Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE 9-8-8 SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LIFELINE AND THE 2-1-1 INFOLINE PROGRAM.

To require dedicated funding for the 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline and the 2-1-1 Infoline program.

Saud AnwarDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE BASIC PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER MILITARY-RELATED INDIVIDUALS.

To (1) provide an increase in the exemption amount for property belonging to veterans and certain other military-related individuals, and (2) impose a cap on the value of any such property that would be eligible for such exemption.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRESUMPTION OF ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY HELD OR OWING BY A BANKING ORGANIZATION.

To establish certain exceptions to the presumption that demand or savings deposits made with banking organizations are presumed abandoned.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY BANK AND CREDIT UNION INVESTMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE TREASURER.

To establish that the State Treasurer may accept certain rates for investment-related services under the community bank and credit union investment program.

Banking Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING MORTGAGEES TO ACCEPT MORTGAGE PAYMENTS TENDERED ON A MONTHLY, SEMIMONTHLY OR BIWEEKLY BASIS.

To require mortgagees to accept mortgage payments tendered on a monthly, semimonthly or biweekly basis.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING BABY FOOD PRODUCTS AND TOXIC HEAVY METALS.

To prohibit the manufacture, sale, distribution or offering for sale of, and require testing, disclosures and reporting concerning, baby food products containing toxic heavy metals.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING USED MOTOR VEHICLE WARRANTIES.

To provide that (1) a dealer selling a used motor vehicle that is less than ten years of age shall not exclude, modify, disclaim or limit an implied warranty on the vehicle, (2) each contract entered into by a dealer for the sale of any such used motor vehicle to a consumer shall include an express warranty that the vehicle is mechanically sound and will remain so for at least sixty days or three thousand miles of operation, whichever occurs first, and (3) a used motor vehicle may be sold "as is" by a dealer only if the vehicle is ten years of age or older.

General Law Committee

AN ACT SUSPENDING INFLATION COST LIMITATIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES.

To reduce financial burdens on intermediate care facilities funded under the Medicaid program.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS FROM PAYING FEES FOR ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION.

To exempt active duty service members who were not residents of Connecticut at the time of induction from paying fees for motor vehicle operator's licenses and registrations.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS.

To require the Commissioner of Social Services to study long-term care needs in the state.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CERTAIN RATE INCREASES AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, MUNICIPAL AGENTS FOR AGING, EMERGENCY POWER GENERATOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR HOME HEALTH AIDE EMPLOYEES, THE NURSING HOME BED MORATORIUM AND NURSING HOME RESIDENT DATA.

To require each assisted living services agency to hold a public informational hearing when the agency increases a fee by more than ten per cent of the previous fee.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING MUNICIPAL AGENTS FOR AGING.

To (1) require municipal agents to (A) be free of any conflict of interest or perceived conflict of interest, (B) certify in writing the absence of any such conflict, and (C) inform the appointing authority of the existence of any such conflict if one arises, and (2) allow municipalities to jointly appoint municipal agents.

Aging Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES TO ANNUALLY REPORT CERTAIN OWNERSHIP INFORMATION REGARDING INVESTMENT ENTITIES, ACQUIRE, IF FEASIBLE, A SURETY BOND OR A SIMILAR FORM OF SECURITY IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO NINETY DAYS OF OPERATING COSTS, MAINTAIN FULL GOVERNANCE CONTROL AND AUTHORITY OVER NURSING HOME ASSETS AND ACTIVITIES AND ANNUALLY ATTEST THAT NO INVESTMENT ENTITY HAS CONTROL OVER NURSING HOME RESIDENT HEALTH, SAFETY OR CARE.

To restrict private equity ownership of nursing homes.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION.

To fund children's programming.

Ceci MaherDemocrat

AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

To provide more funding for higher education and allow more Connecticut students to be able to afford college.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES.

To provide critical funding to local community action agencies and protect the people the agencies serve.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR DAIRY FARMERS.

To provide funding for dairy farmer stabilization.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

To provide funding to protect the dairy industry.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING MANUFACTURING.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study the needs of manufacturers in the state.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT-GERMANY AND CONNECTICUT-INDIA TRADE COMMISSIONS.

To establish a Connecticut-Germany Trade Commission.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT-INDIA TRADE COMMISSION.

To establish a Connecticut-India Trade Commission.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ZONE IN THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to establish an airport development zone in the town of Plainville.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.

To (1) transfer certain duties of the Technical Education and Career System board to the executive director of the Technical Education and Career System, (2) remove reference to the "division of postsecondary education programs", (3) allow the board to recommend multiple candidates for superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System at one time, and (4) remove the three-year term limit and performance evaluation requirement for and amend the duties of the superintendent.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE.

To require the Department of Education to conduct a study of public education in Connecticut.

Education Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.

To implement the recommendations of the Office of Early Childhood.

Education Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

To implement the recommendations of the Department of Education.

Education Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EXPANSION DEVELOPMENT GRANT.

To support students with special education needs and protect school districts from volatility in special education expenditures.

Mae FlexerDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO VINAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON.

To provide funding for capital improvements to Vinal Technical High School in the town of Middletown.

Matthew L. LesserDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF A GENERATOR FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 8.

To provide funding for Regional School District Number 8 to complete the installation of a generator for the creation of a regional shelter.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE CAFETERIA AT LEDYARD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE TOWN OF LEDYARD.

To provide funding to the town of Ledyard to expand the cafeteria at Ledyard Middle School to accommodate the students at meal times.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT ENTITLING TOWNS TO FULL REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE EXCESS COST GRANT.

To ensure that towns receive full reimbursement under the excess cost grant for special education.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR LOCAL REPRESENTATION ON THE CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL.

To provide local representation on the Connecticut Siting Council.

Environment Committee

AN ACT STUDYING THE REMEDIATION OF HYDRILLA IN STATE LAKES AND THE EXPEDITING OF PERMITS RELATED TO SUCH REMEDIATION.

To examine the most effective methods and protocols for the remediation of hydrilla in state lakes, including ways to expedite permits for such remediation.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK FROM CERTAIN WILDLIFE.

To authorize the taking of certain wildlife that injure or kill livestock or that caused crop damage in the preceding growing season.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY ON THE NEED FOR EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS AND INCLUDING AEROSOL PAINTS UNDER THE PAINT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

To study the need for extended producer responsibility programs for solar panels and vapes and to include aerosol paints under the paint stewardship program.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO AQUACULTURE-RELATED STATUTES AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN FARMING-RELATED PROGRAMS.

To clarify the notification procedure for designation of shellfish areas that are closed to harvesting due to contamination or pollution.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.

To revise the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program statutes to reflect procedures and terms currently used in the administration of such program.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES.

To make technical revisions to the higher education statutes.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN LAND USE AND ZONING LIMITATIONS ON HOUSING.

To prohibit local jurisdictions from (1) adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage and design or architectural elements for certain single–family homes; (2) proscribing certain housing types in certain zones; and (3) proscribing certain subdivisions of certain lot types.

Housing Committee

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSING INSPECTIONS.

To appropriate funds to the Department of Housing for the purpose of hiring additional full-time rental home inspectors for the rental assistance program.

Housing Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.

To expand Medicaid eligibility for older adults with disabilities by disregarding certain income.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN AGENCIES TO REPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

To require the Department of Social Services and the Department of Developmental Services to submit reports describing current costs associated with programs serving children and families and anticipated costs associated with utilizing different eligibility criteria for participation in such programs.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE DATA LINK CONNECTICUT SYSTEM.

To (1) consolidate existing Department of Children and Families reporting requirements concerning the department's services, compliance with statutory requirements, facilities operated by the department, reports of animal harm, neglect or cruelty, the department's family assessment response program, private providers that contract with the department, foster care services and licensing and diversion of children from the juvenile justice and court systems, (2) add a reporting requirement concerning cost savings resulting from the implementation of the Behavioral Health Partnership, (3) eliminate a reporting requirement concerning children missing or abducted from the custody of the department, and (4) make technical and conforming changes.

Committee on Children

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS.

To establish a task force to study the voluntary surrender of infants.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL CAMP SAFETY.

To require (1) certain employees of municipal youth camps to be mandated reporters, and (2) the Office of Early Childhood to submit a report concerning municipal youth camps.

Committee on Children

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR STAYWELL HEALTH CENTER IN THE CITY OF WATERBURY.

To provide funding for capital improvements to StayWell Health Center in the city Waterbury.

Joan V. HartleyDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE TO EXTEND THE SPRAGUE STREETSCAPE PROJECT IN THE TOWN OF SPRAGUE.

To provide funding to the town of Sprague to extend the Sprague Streetscape Project.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR PURCHASES AND PROJECTS AT THE BALTIC FIRE ENGINE COMPANY IN THE TOWN OF SPRAGUE.

To provide funding to complete purchases and projects at the Baltic Fire Engine Company in the town of Sprague.

Catherine A. OstenDemocrat