Bills & Legislation

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

To eliminate the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits.

Martin M. LooneyDemocrat

AN ACT EXEMPTING COVID-19 AT-HOME TEST KITS FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt COVID-19 at-home test kits from the sales and use taxes.

Derek SlapDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

To (1) require the Commissioner of Revenue Services to periodically disclose to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection the name and address of each operator of a hotel, lodging house or bed and breakfast establishment who has remitted the use tax, (2) impose penalties on operators of hotels, motels, inns or similar lodgings who fail to satisfy various recordkeeping, training, occupancy rate and notice requirements, and (3) grant additional enforcement powers to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING BREACHES OF SECURITY INVOLVING ELECTRONIC PERSONAL INFORMATION.

To (1) provide that certain materials provided to the Attorney General following a breach of security involving electronic personal information shall be provided to the Attorney General in a form and manner prescribed by the Attorney General, (2) define "massive breach of security", (3) require a third-party forensic examination, analysis and report following a massive breach of security, and (4) impose an additional penalty for any person who fails to submit a third-party forensic report to the Attorney General following a massive breach of security.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SERVICES.

To increase funding for the Autism Spectrum Disorder waiver program to help alleviate the lengthy wait list.

John A. KisselRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.

To offset decreases in federal funding for school-based mental health services in the northwest part of the state.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE PER DIEM RATE FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF LABOR RELATIONS.

To increase the per diem rate for regular and alternate members of the State Board of Labor Relations.

Jason PerilloRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF DEBRIS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE HOUSATONIC RIVER.

To provide funding for the disposal of surface debris from the mouth of the Housatonic River.

Jason PerilloRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE YOUTH SERVICE BUREAUS ENHANCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

To provide additional grant funding for youth service bureaus.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU DATA REPORTING.

To provide data on youth service bureaus.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF DYSLEXIA AND READING DISABILITIES.

To provide an operating budget for the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

To fully fund the preapprenticeship grant program and award each student who successfully completes the program not less than one thousand dollars.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR MUNICIPALITIES FOR EARLY VOTING COSTS.

To make municipalities whole for the increased cost of administering early voting.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS.

To provide residents in rural communities with vital health care services.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING FUNDING FOR REGIONAL FIRE TRAINING SCHOOLS THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS IN THE STATE BUDGET.

To fund the nine regional fire training schools through appropriations in the state budget and not from any specific taxes or increased surcharges, including any fees on insurance premiums.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING CERTAIN FUNDING FOR PEOPLESBANK ARENA AND THE CITY OF HARTFORD AND INCREASING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

To provide funding for school safety programs in all towns and cities in the state by reducing certain state funding for PeoplesBank Arena and the city of Hartford.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT REDUCING NONEDUCATION AID TO THE CITY OF HARTFORD.

To reverse the fiscal impact to the state of the debt service agreement between the state and the city of Hartford.

Rob SampsonRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE BOND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CONNECTICUT BIOSCIENCE INNOVATION FUND.

To increase funding for bioscience innovation.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEARN HERE, LIVE HERE PROGRAM.

To increase the annual expenditure on the Learn Here, Live Here program to not more than five million dollars and to make such program available only to individuals whose income is seventy-five thousand dollars or less.

Tony HwangRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEARN HERE, LIVE HERE PROGRAM, INCREASING THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON SUCH PROGRAM AND MAKING SUCH PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

To: (1) Require the establishment of the Learn Here, Live Here program; (2) increase the annual expenditure on such program to not more than five million dollars; and (3) make such program available only to individuals whose annual federal adjusted gross income is not more than seventy-five thousand dollars.

Stephen G. HardingRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCREASE OF THE FOUNDATION AMOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF THE EDUCATION COST-SHARING GRANT.

To provide property tax relief.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EXCESS COST FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

To make school districts whole under the special education excess cost grant.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT DECREASING THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS FEE AND INCREASING THE NONRESIDENT PARKING PASS FEE AT ANY STATE PARK.

To reduce motor vehicle registration fees for Connecticut residents and increase the nonresident parking pass at any state park, forest, boat launch or other state recreational facility.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE APPLICATION FEE FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS SEEKING LICENSURE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CAPPING THE LICENSURE FEE FOR SUCH PROFESSIONALS AT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

To eliminate the application fee for public health care professionals seeking licensure by the Department of Public Health and cap the licensure fee for such professionals at two hundred dollars.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON CERTAIN ENDOWMENT FUNDS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND CONCERNING THE USE OF THE REVENUE GENERATED.

To impose a capital gains tax on certain endowment funds of institutions of higher education and dedicate the revenue from such tax to reducing the amount that participants in the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program are required to contribute under section 31-49g of the general statutes.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE INDEXING OF INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To require that income thresholds for the personal income tax be adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer price index.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.

To establish a tax credit for donations made to nonprofit entities that provide educational access and opportunity scholarships.

Ryan FazioRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN TAXPAYERS FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL GAINS ON THE SALE OF A PRIMARY HOME.

To establish a personal income tax deduction, for taxpayers sixty-five years of age or older, for the amount of any capital gain on the sale of a primary home that is includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICARE PREMIUMS TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To establish a credit against the personal income tax for premiums paid by a taxpayer for a taxable year for Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.

Jason PerilloRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAX CREDIT FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.

To replace the current tax credit for machinery and equipment with a tax credit for fifty per cent of the amount spent by a corporation on machinery and equipment acquired for and installed in a facility in this state and including a five-year minimum use and recapture provision.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS DEDUCTION FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To increase the qualifying income thresholds for the full Social Security benefits deduction from the personal income tax.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.

To (1) increase to more than seventy-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate, and (2) exempt commercial vehicles from the higher sales and use taxes rate.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC TRAIN STATION IN THE TOWN OF WALLINGFORD.

To provide funding for the restoration and conversion of the historic train station in the town of Wallingford for the benefit of the local economy and community.

Paul CicarellaRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR TIPS OR GRATUITIES.

To establish a personal income tax deduction of up to twenty-five thousand dollars for the amount of tips or gratuities declared by a taxpayer employed in certain occupations.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE PURCHASE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AT SCHOOLS.

To provide funding to schools for the purchase of automatic external defibrillators.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Eric C. BerthelRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR STIPENDS PAID TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE MEMBERS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for any stipend paid to certain volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance members by a municipality, volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance association.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDIT EXCHANGE RATE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.

To increase the research and development tax credit exchange rate under section 12-217ee of the general statutes to one hundred per cent for biotechnology companies.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE PLAINFIELD VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 5446.

To provide funding for renovations in compliance with physical accessibility guidelines under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act at the Plainfield Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5466.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GARDEN AT YORK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.

To provide funding for a garden at York Correctional Institution to grow fresh produce for the inmates.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR COLLEGE TUITION PAYMENTS MADE BY A TAXPAYER.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for college tuition payments made by the taxpayer.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT DEDICATING THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON MEALS TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

To dedicate the revenue generated from the additional one per cent of sales tax on meals as follows: (1) Fifty per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the Tourism Fund; (2) twenty-five per cent of the amount collected to be paid to the municipalities to which the purchases of the meals are sourced; and (3) twenty-five per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the General Fund and dedicated to funding free school lunches.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGES PAID BY TAXPAYERS ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for the total amount of public benefit charges paid for a taxable year by a taxpayer on their utility bills.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES PRICE THRESHOLD OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO A HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE.

To (1) increase to more than sixty-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate, and (2) index the sales price to reflect the rate of inflation.

Heather S. SomersRepublican

AN ACT RESTORING THE CAP ON A COMBINED GROUP'S TAX LIABILITY ON A UNITARY BASIS.

To restore the cap of two million five hundred thousand dollars on a combined group's tax liability on a unitary basis.

Jason PerilloRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CANNABIS TOTAL THC TAX.

To replace the cannabis tax based on total THC with a flat excise tax.

Jason PerilloRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES RATE.

To (1) decrease the sales and use taxes rate to six per cent, and (2) eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Jeff GordonRepublican