Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CREATING A CONSTRUCTION PIPELINE PROGRAM.

To establish a Construction Pipeline Program.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CREATING YELLOW ENVELOPES TO PROMOTE ACCOMMODATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FIRST RESPONDERS AND PERSONS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND INCREASING AWARENESS OF BLUE AND YELLOW ENVELOPES AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS.

To require (1) the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity to develop and make available yellow envelopes to promote accommodation and communication between first responders and persons with cognitive impairments or physical disabilities, and (2) various first responder trainings to include information about the blue and yellow envelopes.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LIGHT-TOUCH DENSITY HOUSING.

To encourage municipalities to develop light touch density housing.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CRISIS RESPONSE DRILLS.

To implement the recommendations of the School Crisis Response Drills Working Group regarding the development of protocols for conducting crisis response drills in schools.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING.

To establish a task force to study issues relating to consumer protection and occupational licensing.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF ISLAMIC AND ARAB STUDIES CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

To require the State Board of Education to make available to school districts curriculum materials concerning Islamic and Arab Studies.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SPORTS WAGERING AND MULTIJURISDICTIONAL INTERNET GAMING.

To (1) empower the Governor to enter into agreements for the purpose of authorizing online gaming operators to conduct multijurisdictional Internet gaming for peer-to-peer casino games; (2) require certain gaming licensees to (A) establish and disclose a toll-free telephone number to enable persons to receive assistance in resolving problems with electronic wagering platforms and accounts on such platforms, (B) take certain actions in response to errors in the odds offered on sporting events, and (C) disclose the maximum sports wagers established for online sports wagering; and (3) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to adopt regulations establishing maximum sports wagers for online sports wagering.

General Law Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS ANTISEMITISM IN SCHOOLS.

To establish a working group to assist school districts in addressing anti-Semitism in public schools.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE INCORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT'S CULTURAL RESOURCES WITH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING.

To establish a working group to study the incorporation of Connecticut's cultural resources with project-based learning for students.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

To require local and regional boards of education to develop a policy for the evaluation of public school library materials, to provide a reason for any removal or restriction of access to such materials and to prohibit removal or restricted access to such materials for certain reasons.

Education Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN GAMING-RELATED ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

To prohibit any gaming-related advertising, marketing or promotional activity that offers or provides any bonus, credit or other inducement to engage in or continue gaming.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF SMART DEVICES IN SCHOOLS.

To require local and regional boards of education to adopt a policy limiting the use of smart devices by students in school.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF CORPORATE HOUSING ACQUISITIONS.

To establish a task force to study (1) the impact of the acquisition of residential real property by large corporate entities, and (2) policies to limit the number of such properties acquired by such entities or otherwise regulate such acquisitions.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SOLAR LICENSING EXEMPTIONS.

To modify a licensing exemption by allowing certain persons, under the direction of a properly licensed solar contractor, to perform work limited to (1) the uncrating, hoisting, placing and anchoring of supports, (2) the mounting of racking systems, (3) the job site distribution of solar collectors, photovoltaic panels, towers or turbines, (4) pile driving, (5) concrete form work, and (6) the installation of ground screw supports and racking systems.

General Law Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING DUAL ENROLLMENT AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT COMMEMORATING STATE TROOPER IRVING H. NELSON IN THE TOWN OF POMFRET.

To require the Commissioner of Transportation to erect a sign in the town of Pomfret to commemorate state trooper Irving H. Nelson, who was killed in the line of duty on April 6, 1928.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCLUSION OF PATIENT HEALTH INFORMATION AND OPT-IN AND OPT-OUT PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE STATE-WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE.

To require the Commissioner of Health Strategy to study (1) whether to exclude patient health information and medical records relating to certain sensitive medical procedures from the State-wide Health Information Exchange, and (2) current procedures relating to patient participation in the State-wide Health Information Exchange.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING LICENSURE FOR LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS AND REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO STUDY THE DESIGNATION OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITALS.

To establish a licensure category for long-term acute care hospitals and require the Department of Public Health to study the designation of long-term care facilities and chronic disease hospitals.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS.

To require municipalities that do not have an adopted conflict of interest provision to adopt such a provision and all municipalities to submit a copy of such provision to the Office of State Ethics and post such provision on their Internet web site.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUBMISSION OF STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH LAND USE APPLICATIONS.

To require any person submitting a study or evaluation in connection with a land use application to disclose the author of such study or evaluation, cost of such study or evaluation and any conflict of interest relating to such study or evaluation.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPOSE A TAX ON THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS OF PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To authorize municipalities to impose a tax on the endowment funds of a private institution of higher education located in the municipality.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ADDRESSING INNOVATIONS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT REQUIRING THE REVIEW OF THE STATE PROPERTIES REVIEW BOARD FOR MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS FUNDED BY CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID.

To require the State Properties Review Board to review real estate acquisitions funded through a grant-in-aid to municipalities under the urban action or the small town economic assistance program.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF HARTFORD OF 1638 THAT SOUGHT TO ERADICATE THE PEQUOT CULTURAL IDENTITY.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE REGIONAL PLANNING INCENTIVE ACCOUNT TO EACH REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE HIRING OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.

To distribute funds from the regional planning incentive account to each regional council of governments for the hiring of personnel to facilitate the creation of additional housing.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTER PILOT PROGRAM.

To establish an overdose prevention center pilot program.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIVATE EQUITY OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND THE CONTROLLING OF OR INTERFERENCE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT AND CLINICAL DECISIONS OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND REQUIRING AN EVALUATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO MANAGE HOSPITALS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.

To prohibit private equity ownership and control of certain health care institutions and the controlling of or interference with the professional judgment and clinical decisions of certain health care providers.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURES, PAYMENTS AND REVENUE TRANSFERS BY THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION.

To (1) require the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to (A) transfer online lottery and online sports wagering revenue to the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund, and (B) obtain permission from a lottery, sports wagering or fantasy contest winner before publishing or disclosing the winner's name, address or photograph, and (2) provide that no lottery sales agent's commission shall average less than five and one-half per cent of such agent's lottery sales.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.

To provide candidates for educator certification alternative methods for satisfying the minimum content knowledge requirements.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE CONCERNING THE REGULATION ADOPTION PROCESS.

To establish a task force to make recommendations concerning the role of the standing legislative regulation review committee in the regulation adoption process.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT CONCERNING DATA GOVERNANCE.

To redefine "executive branch agency" and delete a requirement for an annual report concerning high value data.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR A PORTION OF THE RENT PAID BY CERTAIN TAXPAYERS FOR A PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN THE STATE.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for a portion of the rent paid for a primary residence in the state by taxpayers who meet certain income thresholds.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT MAKING A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO STATUTES CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTING.

To make technical revisions to provisions concerning state contracting.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO MAKE REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUALS GENDER-NEUTRAL.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INDEXING OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX THRESHOLDS AND PERSONAL EXEMPTION AMOUNTS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHILD TAX CREDIT AND THE DEDUCTION AND WITHHOLDING OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX FROM CERTAIN PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.

To (1) require personal income tax thresholds and personal exemption amounts to be indexed for inflation, (2) establish a child tax credit against the personal income tax, and (3) specify the rate an individual may request to be withheld from certain payments and distributions and redefine "lump sum payment" for purposes of such withholding.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TAX APPEALS, THE DISAGGREGATION OF CERTAIN TAX SOURCING INFORMATION, THE AMORTIZABLE BOND PREMIUM SUBTRACTION FOR PURPOSES OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX AND THE APPLICATION OF VALUATION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN COMBINED GROUP REPORTING.

To (1) establish requirements for filing certain tax protests, (2) require the Commissioner of Revenue Services to provide certain disaggregated tax sourcing information; (3) eliminate the requirement that the amortizable bond premium subtraction for purposes of calculating Connecticut adjustable gross income be attributable to a trade or business of the taxpayer, and (4) revise certain dates with respect to the application of the valuation allowance under section 12-218h of the general statutes.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT LIMITING APPEALS UNDER THE CONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.

To limit who can take an appeal under CEPA for certain residential building permits.

Environment Committee

AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE AMPHIBIAN AND THE CITY OF NEW BRITAIN AS THE HOT DOG CAPITAL.

To designate the state amphibian, the city of New Britain as the hot dog capital and the town of Enfield as the gateway to Connecticut.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS.

To provide that, when a political party attains minor party status for a state-wide office at an election, any candidate throughout the state at a subsequent election may apply to appear via nominating petition for any office under such minor party.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS DURING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO LEGISLATORS OR STATE OFFICERS RUNNING FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE.

To prohibit lobbyist contributions during a legislative session to legislators or state officers running for municipal office.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN CARETAKER AUTHORIZATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

To authorize the appointment of property caretakers for certain facilities under the control of the Agricultural Experiment Station.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE AGENCY CONTRACTS FOR THE LICENSING OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS.

To prohibit state agency contracts for the licensing of software applications from limiting a state agency's ability to install the software on the state agency's chosen hardware.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENT OF FUNDS TO STATE OFFICERS' AGENCIES.

To prohibit the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management from restricting or impairing the state constitutional officers' ability to recruit or employ personnel for their respective agencies.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT MAKING MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO AN ABSENTEE VOTING STATUTE.

To make minor and technical revisions to an absentee voting statute.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM.

To make various revisions to the certificate of need program.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS CONCERNING STATE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES SELECTION PANELS AND ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING PROVISIONS.

To increase the threshold for requiring approval of projects by the State Properties Review Board from one hundred thousand dollars to three hundred thousand dollars, increase the thresholds for state construction services selection panel projects, require online rather than newspaper advertising for state real estate space needs, remove required notification to the Department of Administrative Services for certain Probate Court proceeding notices and eliminate quarterly reporting on two projects.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO A PROVISION CONCERNING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF LOCATION.

To make a technical change to a statute concerning government administration and to provide protections to health care providers who provide reproductive and gender-affirming health care services to patients, regardless of whether the patients are physically located in this state at the time the services are provided.

Government Administration and Elections Committee