Bills & Legislation

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION MODIFYING THE LEGISLATIVE TERM OF OFFICE.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE BURNING OF MEDICAL WASTE.

To prohibit the burning of medical waste by facilities that do not meet EPA standards for the burning of such waste.

Environment Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

To implement the recommendations of the Department of Education.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROHIBITED CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

To repeal a statute concerning prohibited charter amendments.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SEWAGE DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

To require an evaluation of sewage disposal requirements and their impact on housing development, public health and the environment.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES.

To permit the governing body of a municipality to make appointments to the municipal housing authority.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS OF POLICE OFFICERS.

To allow each police officer to choose a psychiatrist, psychologist or clinical social worker for completion of such police officer's behavioral health assessment and expand the confidentiality requirements for such behavioral health assessment.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION.

To make a technical changes in the special education statutes.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REFERENDA ON REVISIONS TO MUNICIPAL CHARTERS AND HOME RULE ORDINANCES.

To establish certain minimum requirements for presenting charter or home rule ordinance amendment ballot questions to voters.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE COMMISSIONER'S NETWORK OF SCHOOLS AND ALLIANCE DISTRICT PROGRAMS.

To phase out the commissioner's network of schools program and reduce the number of alliance districts to fifteen and rename them to opportunity districts.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD AND REQUIRING A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

To establish the School District Accountability Review Board to provide assistance to and fiscal oversight of school districts in need of interventions to ensure efficient operations and financial management.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BOARDING AND CROWDING.

To require an evaluation of the feasibility of establishing an expedited conservator process for emergency department patients to alleviate emergency department boarding and crowding.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LIVE DIGITAL VIDEO SCHOOL BUS VIOLATION DETECTION MONITORING SYSTEMS.

To extend the sunset date applicable to the operation of live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems by municipalities and local or regional boards of education.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS SOLD AT PET STORES.

To enhance oversight of the sale of animals in pet shops.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENTS.

To reduce the number of times students are required to take the mastery examination and to require boards of education to notify parents and guardians of their student's mastery examination scores.

Education Committee

AN ACT RESTRICTING THE EUTHANIZATION OF FERAL CATS, PROHIBITING CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AND STUDYING THE INVOLVEMENT OF OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AT ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITIES.

To restrict the use of euthanasia on feral cat populations and require the involvement of feral cat organizations in the trapping of feral cats by animal control officers.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.

To redefine "inclusionary zoning" to include the acquisition of property for affordable housing developments.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL TESTING METHODS AND REQUIRING THE USE OF BIODIESEL BLENDING METHODS FOR CERTAIN DIESEL FUELS.

To require manufacturers and contract testing facilities to use other testing methods than animal testing when such other methods are available.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES AGENCIES.

To require (1) assisted living services agencies to develop protocols for the provision of certain emergency medical treatment services to residents of managed care facilities, when appropriate, to reduce unnecessary emergency department visits, and (2) rehabilitation facilities to include an individualized mobility plan in each patient's care plan to improve patient mobility.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REMEDIATION AND TESTING FOR PFAS IN CERTAIN WATER SUPPLIES.

To require water companies to test for PFAS levels and take remedial action when such test reflects certain levels of PFAS in such water supply.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY PREPARATION SERVICES PROGRAM.

To provide funding for the Residential Energy Preparation Services program.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING LIABILITY UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT FOR ENTITIES WITH AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST AND PROHIBITING THE LICENSING OF HOSPITALS WITH CERTAIN LEASE BACK ARRANGEMENTS.

To impose liability on entities that have an ownership interest for violations of the False Claims Act and to prohibit granting a new license or certain renewal of a hospital license with a lease back arrangement for its main campus and require notification to the Attorney General of any such arrangement.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION STATUTES RELATED TO FILINGS WITH THE SUPERIOR COURT.

To (1) require that certain election-related filings be made in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the judicial district of Bridgeport, and (2) bring into compliance with federal case law certain state statutes relating to the circulation of nominating and primary petitions.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME ABANDONMENT.

To make abandonment of nursing home or residential care home residents a class A violation.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS OF UTILITY COMMISSIONERS TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND SUBSTANTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF SUCH UTILITY COMMISSIONERS.

To make technical changes to statutes concerning the regulation of state ethics.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF INSURER REPORTS CONCERNING TREATMENT LIMITATIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND OTHER BENEFITS AS A PUBLIC RECORD.

To make reports submitted by insurers to the Insurance Department concerning how the insurers assess the medical necessity of mental health and other benefits a public record for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING HOUSING MATTERS AND THE IMPERMISSIBLE USE OF PRICING ALGORITHMS AND COMPETITORS' SENSITIVE DATA TO SET RENTAL PRICES.

To provide additional legal protections to persons who are negatively impacted by housing discrimination, improper denials of affordable housing applications and the use of unfair business practices when calculating rental prices for residential dwelling units.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY CONCERNING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS OR PSILOCYBIN.

To develop recommendations for implementation of a per se blood level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for when a person is driving under the influence of cannabis, permit a stop of a motor vehicle if an officer observes cannabis consumption and detects the odor of burnt cannabis and provide that the observation by a law enforcement official of the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis and active cannabis consumption may serve to constitute in part or in whole probable cause or reasonable suspicion in support of a stop or search of a person or motor vehicle.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SELF-DEFENSE.

To (1) clarify provisions concerning the discharge of firearms in the case of self-defense or in lawful defense of another person, including for purposes of regulations concerning hunting, and (2) allow the legal transfer of large capacity magazines possessed under a declaration of possession and assault weapons possessed under a certificate of possession between persons who are legally permitted to possess such magazine or weapon.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COURT-ORDERED ACCOUNTINGS OF COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REVISING THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.

To allow any unit owner of a common interest community to petition the Superior Court for an accounting of such association's financial records.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

To permit survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or trafficking in persons for whom violence or abuse suffered by such survivors was a contributing factor influencing such survivor to commit an offense to be eligible for a sentence reduction or relief.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE-WIDE FIREARMS CRIMES AND TRACING TASK FORCE.

To adopt measures concerning public safety, prosecution of crimes and protection of victims.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE INVESTMENT BOARD AND CONCERNING INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF THE STATE'S PENSION FUNDS.

To (1) establish the Investment Board and sunset the Investment Advisory Council, and (2) require the Office of Legislative Management to issue a request for proposals for an advisory firm to conduct an independent review of the investment performance of the state's pension funds relative to peer states' investment performances and submit a report of such review on an annual basis.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE CIVIL PROCEDURE LAWS IN THIS STATE.

To establish a working group to study the civil procedure laws in this state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS.

To provide protections to health care providers who provide reproductive and gender-affirming health care services to patients.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FUNDS IN THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.

To require funding of tobacco control programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use at the amount recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES AND UNDISCHARGED MORTGAGES.

To: (1) Establish a limitation period applicable to an action to foreclose a mortgage on residential real property; and (2) shorten the period after which an undischarged mortgage is deemed invalid as a lien against the real property encumbered by such mortgage.

Banking Committee

AN ACT INCENTIVIZING EDUCATIONAL AND WORKFORCE ACHIEVEMENT AS A MEANS OF REDUCING A PROBATIONER'S TERM OF SUPERVISION.

To incentivize a probationer to complete educational and workforce achievements as a means of reducing the probationer's term of supervision.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE CIVIL LAWS OF THIS STATE.

To establish a working group to study the civil laws of this state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AGRITOURISM.

To implement measures designed to assist farmers financially and enable the state's agricultural industry to sustain.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PURPLE PROPERTY BORDERS AS WARNING TO TRESPASSERS.

To provide that purple painted property borders serve as a warning to trespassers.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAWS OF THIS STATE.

To study the criminal procedure laws of this state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF CRIMINAL LAWS OF THIS STATE.

To study the criminal laws of this state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REFERENDA ON THE SALE OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES OR ASSETS THEREOF OR THE PRIVATIZATION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES OR FUNCTIONS.

To provide that a municipality's decision to sell an authority or other asset, or privatize a department's services or functions, shall, upon the petition of ten per cent of the electors of such municipality, be put to a referendum and voted upon by the electors of such municipality.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF STATE PURCHASE OF SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATE AGENCY CONTRACTS FOR CONSULTING SERVICES, MUNICIPAL GRANTS AND CERTAIN NONRESIDENT BIDDER CONTRACT AWARDS.

To require (1) a study of reestablishing the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee, (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to conduct reviews of the level of services and reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers, (3) reporting of state agency implementation of certain consultant reports, (4) audits and reporting of certain municipal grants, and (5) annual reporting of nonresident bidder contracts of the Departments of Administrative Services and Transportation.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC FINANCING OF MUNICIPAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CAMPAIGNS IN CERTAIN DISTRESSED MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE 2027 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

To establish a pilot program for the public financing of municipal chief executive officer campaigns in certain distressed municipalities for the 2027 municipal election.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF AN INHERITANCE.

To establish a statutory cause of action for tortious interference with the right of an inheritance.

Judiciary Committee