Bills & Legislation

AN ACT REESTABLISHING THE JOB EXPANSION TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.

To reestablish the job expansion tax credit program.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING POST-PRIMARY AND POST-ELECTION THANK YOU NOTES.

To increase the expenditure limit for post-primary and post-election thank you notes and annually adjust such expenditure limit based on the consumer price index.

Patricia Billie MillerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SENIORS.

To require that, for seniors, the qualifying income threshold for any personal income tax deduction be indexed to reflect the rate of inflation.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR STIPENDS PAID TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE MEMBERS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for any stipend paid to a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance member by a municipality, a volunteer fire department or a volunteer ambulance association.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

To increase the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits and adjust the applicable phase-outs accordingly.

Rep. Jason Perillo, 113th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING INTERCHANGE FEES ON ELECTRONIC PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS.

To prohibit payment card networks from including sales and use taxes in the amount on which interchange fees are imposed.

Joe PollettaRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING INFANT MORTALITY.

To develop policy and solutions to address infant mortality in the state.

Larry B. ButlerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR TINTED WINDOWS.

To increase the penalty for owning a motor vehicle with tinted windows.

Jill BarryDemocrat

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES AND THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS.

To eliminate (1) the estate and gift taxes, and (2) the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits and pension and annuity income.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING DENSITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RETAILERS THAT SELL TOBACCO AND TOBACCO-RELATED PRODUCTS.

To establish a task force to study the feasibility of implementing density requirements for retailers that sell tobacco and tobacco-related products.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT ALLOWING RANKED-CHOICE VOTING FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND FEDERAL PRIMARIES.

To allow ranked-choice voting for municipal elections and federal primaries.

Josh ElliottDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO POST REAL-TIME EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WAIT TIMES ON AN INTERNET WEB SITE.

To require hospitals to post real-time emergency department wait times on an Internet web site.

Ronald A. NapoliDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING EVIDENCE OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE IN PERSONAL INJURY ACTIONS.

To provide that the failure to utilize a seat safety belt, protective headgear or a protective helmet shall be admissible in court as evidence of contributory negligence in a personal injury action.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PETITIONING CANDIDATES.

To decrease the number of signatures required for a candidate to petition onto a primary or election ballot.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR PARTIES AND THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.

To provide for equal treatment of major and minor political parties under the Citizens' Election Program.

Brandon ChafeeDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE THE HANDLING OF MATTERS IN THE FAMILY COURT SYSTEM.

To improve procedures in the family court system.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT ALLOWING AN INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL OF A TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DEPRIVED A PERSON OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES PROVIDED UNDER STATE LAW.

To eliminate the prohibition against taking an interlocutory appeal of a trial court's denial of the application of the defense of governmental immunity.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER ACCESS TO PHARMACIES.

To require that any insurance company allow any covered person to have options of not less than three independent or retail pharmacies within a five-mile radius of such covered person's residence for such covered person to have any prescription filled.

Tracy MarraRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND IN CERTAIN PARTY PRIMARIES.

To authorize the use of ranked-choice voting in municipal elections and in certain party primaries.

Steven WinterDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF RESIDENT STUDENTS AND THE PER PUPIL AMOUNTS PAID UNDER THE EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANT.

To make revisions to the education cost sharing grant formula.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

To eliminate the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits.

Rep. Jason Perillo, 113th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE COSTS OF HOME HEALTH CARE.

To establish a personal income tax deduction of not more than sixty thousand dollars for the costs of full-time home health care services and medical supplies.

Rep. Jason Perillo, 113th Dist.

AN ACT LIMITING THE ANNUAL RENTAL PRICE INCREASE OF CERTAIN SENIOR LIVING FACILITY UNITS AND REQUIRING SIXTY DAYS' WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH INCREASE.

To limit the annual rental price increase of certain senior living facility units and require an operator of such senior living facility to provide sixty days' written notice of such increase.

Mike DemiccoDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR HELICOPTER SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

To provide critical funding for helicopter search and rescue.

Bill BuckbeeRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A LIMITATION ON THE COSTS CHARGED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

To cap the costs for the outplacement of students in special education programs and to require boards of education to be financially responsible for certain special education students.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT EXTENDING THE WEST END SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT STREET PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.

To increase mobility in the city of New Haven by extending a sidewalk improvement street project to include the city.

Alphonse PaolilloDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING DETAILED CRITERIA FOR INVITATIONS TO BID ON A TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

To establish objective and detailed criteria for the evaluation of bids for the performance of transportation construction projects.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM TO CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.

To establish a pilot program to expand the Citizens' Election Program to certain municipal elections in certain municipalities.

Kara RochelleDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND POLICIES TO ACHIEVE ONE HUNDRED PER CENT VOTER PARTICIPATION.

To establish a task force to evaluate and recommend policies to achieve one hundred per cent voter participation.

Hilda E. SantiagoDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NEW IDEAS FOR CONNECTICUT PLATFORM.

To establish the New Ideas for Connecticut platform to enable state residents to submit proposals on methods to enhance economic development, government efficiency and civic engagement in the state.

David RutiglianoRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A GRANT-IN-AID TO SOUTH CENTRAL CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN TRACKING TECHNOLOGY.

To provide funding to municipal police departments in the south central region of the state to pay fifty per cent of the cost of acquiring certain technology to track cars.

Mary M. MushinskyDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY.

To improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety, educate motor vehicle operators and report instances of unsafe driving.

Savet ConstantineDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE TO PAY FOR TRANSITION SERVICES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH A STUDENT REACHES TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE.

To reimburse local and regional boards of education for the cost of transition services for a student who reaches twenty-two years of age for the school year in which such student reaches such age.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR CERTAIN DISABLED OR ELDERLY VETERANS.

To incorporate units specifically set aside for certain disabled or elderly veterans into the affordable housing policy of section 8-30g of the general statutes.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES RESPONSE PROTOCOLS.

To establish certain emergency medical services response protocols that promote patient safety and provider transparency and accountability.

Joan V. HartleyDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EXPEDITED CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF NEW LIFE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES.

To promote the adoption of new life-saving technologies, including, but not limited to, whole-body magnetic resonance imaging machines, by establishing an expedited certificate of need approval process for the acquisition of such technologies.

Geoff LuxenbergDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL PATIENT TRANSPORTATION WAIT TIMES.

To reduce excess wait times and late transportation when transporting a patient from a hospital to another facility or residence.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERFLOW BEDS AND TRIAGE ROOMS IN HOMELESS SHELTERS.

To allow coordinated action networks to refer families to shelters that have overflow beds or triage rooms available, provided each shelter manager or director has decision-making authority concerning admittance of persons to the shelter.

Iris N SanchezDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HOSPITAL TRUST FUND TO ADDRESS IMPROPER MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITALS IN THE STATE.

To create financial and health care access stability in hospitals.

Susan M. JohnsonDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING HOSPITALS TO INSTALL DEVICES ON AN EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF.

To prevent infant abandonment and provide a safe and legal option for parents in crisis to voluntarily surrender an infant to emergency department staff.

Donna VeachRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS.

To reduce recurrent hospitalizations of persons with severe mental illness, prevent premature deaths, enhance public safety and provide more compassionate and effective mental health care while maintaining a commitment to increasing community-based mental health services and respecting individual rights.

Sarah KeittDemocrat

AN ACT PROHIBITING BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM ACCESSING WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' BATHROOMS, LAVATORIES, LOCKER ROOMS AND CHANGING ROOMS.

To protect girls and women from biological males accessing women's or girls' bathrooms, lavatories, locker rooms and changing rooms.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING PROTOCOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, REMEDIATION AND PREVENTION OF CONTAMINATED WELL WATER.

To ensure access to clean and safe drinking water for all residents of the state.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT ALLOWING FOREIGN DENTISTS TO QUALIFY FOR LICENSURE AS A DENTAL HYGIENIST IN THE STATE.

To increase the workforce supply of dental hygienists in Connecticut to ensure essential oral health care for our residents by utilizing the skills that foreign dentists have acquired through training outside of the United States.

Lezlye ZupkusRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING STOP THE BLEED PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION.

To develop and implement best practices for stop the bleed programs in schools and places of public accommodation.

Irene M. HainesRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE MEDICAL WAIVER PROCESS FOR VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS.

To require a study of the use of the medical waiver for school vaccination requirements.

Tracy MarraRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNERAL PAYMENT PLAN ACCESSIBILITY.

To alleviate the financial burden on families during times of bereavement by requiring funeral homes to provide accessible and transparent payment plan options for funeral expenses.

Travis SimmsDemocrat