohibit any common interest ownership community from prohibiting the installation of a solar power generating system on the roof of an owner's unit.

Mike DemiccoDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SURVIVOR BENEFITS TO CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES.

To require the provision of survivor benefits to survivors of municipal public works employees killed in the performance of their duties.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING PENSIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOYED BY MUNICIPALITIES.

To require municipalities employing police officers and firefighters to provide such police officers and firefighters with pensions.

Kaitlyn ShakeDemocrat

AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

To expand workers' compensation coverage for law enforcement and first responders experiencing post-traumatic stress injuries.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING A STATEMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO NOT BE A MEMBER OF A UNION.

To require clear and conspicuous notice of a public employee's right to not be a member of a union.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE PROTECT ACT.

To strengthen the implementation and oversight of the Protect Act.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING CIVIL ACTIONS RESULTING FROM DEPRIVATION OF EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE COMMITTED BY AN ELECTED STATE OFFICIAL.

To ensure that state elected officials are held to the same standard as law enforcement personnel in protecting the constitutional rights of state residents.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING COOPERATION BY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WITH FEDERAL PERSONNEL IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.

To ensure that local and state officials are fully cooperating with law enforcement personnel in the enforcement of federal immigration law.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRUST ACT.

To enhance public safety and security and foster greater communication between law enforcement officers and federal immigration authorities regarding undocumented immigrants convicted of felonies and violent crimes.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SYNTHETIC INTIMATE IMAGES AND SIMULATED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

To prohibit the creation and dissemination of synthetic intimate images without consent and simulated child pornography.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-GENERATED PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF A PERSON WITHOUT CONSENT.

To establish a criminal offense for the creation and dissemination of artificial intelligence-generated pornography.

Joe CaninoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

To eliminate the requirement that a person in a house of religious worship retreat before using deadly force to defend himself or herself or a third person.

Craig C. FishbeinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF THE "CASTLE DOCTRINE".

To fully adopt the "castle doctrine" by establishing a rebuttable presumption that if a homeowner believes it necessary to use deadly force to repel an intruder, then that belief is a reasonable belief.

Craig C. FishbeinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A DEFAMATION ACTION FILED IN CONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO AN INCIDENT OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

To make privileged and excluded from the category of communications that may constitute defamation a communication made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault or sexual harassment.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMERS UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.

To ensure that consumers are not disadvantaged by outdated legal requirements under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PROGRAMMING OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES.

To require the Office of Victim Services to develop programming that is (1) designed to encourage more victims of abuse to report their experiences, and (2) focused on improving support systems throughout the investigatory and court processes.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT TO PROTECT AGAINST CORPORATE MERGERS THAT HARM COMPETITION AND CONSUMERS.

To adopt federal merger guidelines into the Connecticut Antitrust Act and authorize the Antitrust Section of the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and institute proceedings for alleged violations of the guidelines on behalf of the state and its residents.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMBURSEMENT RATES TO PHARMACIES.

To require that any health insurance company provide a uniform prescription drug reimbursement rate to all pharmacies in this state.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH INSURERS FROM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DENY HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS.

To prohibit any health insurer from using artificial intelligence to deny health insurance claims.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PAXLOVID.

To provide that no individual or group health insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state that provides coverage for paxlovid shall impose any coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for paxlovid that exceeds a defined amount.

Nicholas MenapaceDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING DENTAL PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

To provide dental providers with greater flexibility to negotiate reimbursement rates with health carriers.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH INSURERS FROM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS THE PRIMARY METHOD TO DENY HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS.

To prohibit any health insurer from using artificial intelligence as the primary method to deny health insurance claims.

Nicholas MenapaceDemocrat

AN ACT OPENING THE STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF AMBULANCE SERVICES OR COMPANIES.

To open the group hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance plan procured for state employees to certain members of volunteer fire companies or departments and volunteer ambulance services or companies.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING EXIT EXAMS FOR GRADE PROMOTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

To ensure that students are ready to advance to the next grade level.

Henri MartinRepublican

AN ACT INCLUDING MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE ABLE TO BE PURCHASED BY PERSONS MEETING CERTAIN INCOME REQUIREMENTS IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE EXEMPTION.

To include in the exemption from the affordable housing appeals procedure any mobile manufactured homes that are able to be purchased by persons meeting certain income requirements.

Tony J. ScottRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATIONS AND NOTICE TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

To require developers to provide written notice of an affordable housing application to neighboring property owners.

Craig C. FishbeinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR WAREHOUSE WORKERS IN THE STATE.

To create protections for warehouse workers against unreasonable quotas.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING EMPLOYEES OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM THE PAID SICK LEAVE STATUTES.

To exempt board of education employees from the paid sick leave statutes.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVITALIZATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE STATE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO PROMOTE HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND AFFORDABILITY.

To create a sustainable, patient-centered health care system that improves outcomes for all state residents.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE HEALTH CARE CABINET TO REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF REGULATING STOP LOSS INSURANCE POLICIES USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH HEALTH PLANS AS FULLY INSURED HEALTH PLANS.

To protect patients and policy holders from plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act protections.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OF GROUP PRACTICE ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS.

To promote health care industry competition and better health care quality in the state.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THAT THE VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF A FACILITY FEE BY A HOSPITAL, HEALTH SYSTEM OR HOSPITAL-BASED FACILITY FOR CERTAIN OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE SERVICES IS AN UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE.

To protect patients by establishing that the violation of any provision concerning the collection of a facility fee by a hospital, health system or hospital-based facility for certain outpatient services is an unfair trade practice.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING SCHOOLS, CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH A PORTABLE AIRWAY CLEARANCE DEVICE.

To require each school, child care facility and emergency response vehicle to be equipped with a portable airway clearance device.

Julie KushnerDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING FOREIGN DENTISTS TO QUALIFY FOR LICENSURE AS A DENTAL HYGIENIST IN THE STATE.

To allow foreign dentists to qualify for licensure as a dental hygienist in the state.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF NONTOBACCO NICOTINE PRODUCTS.

To ensure public awareness of the health risks of nontobacco nicotine products and deter misuse and underage access of such products.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED TO EXAMINE PEDIATRIC HOSPICE SERVICES.

To implement the recommendations of the working group established to examine pediatric hospice services.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT REVISING THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES TO INCLUDE THOSE EMPLOYED BY FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE EMPLOYERS.

To encourage the retention of highly skilled health care providers in the health care workforce.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF POLICE OFFICERS.

To enhance the recruitment and retention of police officers.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat