Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING SOLAR LEASING AND FINANCE COMPANIES.

To require each solar leasing or finance company doing business in this state to (1) provide payoff or transfer paperwork to a consumer not later than seven days after the consumer requests such paperwork, and (2) provide to the consumer a rebate in the amount of two- hundred fifty dollars if such company fails to timely provide such paperwork to the consumer.

Joseph H. ZulloRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING SALES OF KRATOM PRODUCTS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.

To prohibit sales of kratom products to individuals under twenty-one years of age.

Christopher PoulosDemocrat

AN ACT EXPANDING HUSKY HEALTH COVERAGE TO INCOME-ELIGIBLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.

To provide state-funded HUSKY health care coverage for income-eligible children and young adults up to age twenty-six regardless of their immigration status.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING ABLE-BODIED RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO WORK OR VOLUNTEER.

To require able-bodied public assistance beneficiaries to work or volunteer to receive benefits unless they are exempt under federal law.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING ABLE-BODIED MEDICAID RECIPIENTS TO WORK OR VOLUNTEER.

To require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer to receive or maintain Medicaid benefits.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

AN ACT INCLUDING NON-DEED RESTRICTED ACCESSORY APARTMENTS IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE EXEMPTION.

To include all accessory apartments in the calculation of the ten per cent threshold for the affordable housing appeals procedure exemption.

Tina CourpasRepublican

AN ACT INCLUDING WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE EXEMPTION.

To include workforce housing in the calculation of the ten per cent threshold for the affordable housing appeals procedure exemption.

Tina CourpasRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE TIME PERIOD FOR A TOWING COMPANY TO SELL A TOWED MOTOR VEHICLE FROM FIFTEEN DAYS TO SIXTY DAYS.

To increase the time period for a towing company to sell a towed motor vehicle from fifteen days to sixty days.

Nicholas MenapaceDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION TO STUDY LICENSING AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO PERFORM TITLE SEARCHES OF REAL PROPERTY IN THIS STATE.

To require that the Commissioner of Consumer Protection (1) conduct a study to evaluate the establishment of licensing and regulatory requirements for individuals who perform title searches of real property in this state, and (2) submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to general law and insurance on the findings of such study.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SAFETY, THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMINALS AND THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS.

To adopt measures concerning public safety, the prosecution of criminals and the protection of victims.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT INCLUDING DWELLING UNITS FOR PURCHASERS THAT MEET CERTAIN INCOME REQUIREMENTS IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE EXEMPTION.

To include dwelling units able to be purchased by persons that meet certain income requirements in the calculation of the threshold for the affordable appeals procedure exemption.

Tina CourpasRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAINTIFF'S REJECTION OF AN OFFER OF COMPROMISE.

To promote efficient litigation, reduce frivolous lawsuits and encourage the settlement of disputes by ensuring that cost responsibilities are clearly defined and enforceable.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FROM REQUIRING PATIENTS TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT METHOD TO BE KEPT ON FILE WITH THE PROVIDER.

To prohibit a health care provider from requiring a patient to provide an electronic payment method to be kept on file with such provider.

Henri MartinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN STUDENTS.

To prevent sudden cardiac death and promote awareness of cardiac health in students.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT ELIMINATING APPLICATION REVIEW FEES AND CAPPING LICENSURE FEES FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

To eliminate application review fees and set a maximum fee of two hundred dollars for the fee for licensure of health care professionals by the Department of Public Health.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CHARGES FOR VETERANS.

To exempt veterans, upon presentation of a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card indicating veteran status, from the fees for state-owned or state-controlled bus public transportation services.

Christine CohenDemocrat

RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING TERMS OF OFFICE FOR STATE LEGISLATORS.

To increase state legislative terms from two years to four years.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING THAT ONE HOUSING UNIT-EQUIVALENT POINT BE AWARDED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN ELDERLY UNITS.

To increase the award of housing unit-equivalent points for elderly units from one-half to one housing unit-equivalent point to incentivize the construction of such units.

Tina CourpasRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF INSURANCE POOLING FOR NONPROFIT ENTITIES.

To require that the Insurance Commissioner study the feasibility of allowing one or more nonprofit entities to pool such nonprofit entities' liability insurance policies, including general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC OPTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE IN CONNECTICUT.

To: (1) Establish the ConnectHealth Program, the ConnectHealth Trust account and the ConnectHealth Advisory Board; (2) require the Comptroller, in consultation with the ConnectHealth Advisory Board and the Office of Health Strategy, to establish the ConnectHealth Plan; (3) authorize the Comptroller to offer coverage to plan participants and beneficiaries in this state under a multiemployer plan, nonprofit employers and their employees and small employers and their employees; and (4) require the Commissioner of Social Services to seek to amend the federal waiver for the state-wide dental plan that provides for the administration of the dental services portion of the department's medical assistance to expand coverage to include additional individuals in this state.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR PREMIUM PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE POLICIES.

To establish a tax credit up to twenty per cent of premiums paid to purchase an individual or group long-term care insurance policy during a taxable year, and allow long-term care policyholders to carry over to future taxable years any amount that is in excess of such policyholder's tax liability for a taxable year.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

To reduce ambiguity and provide guidance for police officers regarding proper actions in the field.

Steve WeirRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE MODIFICATION ELIGIBILITY.

To establish a "second look" process for sentencing modification for eligible persons who are incarcerated by expanding the role of courts in sentence reduction and shifting responsibility away from the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROBATE COURT TO ORDER A PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY TO SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY MEDICAL EVALUATION AND ASSISTED OUTPATIENT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

To provide a Probate Court with the authority to order a person with a substance use disorder or psychiatric disability to submit to an involuntary medical evaluation and assisted outpatient medical treatment.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSENT SEARCHES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

To allow police officers the ability to request consent to search a motor vehicle in order to take illegal weapons and drugs off the street, as well as assist in collecting evidence of a crime.

Tina CourpasRepublican

AN ACT INCLUDING PAROLE OFFICERS IN THE DEFINITION OF PEACE OFFICERS.

To redefine "peace officer" to include parole officers.

Ben McGortyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF STRIP SEARCHES AND USE OF CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

To govern the use of strip searches and use of chemical restraints by the Department of Correction and improve transparency concerning the use of such methods.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEES PAID FOR A TITLE SEARCH IN A FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT.

To establish the fee permitted in conducting a title search in any foreclosure judgment when a lis pendens has been recorded after a title search of real property.

Joseph H. ZulloRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUMMARIZATION AND PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.

To permit any municipality required to publish legal notice in a newspaper to instead publish a summary of such notice along with a statement that the entire legal notice may be viewed (1) on the Internet web site of such municipality, and (2) in print at a municipal address provided.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT REDUCING THE MOTOR VEHICLE MILL RATE CAP.

To reduce the mill rate cap for motor vehicles and adjust the grants payable from the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund to reimburse municipalities for the resulting revenue loss.

Steve WeirRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO PROHIBIT PET SHOPS FROM SELLING CERTAIN ANIMALS.

To authorize municipalities to prohibit pet shops from selling dogs, cats and rabbits.

Jason DoucetteDemocrat

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

To allow for more efficiency for food truck vendors by reducing paperwork and saving costs associated with obtaining a permit or license from every municipality in which a food truck vendor seeks to operate.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

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.

Brian LanoueRepublican

AN ACT ALLOWING TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT END-OF-LIFE CARE.

To allow terminally ill patients to make decisions about their end-of-life care that do not cause them to endure lengthy, painful deaths.

Laurie SweetDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS FROM SELLING FOOD PREPARED WITH FRYING OILS CONTAINING ARTIFICIAL TRANS FATS.

To prohibit the sale of any food containing artificial trans fats by food service establishments.

Michael "MJ" ShannonDemocrat

AN ACT ALLOWING THE USE OF PSILOCYBIN FOR MEDICINAL AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES.

To allow the use of psilocybin for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, including, but not limited to, the provision of physical, mental or behavioral health care.

Laurie SweetDemocrat

AN ACT REDEFINING "PEACE OFFICER" TO INCLUDE LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE INSPECTORS.

To recognize local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors as peace officers.

Ben McGortyRepublican

AN ACT RESTORING QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

To reduce ambiguity and provide guidance for police officers regarding proper actions in the field.

Jason BuchsbaumRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE WEIGHT LIMITATION ON ELECTRIC FOOT SCOOTERS.

To redefine "electric foot scooter" by eliminating the weight limitation of seventy-five pounds.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT INCREASING ACCESS TO THE HUSKY HEALTH PROGRAM TO IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS UP TO AGE TWENTY-SIX AND OVER AGE SIXTY-FIVE.

To provide state-funded health benefits to otherwise eligible immigrants without legal status up to age twenty-six and over age sixty-five.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILD CARE EDUCATORS.

To expand health insurance coverage for child care educators in this state.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE AND ELECTION RECANVASSES.

To require the Secretary of the State, or a designee, be present at recanvasses involving elections for state office and to require that the recanvass procedures manual be revised at least once every two years.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CANNABIS, CANNABIS PRODUCTS AND CANNABIS CONSUMPTION.

To impose additional requirements and restrictions concerning cannabis, cannabis products and cannabis consumption.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND THEIR PARENTS.

To enhance accountability for juvenile offenders and their parents by increasing parental liability for property damage, require community service for juvenile offenders and impose stricter penalties in the case of repeat offenders for offenses related to motor vehicle theft and related property damage.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT CLASSIFYING XYLAZINE AS A SCHEDULE IV CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

To address concerns over the misuse of xylazine, particularly as an adulterant in opioid drugs and fentanyl.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL REFORMS RELATING TO IN-PERSON VOTING, ABSENTEE VOTING, SAME-DAY ELECTION REGISTRATION, ELECTION CRIMES AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND ELECTION LAWS.

To implement several reforms relating to in-person voting, absentee voting, same-day election registration, election crimes and legislative oversight of constitutional amendments and election laws.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF STEEL JAW LEG HOLD AND BODY CRUSHING TRAPS.

To protect pets and children from accidental harm caused by steel jaw leg hold and body crushing traps.

Martha MarxDemocrat