Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAMS.

To allow the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to be responsive to recertification training needs, given the expanding and complex role of police officers and changes in technology, law and policing practices.

Renee LaMark MuirDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING THE POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL TO BE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.

To provide the Police Officer Standards and Training Council with independent authority and avoid any conflict of interest.

Renee LaMark MuirDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND ACTIONS RESULTING FROM THE DEPRIVATION OF EQUAL PROTECTION.

To (1) require determinations of whether certain deaths were suicides, (2) require recommendations concerning training to reduce the incidence of any such suicides, (3) update the amount of time allowed for bringing certain civil actions to be congruent with the release of report findings by the Office of the Inspector General, and (4) increase the transparency of and access to findings made by said office.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING REVENUE RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS AND VIOLATIONS IN THE TOWN OF WINCHESTER.

To require that any revenue collected as a result of a traffic infraction or violation on United States Route 44 in the town of Winchester be paid to said town.

Jay M. CaseRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE TO ENTER RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN STATES REGARDING PERMITS TO CARRY A PISTOL OR REVOLVER.

To enter into reciprocity agreements with the New England states to recognize permits to carry a pistol or revolver issued by said states.

Arnold JensenRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SEIZURE AND SALE OF VEHICLES INVOLVED IN STREET TAKEOVERS.

To allow a municipality to seize and sell vehicles involved in street takeovers and to use the proceeds from any such sales to fund such municipality's police department.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT PERMITTING A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO SCHOOL VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS.

To allow parents to make certain health care decisions for their children consistent with their religious beliefs.

Cara Christine Pavalock-D'AmatoRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISPARITIES IN BIRTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK WOMEN.

To improve maternal health outcomes for black women by requiring the establishment of educational programs and initiatives to address the underlying causes of birth outcome disparities in the black community.

Trenee McGeeDemocrat

AN ACT EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF DENTISTS.

To allow dentists to administer injections for reasons other than pain management.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT FOOD PROTECTION MANAGERS AT CLASS 2 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS PASS A TEST AS PART OF A FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

To eliminate the requirement that food protection managers at class 2 food establishments satisfactorily pass a test as part of a food protection manager certification program.

Jay M. CaseRepublican

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