Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR FORMER MAGNET SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL AFTER OCTOBER FIRST.

To provide reimbursement on a pro rata basis to school districts for former magnet school students who enroll in a public school after October first.

Carol HallRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BUTCHER SHOPS TO PROCESS FARMER-OWNED AND USDA-INSPECTED LIVESTOCK.

To address the backlog of processing farmer livestock.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF BIOSOLIDS BY FARMERS.

To study the conversion of biosolids into fertile soils for use by farmers.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR SERVICE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.

To establish a registration system for service animals and emotional support animals.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CONCRETE AGGREGATE.

To (1) require certain concrete aggregate producers to (A) periodically provide geological source reports to the State Geologist and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (B) submit an operations plan to the State Geologist and the commissioner, and (2) require certain concrete producers to confirm that concrete aggregate satisfies various statutory requirements.

Tom DelnickiRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING ZERO-CARBON ELECTRIC GRID REQUIREMENTS.

To repeal zero-carbon electric grid requirements.

Joe HoxhaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE QUANTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM NET-ZERO, DECARBONIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE MANDATES.

To require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to itemize and quantify the specific environmental benefits that all net-zero, decarbonization and ESG mandates will secure, the scientific evidence of such benefits and their direct and indirect cost to businesses and taxpayers.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE THRESHOLD FOR SEALED BIDDING ON CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS.

To increase the threshold for which sealed bidding shall not be required for municipal contracts or purchases from twenty-five thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars.

Liz LinehanDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES.

To create a workforce for sewage treatment facilities.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING SOURCE WATER PROTECTION.

To protect water sources and water quality in the state.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS.

To establish extended producer responsibility for packaging products.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT PERMITTING MUNICIPAL PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES IN CERTAIN ONLINE NEWS PUBLICATIONS.

To authorize municipal publication of legal notices in online news publications specializing in a municipality's region.

Kara RochelleDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PAID PRENATAL LEAVE FOR PREGNANT EMPLOYEES.

To ensure mothers receive prenatal care without putting their jobs at risk.

Eilish Collins MainDemocrat

AN ACT INCLUDING IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE ANY PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED ON A PUBLIC DRINKING WATERSHED OR AN AQUIFER PROTECTION AREA.

To include property located on a public drinking watershed or an aquifer protection area in the calculation of the threshold for exemption from the affordable housing appeals procedure.

Tony J. ScottRepublican

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS.

To provide funds for homeless shelters.

Iris N SanchezDemocrat

AN ACT ASSISTING PARENTS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED FOR NONVIOLENT CRIMES IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.

To assist parents currently incarcerated for nonviolent crimes in foreign jurisdictions.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM.

To protect and clarify the right to use a firearm in self-defense.

Craig C. FishbeinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING REFORM OF LAWS RELATED TO CANNABIS AND EQUITY.

To end the enforcement of nonviolent cannabis offenses, facilitate the release of individuals affected by outdated laws, create equity opportunities for communities impacted by cannabis prohibition and provide comprehensive education and training for law enforcement on cannabis-related matters.

Michael "MJ" ShannonDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING HALFWAY HOUSES.

To allow formerly incarcerated persons to save funds to assist in their reentry into society.

Minnie GonzalezDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO UTILIZE STATE FUNDING IN THE CITIES OF THE STATE TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF CITY RESIDENTS.

To study and improve the utilization of state funds in the cities of the state to further advance economic opportunities and promote the well-being of city residents.

Henri MartinRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAP ON THE RATE OF RETURN FOR ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES.

To establish a cap on the rate of return for services provided by an electric distribution company.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN MERGERS OF UTILITY COMPANIES, DUAL OWNERSHIP OF GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND DECEPTIVE FEES AND INCENTIVIZING THE ADOPTION OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY.

To (1) prohibit certain mergers of utility companies, (2) prohibit a utility company from owning both gas and electric utilities, (3) incentivize the adoption of grid-enhancing and energy-efficient technologies and prohibit a public utility company from imposing any fees that would disincentivize the adoption of such technologies, (4) repeal any provision providing a right of first refusal to acquire property by a utility company, and (5) prohibit deceptive fees to utility end use customers.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE TO UPGRADE TOWN FACILITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE EXPANSION OF MUNICIPAL VETERANS SERVICES PROGRAMS.

To provide funding for technology upgrades at various town facilities to enable the expansion of municipal veterans services programs.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION AND PILOT PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE GREATER VOTER PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE.

To establish a commission to study methods to increase voter participation and a pilot program in municipalities to obtain data and best practices for state-wide efforts.

Derek SlapDemocrat

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON ENHANCING AGENCY OUTCOMES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

To enhance outcomes for the Department of Social Services.

Matthew L. LesserDemocrat

AN ACT PERMITTING A COMMISSION TO DENY AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATION IF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE WATERSHED OF A PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR.

To permit a commission to deny an affordable housing application if the proposed development would be located in the watershed of a public drinking water supply reservoir.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT AND REVALUATION.

To authorize municipalities to delay implementation of new motor vehicle property tax assessment guidelines until after the completion of the next municipal property tax revaluation.

Jill BarryDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING A MOLD INSPECTION OF RENTAL HOUSING UNITS PRIOR TO LEASING SUCH UNITS TO A TENANT.

To require a landlord to conduct a mold inspection of rental units prior to leasing such units to a tenant.

Derek SlapDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY CONNECTICUT OPPORTUNITY MAP.

To require the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority to update the Connecticut Opportunity Map.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUM RATE INCREASES.

To protect consumers in this state from the financial burden of long-term care insurance premium rate increases, including, but not limited to, a review of the premium rate adjustment process for long-term care insurance policy premiums.

Rick LopesDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING INTENTIONAL MISREPRESENTATION OF A DOG AS A SERVICE ANIMAL TO GAIN ACCOMMODATIONS.

To uphold the integrity of service animal protections under the ADA, discourage fraudulent behavior and ensure that individuals who rely on trained service animals for disabilities are not hindered or endangered by the misrepresentation of unqualified animals.

Christine CohenDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE OR FELONY CHILD ABUSE.

To extend the length of statute of limitations to allow children the time needed to process and report and bring the perpetrator to justice.

Martha MarxDemocrat

AN ACT REPEALING THE TRUST ACT AND REQUIRING THE FULFILLMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT DETAINER REQUESTS.

To repeal the Trust Act and require law enforcement and corrections officials to fulfill Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests for criminal undocumented immigrants and notify the federal government within two days of releasing any such person who matriculates through the justice system.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING UNDUE INFLUENCE.

To define "undue influence" and criminalize the use of such influence to persuade a vulnerable person to act against their own interest.

Patricia Billie MillerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FAILURE TO MOVE OVER FOR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

To provide that a person's failure to move over for an emergency vehicle is per se extreme indifference to human life.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING REGIONAL SOLID WASTE AGREEMENTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

To lower the cost of solid waste management for municipalities and avoid costly out-of-state shipments of municipal solid waste to landfills.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CT GROWN FOR CT KIDS PROGRAM.

To expand the CT Grown for CT Kids farm-to-school program.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE TREE CUTTING ON ALL PROPERTIES.

To allow municipalities to regulate all tree cutting in the municipality for oversight and restoration of the tree canopy.

Stephen R. MeskersDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE-WIDE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY CONTROL PROGRAM.

To provide funding for spotted lanternfly control efforts.

Lucy DathanDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING BLACK BEAR CONSERVATION AND THE REDUCTION OF PERSON TO BEAR CONFLICTS AND PREDATION OF WHITE-TAILED DEER BY BLACK BEARS.

To provide for protections from black bear predation of white-tailed deer fawns and reduce human-bear conflicts through certain conservation measures.

Karen Reddington-HughesRepublican

AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR COMMUNITY SOLAR USAGE.

To provide incentives for the development and use of community solar in the state.

Geoff LuxenbergDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

To prohibit the use of polystyrene products in schools.

Moira RaderDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT AND COMPOSTING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

To address a needed environmental intervention through an instructional opportunity for the school community.

Moira RaderDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING BOW AND ARROW HUNTING PRACTICES IN DEER AND TURKEY MANAGEMENT ZONE 11.

To provide safe bow and arrow hunting practices and deer population control in deer and turkey management zones.

Tracy MarraRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING PET STORES, SHELTERS AND ANIMAL BREEDERS TO PERFORM MANDATORY VACCINATIONS FOR CATS AND DOGS.

To provide for the required vaccinations of dogs and cats by pet stores, shelters and animal breeders.

James SanchezDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT FOR PERSONAL WATERCRAFTS AND MOTORBOATS ON LAKE MASHAPAUG IN THE TOWN OF UNION.

To establish a speed limit for Lake Mashapaug.

Kurt VailRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATERFRONT AREAS.

To provide for public access to waterways.

Geraldo C. ReyesDemocrat