Bills & Legislation

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.

To implement the recommendations of the State Contracting Standards Board, including requiring a notice of bidder rights in solicitations, requiring minimum staffing for the board, amending what is required for privatization business cases, permitting waiver of bidding requirements for minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases and expanding disqualification grounds.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF APPRENTICES ON PREVAILING WAGE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

To create phased-in requirements for the usage of apprentices on certain prevailing wage public works projects, and to subject contractors and subcontractors who do not comply to a civil penalty and temporary disqualification from public works contracts.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF ANNUAL TRAINING TO A PERSON APPOINTED AS A CONSERVATOR IN A PROBATE COURT PROCEEDING.

To require the Probate Court Administrator to establish and implement an annual training program for persons appointed as a conservator in a Probate Court proceeding.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VISITATION POLICIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO PERSONS WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

To prescribe (1) minimal in-person visitation thresholds for persons who are incarcerated, and (2) the process for the transfer of funds held in trust by the Department of Correction to persons who were formerly incarcerated.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL FUND APPLICATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

To allow legislative oversight of applications for federal funds by the Department of Social Services.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PREVENTING FRAUD IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND EXPRESSLY EXTENDING FRAUD AND CORRUPTION PENALTIES TO PUBLIC SERVANTS.

To deter fraud in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and include federal officials among public servants subject to state laws concerning corrupt practices affecting the Medicaid program and other state programs.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOME OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY, FINANCIAL SAFEGUARDS PROTECTING NURSING HOME OPERATIONS AND PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING REQUIRED ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.

To establish financial safeguards concerning private equity ownership of nursing homes and to prohibit nursing homes from requiring residents or prospective residents to sign arbitration agreements to resolve disputes.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAID WAIVERS, MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHER FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS.

To establish additional legislative oversight of applications by the Department of Social Services for federal funding.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM TO SHIELD LAND RECORDS AND INCLUDE PRIVATE ENTITIES.

To make a technical change to a statute concerning government organization.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONCERNING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES WITH ACCESS TO TAX RECORDS.

To require criminal background checks of employees with access to federal tax records be conducted at least every five years.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES BY STATE AGENCIES FOR PAYROLL SERVICES.

To require state agency contracts with fiscal intermediaries for payroll services to provide for financial penalties in the event that the fiscal intermediary fails to timely process payroll.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES TO STATUTES CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTING.

To make technical changes to provisions concerning state contracting.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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

To (1) exclude certain voluntary payments given by contributors to online political donation platforms from the definition of "contribution", and the use of such online platforms to request such voluntary payments from the definition of "expenditure", and (2) prohibit such platforms from taking automatically recurring contributions without the affirmative consent of contributors.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.

To implement the Secretary of the State's recommendations for implementation of no-excuse absentee voting, including provisions regarding (1) removal of the statutory restrictions on absentee voting, (2) distribution of absentee ballot applications, (3) use of a single envelope and other aspects of returning absentee ballots, (4) ability to cure absentee ballots in cases where voters have not signed the statement on the return envelope, and (5) tracking of absentee ballots and applications throughout the process.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SECURITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

To (1) amend the Freedom of Information Act to provide that public agencies may not disclose, from their personnel, medical or similar files, the residential addresses of certain public officials and employees, (2) permit candidate committees to expend campaign funds for personal security services, and (3) (A) establish a "legislative safety account" from which the Joint Committee on Legislative Management may expend moneys for purposes of state legislator and state legislative staff safety, and (B) provide for funding of such account.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES CONCERNING ELECTIONS.

To make technical changes to statutes concerning elections.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG SHORTAGES, PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATES AND PROHIBITED MANUFACTURER PRACTICES CONCERNING CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

To set term limits and administrative support for a prescription drug task force, require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to expand the Strategic Supply Chain Initiative to include efforts to prevent or mitigate prescription drug shortages and require the Commissioner of Social Services to negotiate more supplemental prescription drug rebates.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND STUDY FOCUS OF THE LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING COMMITTEE.

To expand the scope of study of long-term care needs.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL UNCOMPENSATED CARE.

To expand hospital financial assistance to patients and reimburse such assistance in a voluntary assistance program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT PROVIDING FOOD SECURITY FOR VETERANS, TRANSITIONAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED BY FEDERAL PROGRAM CUTS, A FOOD AS MEDICINE WAIVER PROGRAM, MEALS ON WHEELS PROVIDER RATE INCREASES AND ALIGNING NUTRITION ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

To mitigate federal changes in the supplemental nutrition assistance program with a transitional assistance fund, expand food security with a Medicaid waiver program and increase rates for meals on wheels providers.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR TARDY PAYCHECKS FOR PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS AND EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATE PROGRAMS.

To require contractual safeguards for personal care attendants working in self-directed home care programs and accessible communication by state agencies and private organizations contracting with state agencies.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID RATE INCREASES.

To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement in accordance with a study.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STATE-FUNDED CAREGIVER PROGRAM TO ASSIST PARENTS OF PERSONS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ENROLLED IN A MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM.

To provide a state-funded caregiver program for parents of children enrolled in a Medicaid waiver program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY AND WHEELCHAIR REPAIR ADVISORY COUNCIL.

To amend statutory provisions and requirements concerning complex rehabilitation technology and wheelchair repair.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER FROM JUVENILE COURT TO ADULT COURT.

To include all serious firearm offenses in the list of offenses eligible for transfer from the juvenile court to the adult court, require a motion to transfer a hearing on such motion for a case involving such offense to be within fifteen days of the child's arraignment and require reporting on transfer motions.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCING OF AND PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-SIX YEARS.

To expand provisions concerning the sentencing of a child who committed a class A or B felony and parole of persons who committed a crime under the age of twenty-one years, to those persons who were under twenty-six years of age when they committed such crimes.

Judiciary 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 THE LAWS OF THIS STATE CONCERNING ISSUES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

To study the laws of this state concerning issues of criminal justice.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

To strengthen criminal penalties for intentional damage to or tampering with critical infrastructure and public safety systems by expanding the offenses of criminal mischief in the first and second degrees to include conduct that causes damage, or creates a risk of interruption or impairment of services rendered to the public, including utility, transportation, communications, emergency response and other essential state and municipal systems.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CORRECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

To make technical changes to the statute establishing the Correction Advisory Committee.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL GAINS SURCHARGE.

To require the Commissioner of Revenue Services to study the revenue policies of the state.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL GROWTH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS.

To establish a municipal growth dividend distribution program.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT GROWTH INVESTMENT FUND.

To establish the Connecticut Growth Investment Fund as an alternative to the tax imposed by section 12-391 of the general statutes.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A PAYROLL TAX AND STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY IN THE COLLECTION OF SUCH TAX AND ESTABLISHING AN ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY ACCOUNT FOR THE REDUCTION OF CERTAIN CONSUMER CHARGES.

To modernize state revenue collection of payroll expense through an employer administrative optimization program, establish a structural efficiency dividend to be applied to the reduction of public benefits charges on electric bills and provide for the enhancement of employee retirement assets through qualifying retirement investment plans.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY AGREEMENTS.

To establish a community partnership opportunity program and agreement framework to expand educational achievement and workforce skills in communities experiencing persistent economic disadvantages.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT WORKFORCE AND A PRODUCTIVITY GAP SURCHARGE.

To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to (1) submit an implementation plan that includes a workforce and productivity gap surcharge on employers to recapture lost revenue from displaced employees while providing a permanent tax exemption for increased productivity achieved through the augmentation of a stable workforce using collaborative technology, and (2) adopt policies and procedures to implement such plan if the General Assembly fails to enact such plan by July 1, 2027.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION RATE AND REFUND VALUE OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

To provide for the reduction of the beverage container refund value and for reimbursement to deposit initiators for certain losses resulting from overredemption if the Commissioner of Revenue Services determines that the redemption rate for beverage containers exceeds one hundred per cent for calendar year 2026.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING PARCELS OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF BRANFORD.

To convey two parcels of state land to the town of Branford for fair market value.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STREAMLINING CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERMITTING PROCESSES.

To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to (1) develop a framework for allowing third-party qualified professionals to conduct permit review and make permit decision recommendations to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (2) conduct a review of all permits that are within the commissioner's jurisdiction.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLIERS OF ELECTRICITY.

To amend a statute concerning electricity suppliers.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING NATURAL GAS AND GAS COMPANIES.

To amend a statute concerning gas companies.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REPORTING OF DOUBLE UTILITY POLES.

To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to implement a system for reporting double utility poles.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING BIOMASS FACILITIES.

To redefine "class I renewable energy source" to exclude biomass facilities.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OF PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS IN THE STATE.

To require various reports and assessments of the needs of students with plans pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, give the Office of the Educational Ombudsperson oversight over alleged discriminatory practices related to special education services, require the Department of Education to modify its special education data system for such plans, require the Department of Social Services to evaluate school services with potential Medicaid reimbursement and to require the Chief Workforce Officer to develop a strategic assessment plan to increase the capacity of school social workers and school counselors in the state.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL STATE AGENCY PERFORMANCE PLANS.

To require executive branch state agencies to develop and implement annual performance plans.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT OF ENERGY REGULATION IN THE STATE.

To require the Department of Administrative Services to issue a request for proposals for a consultant to study the existing structure of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RESEARCH FUNDING AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE.

To establish the Academic Research Funding Commission to distribute research funds to faculty at institutions of higher education in the state.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee