Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE HARBOR MANAGEMENT ACT.

To clarify certain rights of municipalities under the Harbor Management Act.

Aundre BumgardnerDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF DOGS FOR THE TESTING OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS NOT INTENDED FOR DOGS.

To prohibit the use of dogs for the testing of consumer products.

Cara Christine Pavalock-D'AmatoRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING A LIMITED BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASON.

To manage the black bear population and protect the residents of the state.

Cara Christine Pavalock-D'AmatoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISPOSAL OF MARINE AND ROAD FLARES.

To provide for the safe disposal of marine and road flares that have expired.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DECLAWING OF CATS EXCEPT WHEN MEDICALLY NECESSARY.

To prohibit the inhumane practice of declawing cats except when medically necessary.

Michael "MJ" ShannonDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING NIPS.

To remove a persistent source of litter in municipalities and reduce a concealable source of alcohol.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR'S WORKING GROUP ON RANKED-CHOICE VOTING.

To allow for ranked-choice voting as recommended by the Governor's Working Group on Ranked-Choice Voting.

Paul HonigDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF ELECTION LAW CHANGES MADE BY EXECUTIVE ACTION.

To require the Secretary of the State to submit a report on each election law modified by executive order of the Governor or pursuant to the Secretary's authority under section 9-3 of the general statutes for any election or primary.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING SOLAR CARPORTS OR CANOPIES FROM THE STATE BUILDING CODE.

To exempt solar photovoltaic carports or canopies from compliance with the provisions of the State Building Code.

Raghib Allie-BrennanDemocrat

AN ACT REPEALING THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

To repeal the renewable portfolio standard.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION TASK FORCE.

To review statutes concerning the state funding sources for community access television channels.

Aundre BumgardnerDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL SOLAR INSTALLATIONS FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS PROGRAM.

To exempt large-scale solar photovoltaic systems installed to benefit apartment buildings or other residential buildings with five or more units from participation in the Non-residential Energy Solutions Program.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY CONVERTING BIOSOLIDS INTO ENERGY.

To create a task force to study converting biosolids into energy.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS FROM CHARGING FEES TO SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT ELECTRIC SUPPLIER.

To prohibit electric suppliers from charging fees to customers for switching to a different supplier.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SEPARATING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

To remove the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING AN AUDIT OF PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.

To require an audit of programs funded by the Combined Public Benefits Charge on end use customer electric bills.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING SMALL HYDROPOWER FACILITIES.

To require electric distribution companies to purchase electricity supplied by small hydropower facilities.

Tim AckertRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VETERANS PROPERTY TAX CREDIT.

To require the state to partially reimburse municipalities for the cost associated with administering the veterans' property tax credit.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT REDUCING THE MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE FEE FOR CAMP TRAILERS.

To reduce the manufacturer's license fee for camp trailers to one hundred dollars.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT LIMITING THE PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS FROM THE SMALL TOWN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

To limit grants from the small town economic assistance program to only those projects necessary to maintain public health and safety and for critical infrastructure.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

To provide funds for the development of affordable housing developments.

Juan R. CandelariaDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES PRICE THRESHOLD OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO A HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE.

To increase to more than seventy-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COLLECTION COSTS OF STATE TAXES AND FEES.

To require each state agency to evaluate the collection costs of taxes and fees administered and to eliminate any tax or fee for which the cost of collection exceeds the revenue received by the state from the imposition of such tax or fee.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES.

To require any person who offers any consumer good or service to consumers to accept cash as a form of payment.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING INTERCOLLEGIATE FEMALE SPORTS TEAM COMPETITIONS.

To prohibit a publicly funded intercollegiate female sports team from competing against any team on which there is a player whose assigned sex at birth is male, except competitions held only for exhibition purposes.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING USE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION CONSIDERATIONS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To prohibit public institutions of higher education from (1) maintaining an office for diversity, equity and inclusion, (2) requiring a diversity statement, and (3) considering a person's immutable characteristics in any admissions, scholarship, grading or employment decisions.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY VOTING IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH CERTAIN MINIMUM POPULATIONS.

To require at least two early voting locations in each municipality with a population of fifty thousand or greater.

Julie KushnerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING NONPROFITS AND THE NON-RESIDENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS PROGRAM.

To create a new category for nonprofits to apply for the Non-residential Renewable Energy Solutions Program and to increase the annual energy capacity limit for said program.

Derek SlapDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASING THE STATE PORTION OF PAYMENTS MADE TO CRITICAL CARE PROVIDERS UNDER THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

To increase the state portion of payments to providers who are reimbursed under the medical assistance program.

Christie M. CarpinoRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FAMILY HOME-CARE SERVICES.

To improve home-care services in the state, allow more senior citizens to age in place at home and avert state costs on institutional care.

Tim AckertRepublican

AN ACT INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE EXEMPTION AND PROHIBITING APPLICATIONS ONCE A MUNICIPALITY HAS APPLIED FOR A MORATORIUM.

To include affordable housing developments that have ground floor commercial space in the calculation of the threshold for the affordable housing appeals procedure exemption and prohibit the filing of affordable housing applications once a municipality has applied for a certificate of affordable housing completion.

Jennifer LeeperDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING SUMMARY PROCESS EVICTIONS OF PROTECTED TENANTS.

To require a landlord to seek approval from a fair rent commission or the Superior Court prior to initiating a summary process eviction of a protected tenant.

Susan M. JohnsonDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUCH PROGRAM.

To establish a down payment assistance program and provide funds for such program.

Anthony L. NolanDemocrat

AN ACT EXPANDING THE PROTECTION OF JUST CAUSE EVICTION TO ALL TENANTS.

To expand the protection of just cause eviction to all tenants.

Laurie SweetDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING A MORATORIUM FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE.

To prohibit a moratorium from the affordable housing appeals procedure.

Bob GodfreyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES AND CERTAIN FERTILIZERS IN WATERSHED AREAS AND NEAR BODIES OF WATER.

To reduce certain pollution from herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers in watershed areas and near bodies of water.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT ADDING SAND PILES TO THE LIST OF AFFECTING FACILITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STATUTE.

To recognize the public health impact of sand piles in environmental justice communities.

Travis SimmsDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING STATE AGENCIES FROM REQUIRING PRIVATE ENTITIES TO IMPOSE A REQUIREMENT INFRINGING ON INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

To protect civil liberties by prohibiting state agencies from requiring any private entity to impose a requirement infringing on individual rights.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING SENIOR CITIZENS FROM FISHING LICENSE FEES.

To enhance recreational opportunities for senior citizens.

Anthony L. NolanDemocrat

AN ACT RESTRICTING THE USE OF SECOND GENERATION ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES.

To protect the health of raptors and other animals.

Lucy DathanDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS IN PET STORES.

To protect the health and safety of dogs, cats and rabbits.

Kate FarrarDemocrat

AN ACT LIMITING THE NONAGRICULTURAL USE OF NEONICOTINOIDS.

To safeguard public health and pollinator protection.

Lucy DathanDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN.

To address the remainder of unsorted waste in the state.

James SanchezDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INTENTIONAL FEEDING OF DANGEROUS WILDLIFE, LIMITING THE USE OF BIRD FEEDERS AND PROHIBITING THE IMPROPER STORAGE OF FOOD, GARBAGE AND WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS.

To reduce wildlife to human habituation and the frequency and likelihood of negative human interactions with wildlife.

Melissa OsborneDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS IN THE STATE.

To define "mature and old-growth forests" in the state so such forests can be inventoried for the purposes of being able to plan prospectively to protect this environmentally crucial component of the ecosystem.

Melissa OsborneDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF PERMITS FOR AFFECTING FACILITIES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STATUTE.

To include the renewal of permits as a triggering event for the procedures of the environmental justice statute.

Travis SimmsDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING REVERSE VENDING MACHINES TO ACCEPT ALL REFUND-ELIGIBLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

To encourage and increase beverage container redemption rates by providing convenience for consumers.

Mike DemiccoDemocrat