Bills & Legislation

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STARTER HOMES WORKING GROUP.

To establish a starter homes working group.

Housing Committee

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.

Committee on Children

AN ACT REDUCING THE INTEREST RATE ON DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS.

To reduce the interest rate on delinquent property tax payments from eighteen per cent to eight per cent.

Gregory HaddadDemocrat

AN ACT CREATING A QUANTUM CT ADVISORY PANEL.

To create an advisory panel for the public-private partnership known as Quantum CT that is composed of representatives of both urban and rural communities.

Christopher RosarioDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID BILLING FOR SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENTS AT SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.

To provide Medicaid reimbursement for a suicide risk assessment as a separate reimbursable service at a school-based health center.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR LICENSED INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANTS.

To provide Medicaid coverage for the services of licensed lactation consultants certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAID RATE PARITY.

To require Medicaid reimbursement rate parity between the Connecticut Children's Medical Center and hospitals that primarily serve adults.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.

To clarify criteria for property tax exemptions for renewable energy systems and to simplify the application process for such exemptions.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING RECOGNIZING HEARING IMPAIRMENT AS A DISABILITY.

To statutorily recognize hearing impairment as a disability to allow for certain accommodations and state medical assistance for individuals in need.

Liz LinehanDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAM.

To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish a thermal energy network grant and loan program to provide funding for the development of thermal energy networks.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PROGRAMS.

To allow a municipality, or two or more municipalities acting jointly, to establish municipal aggregation programs.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT HOME ENERGY LABEL AND A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AUDITORS.

To establish a (1) standard, easy-to-understand labeling system to inform consumers of the energy efficiency and usage of a dwelling unit, and (2) training program for energy efficiency auditors.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS FOR CERTAIN FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS.

To establish a municipal option for a property tax abatement for certain first-time homebuyers.

Housing Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING A LANDLORD FROM RETALIATING AGAINST A TENANT WHO PREVAILS IN A FAIR RENT COMMISSION PROCEEDING.

To prohibit a landlord from retaliating against a tenant who prevails in a fair rent commission proceeding.

Housing Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN BUSINESS CONDUCT REGARDING STORAGE OF CONSUMERS' CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD INFORMATION.

To provide that businesses shall not require storage of consumers' credit card and debit card information.

General Law 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.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE OF EXCAVATION BY A PUBLIC UTILITY TO AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.

To require notice to owners of land potentially impacted by excavation, discharge of explosives or demolition by a public utilities company.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PAYING THE COST OF TRANSCRIPTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

To clarify who is responsible for paying the cost of transcripts in administrative proceedings.

Craig C. FishbeinRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF NONINVASIVE, CUSTOM BREAST PROSTHESES FOR MASTECTOMY PATIENTS.

To enhance, modernize and improve options for mastectomy patients whose care is covered by Medicaid.

Anne M. HughesDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING AN INDEPENDENT BUREAU OF SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, DEAFBLIND OR HARD OF HEARING.

To confer independent status on the Bureau of Services for Persons Who are Deaf, Deafblind or Hard of Hearing.

Joe HoxhaRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN CONTRACTS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

To prohibit any member of a municipal legislative body from entering into a contract with such municipality for the provision of services related to the construction, renovation or repair of municipal property.

Iris N SanchezDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISCOUNT TRANSPARENCY.

To ensure consumers are getting the benefit of drug discounts and not overpaying or being prematurely enrolled in Medicaid under rules deducting costs spent on prescription drugs from income.

Susan M. JohnsonDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO RECEIVE ANY STATE FUNDING TO ACCEPT CASH PAYMENT FOR SERVICES.

To mitigate the effects on persons without a credit card of prohibiting the use of cash to pay for treatment and related services by providers who receive payment from the state medical assistance program.

Melissa OsborneDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MUNICIPAL PENALTIES FOR LANDLORDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS.

To establish a task force to study municipal penalties for landlords for health and safety violations and determine other mechanisms to resolve such violations that encourage appropriate repairs and ensure tenants have habitable housing.

Housing Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS FROM USING PRICING ALGORITHMS AND COMPETITORS' SENSITIVE DATA TO SET RENTAL PRICES.

To prohibit residential rental property owners from using pricing algorithms and competitors' sensitive data to set rental prices.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

To prohibit a historic district commission from declining to issue a certificate of appropriateness based on the proposed installation of a solar energy system if such system will be installed on a roof surface that faces the rear of the lot upon which such structure is located.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION TO DEVELOP A PLAN REGARDING UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

To require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop a plan for investigating and addressing incidents involving unmanned aircrafts of unknown origin.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FULL EMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND.

To create a Full Employment Trust Fund to be administered by the Labor Department.

Gary A. WinfieldDemocrat

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING A UNIFORM SOLAR CAPACITY TAX.

To implement a uniform solar capacity tax on equipment and devices that have the primary purpose of collecting solar energy and generating electricity by photovoltaic effect.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR THE ONLINE ECONOMY AGAINST DATA BREACHES AND LIMITS ON INTERNET DATA USAGE.

To protect the economy and online learning from data breaches and to remove limits on broadband usage.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES FROM SERVING ON MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES.

To prohibit municipal employees, including those employed by boards of education, from serving on municipal legislative bodies.

Iris N SanchezDemocrat

AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CERTIFICATES.

To increase the number of rental assistance program certificates.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF FOOD AS MEDICINE AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE CONNECTICUT FARMERS' MARKET/WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.

To expand access to fruits and vegetables for families with low incomes.

Jaime S. FosterDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SOLAR PROJECTS AND THE TAX CALCULATION OF SOLAR PROJECTS ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND.

To remove the exemption from personal property tax for any solar photovoltaic system project with a capacity between one-half megawatt and seven megawatts and to consider solar projects on one parcel of land to be one solar project for tax calculation purposes.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT REDUCING THE FILING FEE FOR ANNUAL REPORTS FILED BY CERTAIN BUSINESS ENTITIES WITH THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.

To assist small businesses by decreasing the amount of the fee for filing annual business reports with the Office of the Secretary of the State from eighty dollars to forty dollars.

Eleni Kavros DeGrawDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS VIA STRETCHER VANS.

To provide elderly persons and persons with disabilities an opportunity to travel in a stretcher van instead of an ambulance.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STATE-WIDE PLAN TO REDUCE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CAUSED BY VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM.

To establish a task force to develop a state-wide plan to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by venous thromboembolism.

Christine CohenDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP ON MUNICIPAL FUNDING.

To establish a working group to make recommendations on ways to transition from municipal matching grants to per capita block grants that reflect factors including cost of labor and poverty.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF STATE FUNDS FOR STADIUMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS.

To prevent the misuse of state funds.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING ELEVATOR REPAIRS IN MULTISTORY HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

To allow qualified elevator inspectors to inspect elevators located in multistory buildings housing senior citizens.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RESALES OF TICKETS TO ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.

To impose various requirements on ticket resellers and empower the Department of Consumer Protection to oversee and impose civil penalties on such resellers.

Jonathan FazzinoDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE TOBACCO AND HEALTH TRUST FUND.

To provide consistent funding for the prevention, education and cessation of addictive smoking products.

Tom O'DeaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM.

To increase funding for the local bridge program.

Gary A. TurcoDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING NEUTRALITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN DECISIONS INVOLVING THE INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

To protect the state finances from poor investments.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC PINNEY HOUSE IN THE TOWN OF ELLINGTON.

To provide funding for essential restoration and conservation work on, and the development of educational exhibits at, the historic Pinney House in the town of Ellington.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SPENDING CAP.

To redefine the state "spending cap" in order to limit growth on all state spending, including on and off-budget items, and to eliminate inflation as a factor and only tie the spending cap to growth in personal income.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF DEBT COLLECTION ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN PROBLEM GAMBLING PROGRAMS.

To establish that if a debtor notifies a creditor that the debtor is engaged in a problem gambling program, the creditor shall suspend collection activities for a period of thirty calendar days.

Banking Committee