Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE, REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL PLANS OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

To require (1) adoption of (A) the state plan of conservation and development every ten years after July 1, 2030, (B) regional plans of conservation and development not later than one year after the adoption of the state plan of conservation and development beginning July 1, 2030, and (C) municipal plans of conservation and development not later than one year after the adoption of the regional plan of conservation and development for the region in which such municipality is located beginning July 1, 2030, and (2) approval of municipal plans of conservation and development by municipal legislative bodies and boards of selectmen.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES.

To (1) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to develop a list of approved training programs for homemaker-companion agency employees, (2) require homemaker-companion agencies to provide not less than ten hours of (A) initial training to new employees, and (B) continuing education to current employees, and (3) increase the registration fee for homemaker-companion agencies from three hundred seventy-five dollars to four hundred fifty dollars.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

To improve hospital financial policies.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM IN NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.

To study methods to increase youth volunteerism in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERFUND.

To fund climate mitigation, resiliency and adaptation projects.

Environment Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING RESIDENTS LIVING IN A FLOOD ZONE TO LAY UP TO TEN THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS OF LANDSCAPE FILL PER YEAR IN THEIR YARD AND ESTABLISHING A TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE COSTS OF SUCH FILL AND A GRANT PROGRAM FOR ROAD RAISING.

To authorize the placement of landscape fill in flood zones and create a tax deduction for such flood prevention measures as well as a grant program for road raising municipalities climate resiliency efforts by municipalities.

Environment Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RESILIENT CONNECTICUT STRATEGY.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RABBIT PROCESSING IN THE STATE.

To provide a way for rabbits to be processed in the state for consumption by consumers and retail food establishments.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO MODIFY OR REVOKE A CONSENT ORDER.

To require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to adhere to the terms of its consent orders.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS' OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND ASSISTANCE.

To provide for additional staffing at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Advocacy and Assistance.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE EXPEDITING OF PERMITS FOR THE REMEDIATION OF HYDRILLA IN LAKES ACROSS THE STATE.

To expedite the permitting process for the remediation of hydrilla in lakes across the state.

Environment Committee

AN ACT TRANSFERRING OVERSIGHT OF FARMING ON STATE-OWNED LAND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

To transfer oversight of certain farming activities from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture.

Environment Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE WATER PLAN TO BE AMENDED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

To require the state water plan to be amended to account for climate change.

Environment Committee

RESOLUTION REMANDING TO THE OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER THE CLAIM OF ADAM CARMON AGAINST THE STATE FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Judiciary Committee

RESOLUTION REMANDING TO THE OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER THE CLAIM OF GEORGE GOULD AGAINST THE STATE FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FACILITIES.

To allow persons with a substance use disorder access to treatment and rehabilitation facilities when they are not intoxicated.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PET OWNERS DURING AND FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED WRONGDOING BY A VETERINARIAN TOWARD SUCH PET.

To provide information to pet owners from the Department of Public Health during and following an agency investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by a veterinarian toward such pet.

Environment Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING WATERFOWL AND BIRD HUNTING IN SECTIONS OF THE MORRIS COVE AREA OF NEW HAVEN.

To provide increased safety and quality of life to residents of the Morris Cove area of New Haven.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF ECONOMIC DAMAGES IN A PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION FOR COLLATERAL SOURCE PAYMENTS MADE ON BEHALF OF A CLAIMANT.

To permit a post-verdict collateral source reduction in damages in certain personal injury or wrongful death actions involving a right of subrogation.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR INCAPACITY BENEFITS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.

To preclude an employee from seeking incapacity benefits when the employee elects to retire from the workforce and experiences the incapacity subsequent to such retirement.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES AND MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.

To require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS.

To prevent elder abuse by requiring all prospective employees and volunteers of long-term care facilities to submit to background checks.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF FOOD ON THE CAMPUSES OF A CONNECTICUT STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

To require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to develop a plan to have food accessible on each campus of a Connecticut State Community College.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS.

To study the needs of senior citizens in the state in order to ensure the adequate allocation of resources.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATES ADVANCING ALL-PAYER HEALTH EQUITY APPROACHES AND DEVELOPMENT FEDERAL INNOVATION MODEL HOSPITAL GLOBAL PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.

To implement the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development federal innovation model hospital global payment methodology.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ADVANCED NOTICE OF AN EMPLOYEE'S WORK SCHEDULE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

To require employers to provide advance notice to certain employees of such employees' work schedule and work schedule changes and create a cause of action for violations of advance notice requirements.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE RETAIL PROPERTY.

To establish a tax credit for the construction of residential dwelling units above existing retail property.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING AUTHORITY JURISDICTION.

To authorize a housing authority to expand its jurisdiction to include housing in other municipalities.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO STUDY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DELIVERY METHODS, DEVELOP A CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUNDING MECHANISM AND INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCEEDINGS.

To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to (1) study alternative energy delivery methods, (2) develop a capital investment funding mechanism, (3) increase the frequency of rate adjustment proceedings, (4) study innovative rate plans to stabilize customer electric bills, and (5) study service termination protections for persons with serious illnesses or life-threatening medical conditions.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING GUIDES ISSUED BY ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

To (1) require each motor vehicle manufacturer that offers electric vehicles for sale in this state to (A) issue a guide for extinguishing fires in electric vehicles that is specific to each electric vehicle model offered for sale in this state by such manufacturer, and (B) provide each such guide to the State Fire Marshal, and (2) authorize the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to require an affidavit from each applicant for a motor vehicle manufacturer's license stating that such applicant has provided to the State Fire Marshal any such guide.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY STATE GUARANTEED CONSTRUCTION BONDS.

To establish a task force to study the feasibility and potential benefits of (1) the State Bond Commission having the power to authorize the issuance of surety bonds for certain housing construction projects, and (2) establishing a process for the issuance of bonds for housing construction projects that does not require allocation by the State Bond Commission.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO OPEN A DOCKET CONCERNING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.

To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to open a docket for the purpose of redesigning customer electric bills to (1) increase a customer's understanding of such bills, and (2) separate federally mandated congestion charges from the systems benefits charge on such bills.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE STONE ACADEMY HEALTHCARE EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM.

To establish a scholarship program to allocate not less than ten million dollars during a five-year period to former students of the practical nurse education program at Stone Academy to pursue an advanced nursing degree at accredited programs and require the Office of Higher Education to report on the impact of such program on the health care workforce.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

To require that a tenant only be charged for utilities if such tenant's dwelling unit has an individual meter.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY.

To reduce energy costs and increase energy supply.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT PERMITTING A TENANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH A FAIR RENT COMMISSION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SIGNING A NEW LEASE.

To permit a tenant to file a complaint with a fair rent commission within thirty days of signing a new lease.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RELEASE-BASED CLEANUP REMEDIATION STANDARDS IN LIEU OF THE TRANSFER ACT.

To establish a transition period from the Transfer Act to regulations that provide for release-based cleanup remediation standards.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR OBESITY TREATMENT.

To allow the state to pursue cost-effective alternatives to brand name drugs prescribed to HUSKY Health program members for obesity treatment.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO INCLUDE TRAINING REPAYMENT AGREEMENT PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS WITH EMPLOYEES.

To prohibit Medicaid reimbursement for health care providers who include training repayment agreement provisions in contracts with employees.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FREEDOM SCHOONER AMISTAD.

To ensure that the Freedom Schooner Amistad, the state of Connecticut's official flagship, be operational and maintained in excellent condition.

Bobby G. GibsonDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF THE CORPORATE ACQUISITION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

To establish a task force to study (1) the impact of the acquisition of residential real property by large corporate entities; (2) the potential issues with requiring separate bidding by large corporate entities at foreclosure auctions; (3) the potential issues with requiring large corporate entities to disclose residential real property ownership; and (4) policies to limit the number of residential real properties that may be acquired or owned by such entities or otherwise regulate such acquisitions and ownership.

Housing Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS FOR THE FUNDING OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AT NONPROFIT VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS.

To establish an account for the funding of suicide prevention education and training at nonprofit veterans' organizations.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MINORS WHO HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTEEN WORKING IN RETAIL STORES.

To allow fifteen-year-olds to work in retail stores under the same conditions as fifteen-year-olds employed in grocery stores.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT ALLOWING STUDENTS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO LIVE OFF CAMPUS.

To require institutions of higher education to allow students to live off campus during any academic year after the first academic year in which a student is enrolled at such institution.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT ALLOWING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL FINANCING CONTRACTS TO CONTAIN PROVISIONS WAIVING THE RIGHT TO NOTICE, JUDICIAL HEARING OR PRIOR COURT ORDER IN CONNECTION WITH A PREJUDGMENT REMEDY.

To allow certain commercial financing contracts to contain a provision waiving the commercial financing recipient's right to notice, judicial hearing or prior court order in connection with the commercial financing provider obtaining a prejudgment remedy.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTING FOR STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES.

To require additional notices to the State Comptroller, the legislative leaders and Health Care Cost Containment Committee concerning the potential termination of participating provider agreements in the employee health insurance plan and to prohibit certain entities that terminate participating provider agreements from participating in future competitive selection processes for a period of time.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF MUNICIPAL INTERNET WEB SITES.

To require municipalities to register and maintain ".gov" Internet top-level domains.

Planning and Development Committee