Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING EXTREME WEATHER PROTOCOLS.

To require the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop standardized extreme hot and cold weather protocols.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND RECOVERY NAVIGATION FOR PERSONS WITH AN OPIOID USE DISORDER.

To require hospitals to (1) treat patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine without requiring admission of the patient to the hospital, (2) discharge such patients from the emergency department with a supply of opioid antagonists, and (3) refer such patients to local substance use disorder treatment programs.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENT REPORT AND CERTAIN REPORTS BY PEACE OFFICERS.

To require (1) a motor vehicle accident report to be made available not later than thirty days after the completion of the related investigation, and (2) a peace officer to prepare and provide, upon request, a report describing any matter in which a person experiences an emergency medical condition or is medically unstable while in direct audio or visual contact with, or under the custody or control of, the peace officer.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY ROADSIDE SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH WRECKERS AND TOWING AND RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS.

To establish a working group to study roadside safety concerns associated with wreckers and towing and recovery professionals.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPTROLLER TO WITHHOLD PAYMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PREVAILING WAGE STATUTES.

To allow the Comptroller to withhold payment of money to a contractor or subcontractor for a violation of subsection (b) of section 31-53 of the general statutes where a stop work order was issued by the Labor Commissioner.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' RIGHTS.

To require the Labor Commissioner to conduct a study of the rights of employees in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.

To require the Labor Commissioner to conduct a study of the Labor Department.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.

To (1) create a uniform definition of "health care provider" in the unemployment statutes, (2) authorize the Labor Commissioner to make or entertain an offer of compromise for or abate any payments in lieu of contributions due by a reimbursing employer under the unemployment chapter, (3) move enforcement authority for section 53-303e of the general statutes to the Labor Department, (4) repeal the Employment Security Advisory Board, (5) remove the requirement that labor organizations annually file a report with the Labor Commissioner, and (6) make other technical and conforming changes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO ENFORCE CERTAIN BLIGHT REGULATIONS WITHOUT PROVIDING NOTICE OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE.

To remove certain notice and opportunity to remediate provisions concerning repeat blight violations.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

To clarify certain responsibilities of the civil service board.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING NONRESIDENT LANDLORD REGISTRATION AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR REPEAT BUILDING AND FIRE CODE VIOLATIONS.

To (1) require certain nonresident landlords, project-based housing providers or agents in charge of rental properties to register certain personal identifying information, and (2) increase penalties for repeat violations of building and fire codes.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES IN PUBLISHING CERTAIN BUDGET INFORMATION.

To require the Office of Policy and Management to establish a program to assist municipalities in publishing certain budget information online.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING MUNICIPALITIES TO POST MONTHLY REPORTS CONCERNING REVENUE AND CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.

To require that municipalities post monthly reports concerning revenue and expenditure data on the municipality's Internet web site.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE CODE OFFICIAL CAREER PATHWAY, THE FIRE SAFETY CODE, BURN INJURY REPORTS AND STATE BUILDING CODE PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACCESSIBILITY.

To implement various provisions recommended by the Department of Administrative Services regarding fire marshal qualifications, burn injury reports and State Building Code provisions relating to accessibility.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS TO ADDRESS MILITARY INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.

To (1) provide that courts may consider prior or existing military protective orders that are contained in the state's automated registry of protective orders when issuing a civil protective order for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual violence or stalking, and (2) specify that such registry contains military protective orders that have been entered into the National Crime Information Center computerized index.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT EXEMPTING VETERANS FROM PAYMENT OF THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE.

To exempt veterans from payment of the Passport to the Parks motor vehicle registration fee.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO VETERANS' AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.

To make minor and technical revisions to statutes relating to veterans' and military affairs.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MEANS OF ENCOURAGING MORE NURSING HOMES IN THE STATE TO CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

To study ways to encourage more nursing homes in the state to contract with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the provision of care to veterans.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE NEGLECTED CEMETERY ACCOUNT AND CONCERNING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF WARTIME VETERANS' GRAVES.

To implement the recommendations of the working group established pursuant to special act 23-25 for the upkeep of veterans' graves.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, VETERANS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

To (1) increase from sixty days to ninety days the grace period afforded to members of the armed forces, upon their return from service out of state, for the completion of certain motor vehicle-related renewals or testing, and (2) waive the fee for original issuance of a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card in the case of any person whose veteran status is verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY POWER GENERATOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.

To require certain privately owned multifamily housing projects to install and maintain one or more emergency power generators.

Aging Committee

AN ACT PROVIDING A FAMILY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT.

To allow a tax credit for eligible expenditures incurred by a family caregiver for the care and support of an eligible family member.

Aging Committee

AN ACT INCREASING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER NONPARENT RELATIVES RAISING CERTAIN CHILDREN.

To provide the same financial benefits to grandparents and other nonparent relatives who adopt their grandchildren or relative children as those who adopt unrelated children.

Aging Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING HOME HEALTH AIDE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO HOME HEALTH AIDES.

To require home health aide agencies to provide personal protective equipment to home health aide employees.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXCEPTIONS TO THE NURSING HOME BED MORATORIUM, NURSING HOME RESIDENT DATA AND NURSING HOME REIMBURSEMENT RATE CAPS FOR RELATED PARTY EMPLOYEES.

To (1) authorize additional nursing home beds in certain geographic areas of the state under certain conditions, (2) require licensed nursing homes to submit resident data to the Commissioner of Social Services in a timely fashion to ensure proper calculation of reimbursement rates, and (3) authorize the commissioner not to include related parties as employees when considering costs of a nursing home in rate determinations.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING OF THE QUALITY METRICS PROGRAM FOR NURSING HOMES.

To implement the Department of Social Services' quality metrics program for nursing homes.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CLARIFYING THE MEANINGS OF "SEXUAL INTERCOURSE" AND "SEXUAL CONTACT".

To clarify the meanings of "sexual intercourse" and "sexual contact".

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE STATE MARSHAL COMMISSION, THE STATE MARSHALS ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS.

To: (1) Make revisions to the duties and composition of the State Marshals Commission, (2) make revisions to the duties of the State Marshals Advisory Board, (3) ensure timely and reliable access to state marshals for service of a restraining order or a civil protection order, and (4) revise the fees associated with certain removal actions.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL".

To expand the definition of "child sexual abuse material".

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR INJURY CAUSED BY FRAUD IN THE PROVISION OF FERTILITY CARE AND TREATMENT.

To provide that an action to recover damages for personal injury to a person caused by fraud in the provision of fertility care and treatment may be brought not later than three years from the date the minor child affected by such fraud reaches the age of majority, or three years after the date on which the fraud is discovered, whichever is later.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY.

To: (1) Revise processes related to applications for, and issuance of, trade name certificates, (2) provide the Secretary of the State with additional authority to take actions with respect to fraudulent filings, deceptive business solicitations and the dissolution of corporations that fail to comply with state law, (3) revise provisions relating to the issuance of an apostille, and (4) increase permissible fees that may be charged by a notary.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE LAW PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF A LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTH CARE ACTIVITY.

To extend state law protections for health care providers and patients related to the provision of a legally protected health care activity.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE CONNECTICUT UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT AND SPORTS WAGERING.

To (1) increase the maximum amount of restitution available under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, (2) make consistent statutory provisions concerning record retention under said act, and (3) update the state's cheating statute to include provisions relating to sports wagering.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COURT PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING A CHILD OR YOUTH WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN UNCARED FOR, NEGLECTED OR ABUSED.

To restructure statutory provisions concerning court proceedings involving a child or youth who is alleged to have been uncared for, neglected or abused.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REALLOCATION OF CERTAIN STATE FUNDS AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS, INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES AND WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DEBT COLLECTION EXEMPTION RELATING TO JOINT ACCOUNTS.

To establish an exemption from debt collection for any part of the balance of an account deemed a joint account in which the exemptioner has no equitable interest.

Banking Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING TO CONDUCT A STUDY RELATING TO SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAMS.

To require the Department of Banking to (1) conduct a study to assess (A) the availability of signature guarantee programs at financial institutions in the state, and (B) any issues relating to the ability of consumers to access such programs in order to obtain a guarantee, and (2) submit a report concerning the results of such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking.

Banking Committee

AN ACT REVISING VARIOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN APPROVALS BY THE BANKING COMMISSIONER AND CONNECTICUT BANK BRANCH APPLICATIONS.

To revise various provisions relating to (1) community reinvestment performance evaluation ratings and certain approvals by the Banking Commissioner, and (2) timeframes applicable to certain applications regarding Connecticut bank branches.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SECURED CREDIT CARDS.

To require each Connecticut bank and Connecticut credit union to make available a secured credit card and account information for the secured credit card.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study programs administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE.

To establish a working group to study statewide marketing and tourism in the state.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY STRATEGY.

To include the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in the preparation of any Comprehensive Energy Strategy as provided in section 16a-3d of the general statutes.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To implement the Department of Economic and Community Development's recommendations for revisions to the commerce statutes, including (1) removing references to certain Department of Economic and Community Development offices, (2) repealing or modifying certain reporting requirements, (3) repealing defunct programs, (4) addressing changes to federal funding, (5) revising the Manufacturing Innovation Fund Advisory Board membership and establishing a board absentee policy, (6) establishing a council absentee policy for the Tourism Council, (7) revising the name, charge and membership of the Minority Business Initiative Advisory Board and permitting the board to establish bylaws, (8) implementing certain revisions to the concentrated poverty statutes, and (9) rename the Small Business Express program and the small business express assistance account.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO POST CURRICULUM ONLINE.

To require local and regional boards of education to post curriculum on such board's Internet web site.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A CONTINGENCY SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT, A PROHIBITION ON PRIVATE EQUITY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER INNOVATIONS IN THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

To (1) provide a contingency special education grant for certain unanticipated special education costs, (2) prohibit the Department of Education from approving a private provider of special education services that is owned or operated by a private equity company, and (3) establish a working group to consider innovations in the provision of special education and related services through public-private partnerships.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO TRAIN CERTIFIED WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY OPERATORS.

To require a study for expanding vocational education to grades kindergarten to eight, inclusive, and establish a pilot program for training wastewater treatment facility operators.

Education Committee