Bills & Legislation

AN ACT REQUIRING A REVIEW OF THE COSTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY ALL PROVIDERS IN THIS STATE.

To require the Commissioner of Education to conduct a review of the costs of special education services provided by private providers and submit a report with the results of such review.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PLAN IN THE GREATER MYSTIC AREA.

To establish a working group to develop a plan regarding economic development and tourism in the greater Mystic area.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING PAYCHECK TRANSPARENCY.

To require employers to create a guide to help employees understand the pay codes used by an employer on employee records of hours worked.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF STATE AGENCY RESPONSE TIMES TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS.

To require the Office of Policy and Management to conduct a study of state agency response times to Freedom of Information Act requests.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN BROWNFIELD PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study the feasibility and potential benefits of expanding the eligibility requirements for participation in brownfield programs to certain municipalities.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURES OF SALARY RANGES ON PUBLIC AND INTERNAL JOB POSTINGS.

To amend current law on salary transparency by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges on public and internal job postings.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DISCLOSURE EXEMPTIONS UNDER SAID ACT.

To prohibit disclosure of the residential address of public school teachers under the Freedom of Information Act.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE ELECTRONIC BUSINESS PORTAL.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study the central Internet web site maintained by the Department of Economic and Community Development that consolidates and provides information on state resources available to small businesses.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ARTS, CULTURE AND TOURISM.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study arts, culture and tourism issues in the state.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION AND OTHER UPGRADES AND REPORTS CONCERNING OVERTIME AND FINGERPRINTING.

To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to report on the status of implementation of the CREATES project report recommendations concerning digitization of agency programs and to report annually concerning overtime worked within agencies.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SELECTION OF CONTRACTORS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

To generate job growth and economic development by requiring the state and its agents to give preference to in-state manufacturers, fabricators and erectors.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION SYSTEM.

To require the Workers' Compensation Commission to study the workers' compensation system in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING SAFETY STANDARDS TO PREVENT HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS IN WORKPLACES.

To create safety standards to prevent employee exposure to the risk of heat-related illness.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

To provide recommendations to improve the workers' compensation program in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY CONCERNING ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA CENTERS.

To require (1) an owner or operator of an artificial intelligence data center to submit quarterly reports to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (2) the commissioner to adopt regulations concerning water and energy efficiency standards for such data centers.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' RIGHTS.

To require the Labor Commissioner to conduct a study of the rights of employees in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF STANDARD SERVICE TO ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS.

To revise a statute concerning the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS MODERATORS AT ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES.

To require that all persons appointed to serve as moderators, including as head moderators, at an election or primary be certified by the Secretary of the State and meet the qualifications for such certification.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING MERGERS OF CERTAIN UTILITY COMPANIES.

To prohibit mergers of certain utility companies.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE POLITICAL FUNDRAISING PLATFORMS AND RESTRICTING AUTOMATICALLY RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS.

To prohibit online political fundraising platforms from allowing for automatically recurring contributions without the affirmative consent of contributors.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

To eliminate the requirement that a person in a house of religious worship retreat before using deadly physical force to defend himself or herself or a third person.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING GRID-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES.

To create a task force to study transmission and grid-enhancing technologies.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE POLITICAL DONATION PLATFORMS AND LIMITING AUTOMATICALLY RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS.

To exclude (1) certain voluntary payments given by contributors to online political donation platforms from the definition of "contribution", and (2) the use of such online platforms to request such voluntary payments from the definition of "expenditure".

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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