Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INTERSTATE COMPACT.

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

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PROOF OF IDENTITY, CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY FOR PURPOSES OF VOTING.

To require (1) persons to present proof of United States citizenship and Connecticut residency prior to registering to vote, and (2) electors to present photo identification prior to voting.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT CREATING A STATE PROCUREMENT STANDARD FOR THE USE OF LOW-EMBODIED CARBON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN CERTAIN STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

To reduce carbon emissions by requiring the development of a procurement preference standard for the use of low-embodied carbon construction materials in certain state construction projects.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM GRANTS AND EARLY VOTING.

To increase Citizens' Election Program grants due to the implementation of early voting.

Geraldo C. ReyesDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONAL CARE ITEMS FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt from the sales and use taxes the sale of and the storage, use or other consumption in this state of certain personal care items.

Anthony L. NolanDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR TIPS OR GRATUITIES.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for the amount of tips or gratuities declared by a taxpayer for the taxable year.

Aundre BumgardnerDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF LEGHOLD AND BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.

To ban leghold and body-gripping traps in Connecticut.

Amy Morrin BelloDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR INCOME RECEIVED FROM THE STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

To adjust the personal income tax deduction for the income received from the state teachers' retirement system to allow taxpayers to deduct one hundred per cent of such income, regardless of the taxpayer's income level.

Alphonse PaolilloDemocrat

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR, WATER, SOIL, ECOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT AND A SAFE AND STABLE CLIMATE.

To propose an amendment to the State Constitution to provide each person with an individual right to clean and healthy air, water, soil, ecosystems and environment and a safe and stable climate for the benefit of public health, safety and the general welfare.

Jason DoucetteDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING TAXPAYERS WITH DECLARED TIP INCOME OVER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.

To require taxpayers who file a return with declared tip income over one hundred thousand dollars to register with the Department of Revenue Services and require such taxpayers, if the federal government excludes tips as taxable wages or implements a reduced income tax rate on tips, to pay to the state the amount of tax forgiven by the federal government.

Kate FarrarDemocrat

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO MAKE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FULL TIME.

To make the General Assembly a full-time legislative body.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR DIRECT REFERENDUM.

To grant electors the power of direct referendum.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR RENTERS.

To establish a refundable credit against the personal income tax for renters.

Anthony L. NolanDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A SIDEWALK AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ON CONNECTICUT ROUTE 161 IN THE TOWN OF EAST LYME.

To provide funding for a sidewalk and infrastructure project on Connecticut Route 161 in the town of East Lyme.

Nicholas MenapaceDemocrat

AN ACT REMOVING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGE FROM UTILITY BILLS, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, LIMITING RATES ALLOWED UNDER CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND REMOVING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

To (1) remove the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from consumer electric bills, (2) redefine "Class I renewable energy source" to include electricity generated from any hydropower or nuclear power generating facility, (3) prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or electric distribution companies from entering into a power purchase agreement if the price for electricity under such agreement exceeds one hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price of electricity, and (4) remove the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Dave W. YaccarinoRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT HOME ENERGY LABEL AND CREATING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENCY PROFESSIONALS.

To (1) require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to develop a label that provides a score regarding a residence's energy efficiency, and (2) create a training program for professionals who evaluate energy efficiency in the state.

Jonathan SteinbergDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO MAKE MORE FREQUENT RATE ADJUSTMENTS.

To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to make more frequent utility rate adjustments.

Tammy NuccioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN GRID SCALE NONRESIDENTIAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITIES.

To allow any municipality with two or more existing nonresidential solar photovoltaic facilities located within such municipality to (1) approve or reject subsequent nonresidential solar photovoltaic facilities proposed for construction or installation in such municipality, and (2) impose a moratorium on the construction or installation of such facilities within such municipality.

Chris StewartRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING INCENTIVES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC RESISTANCE HEATING SYSTEMS.

To increase the rate of replacement of residential electric resistance heating systems by (1) identifying dwelling units that would benefit from such replacement, and (2) requiring additional marketing and incentives for the replacement of such systems.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING A SURCHARGE ON ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY DATA CENTERS.

To (1) create a surcharge on electricity consumed by data centers in the state, and (2) use the proceeds of such surcharge to pay the Combined Public Benefits Charge reflected on electric utility bills for end use residential customers.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE CLEARING OF FOREST LAND FOR GRID-SCALE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECTS.

To (1) prohibit the clearing of such land for the purpose of developing grid-scale solar photovoltaic projects, and (2) encourage the siting of such projects on canopies, roofs, brownfields or on existing developed land uses.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX ON PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES.

To (1) impose an excise tax upon any private utility company for the purpose of funding energy assistance programs in the state and reducing the Combined Public Benefits Charge on end use customer utility bills, and (2) require that each public utility report the impact of such excise tax in the Combined Public Benefits Charge section of any utility bill sent to an end use customer of such utility.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY ACCOUNTABILITY AND ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPETITION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

To establish a task force to (1) study electric distribution companies and such companies' accountability and responsiveness to ratepayers, (2) study the introduction of competition in the electric transmission or distribution services industry in Connecticut, and (3) provide an evaluation concerning the costs of acquiring electric transmission or distribution services infrastructure from each electric distribution company and recommendations regarding whether acquisitions are necessary to maintain electric grid reliability in the state.

Brian LanoueRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS BASED ON WHOLESALE PRICES AND REQUIRING JOINT SOLICITATIONS FOR CERTAIN CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS.

To (1) prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any electric distribution company from entering into a power purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of electricity at a rate exceeding one hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price of electricity, and (2) require the commissioner to solicit any clean energy project with a capacity exceeding twenty megawatts with two or more other states.

Martin FoncelloRepublican

AN ACT AMENDING THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS PROGRAM TO APPLY TO RESIDENCES RATHER THAN VEHICLES.

To discontinue charging the Passport to the Parks fee to each vehicle owned by a person and replace such structure with a fee assessed to each residence.

Michael D. QuinnDemocrat

RESOLUTION APPLYING TO CONGRESS FOR AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF THE STATES.

To apply to Congress to call an Article V convention of the states for the purpose of imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and limiting the terms of office of its officials and members of Congress.

Rep. Jason Perillo, 113th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.

To eliminate the time limitations for prosecution of and to bring suit as a survivor of sexual assault.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT REPEALING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY.

To repeal sections 34 to 42, inclusive, of public act 24-1 of the June special session.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT OFFERED UNDER THE TIME TO OWN PROGRAM.

To increase the maximum loan amount offered under the Time to Own program.

Sujata Gadkar-WilcoxDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING ROAMING DOGS.

To enhance penalties for unlawfully allowing a dog to roam free.

Patricia Billie MillerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF CONTINUING-CARE RETIREMENT FACILITIES.

To provide an enforcement mechanism for violations of the rights of individuals residing in continuing-care retirement facilities.

Sujata Gadkar-WilcoxDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS FOR CERTAIN SAME-DAY ELECTION REGISTRATION APPLICANTS.

To require that certain applicants for same-day election registration be issued provisional ballots to confirm such applicants have not voted in multiple states at the same election.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSENT TO RECORD A CONVERSATION.

To require that all parties consent to a conversation being recorded.

Norman NeedlemanDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PRETRIAL HOUSE ARREST AS CREDIT APPLIED TO ANY SENTENCE.

To allow individuals on pretrial house arrest to earn credit toward any subsequent sentence.

John A. KisselRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF SERIOUS FIREARM OFFENSES AND SEXUAL ASSAULT-RELATED CRIMES FROM RECEIVING RISK REDUCTION EARNED CREDITS.

To provide for tougher sentences for illegal gun possession and use and sexual assault.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT STUDYING SAFETY MEASURES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK ROADSIDE IN RECOGNITION OF ANDREW DIDOMENICO.

To establish a working group to improve the safety of state employees who work roadside.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT NAMING STATE HIGHWAY 508 IN HONOR OF MAJOR ROBERT C. LEHMANN.

To name State Highway 508 in honor of Major Robert C. Lehmann in recognition of his service with the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and over fifty years of service as a member of the first company of the Governor's Foot Guards.

Rick LopesDemocrat

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR ANY DRUG.

To increase the penalty for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug.

Rick LopesDemocrat

AN ACT CREATING A TIERED SYSTEM FOR THE CONNECTICUT SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.

To create a tiered system for the sex offender registry.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SQUATTING.

To criminalize illegal squatting on private property.

Martin FoncelloRepublican

AN ACT CREATING A JOB TRAINING REENTRY PROGRAM AND A STATE-WIDE REENTRY PROGRAM.

To develop a program to ensure the appropriate supports are in place for those returning to the community after incarceration.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF THE TERM "CAMP" BY UNLICENSED ENTITIES.

To prohibit any entity from using the term "camp" in its title or promotional materials unless such entity is a licensed youth camp.

Patrick S. BoydDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PAID SICK LEAVE BY CLASSROOM EMPLOYEES.

To accommodate local or regional boards of education by allowing them to require their classroom employees to use their paid sick leave in four-hour increments in order to account for the practice that substitutes are hired for four-hour increments.

Irene M. HainesRepublican

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH AN ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

To amend the state Constitution to establish an environmental rights amendment.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TERM LIMITS FOR STATE LEGISLATORS AND FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

To establish term limits for state legislators and for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TERM LIMITS AND FINANCIAL INTERESTS.

To establish term limits for certain elected officials and provide for limits on increases to such officials' net worths while in office.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURIES.

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

Kara RochelleDemocrat