Bills & Legislation

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN YOUTH.

To require the Department of Children and Families to expand eligibility of postsecondary education benefits for foster and adopted youth whose postsecondary education was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE STATE.

To study postsecondary education in the state.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA.

To require a study of unidentified aerial phenomena.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVES.

To require a report by the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch on the expansion of community support services.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF THE GENERAL FUND.

To review appropriations from the General Fund.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND.

To review appropriations from funds other than the General Fund.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE AVAILABILITY OF AN ADVISOR DURING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To require the availability of an advisor or a support person for a student during a disciplinary proceeding at an institution of higher education in the state.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEBT-FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

To expand the debt-free community college program to include workforce development and continuing education programs.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

To amend statutes concerning the powers and duties of the Office of the Inspector General.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ENTICEMENT OF A JUVENILE TO COMMIT A CRIMINAL ACT.

To lower the age of culpability for enticement of a juvenile to commit a criminal act.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND INJURIES OCCURRING ON LANDS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

To clarify state law provisions relating to (1) bringing a claim against the state for alleged medical malpractice by a state actor, and (2) the state's liability for injuries occurring on land made available to a member of the public for recreational purposes.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECEIPT OF FEES BY A PARTY TO A CIVIL ACTION AFFECTING TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY.

To permit a court to award a party to a civil action affecting title to real property the actual expense of an examination of the land records concerning the title to the real property in question.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LIMITATIONS ON THE PROVISION OF GIFTS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF A COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY.

To promote integrity in the conducting of elections held by the association of a common interest community.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION OF MINOR PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING PETITIONS.

To provide that, when a political party attains minor party status for a state-wide office at an election, any candidate throughout the state at a subsequent election may apply to appear via nominating petition for any office under such minor party.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RISK WARRANT FIREARM HOLDING PERIOD.

To require that any firearm held under a risk protection order or warrant not be destroyed before two years have passed from the date that the person named in the order or warrant last petitioned the court to terminate the order or warrant.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN FIREARMS DEFINITIONS AND CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND ASSAULT WEAPONS.

To (1) amend certain definitions concerning firearms, 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 THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PROPOSED BUDGETS AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF A LIST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF UNIT OWNERS.

To (1) require an affirmative vote of a majority of all unit owners in order to secure passage of the proposed budget or a proposed special assessment in a common interest community, and (2) improve the process that permits a unit owner to request and receive a list of names and addresses of the other unit owners.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EVIDENCE CONSIDERED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A RESTRAINING ORDER OR CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER.

To clarify that certain evidence may be considered by the court when determining whether to issue a restraining order or civil protection order.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CIVIL IMMIGRATION DETAINERS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH THE COMMISSION OF A CLASS A, B OR C FELONY OR A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME.

To permit law enforcement to detain for a limited period a person charged, after a finding of probable cause, with a class A, B or C felony or a family violence crime for purposes of a civil immigration detainer.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES BY THE COURT IN ENTRY AND DETAINER CASES.

To permit the court to award reasonable attorney's fees in entry and detainer cases.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVOCATION OF NON-PROBATE TRANSFERS AND APPOINTMENTS BY DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.

To assist divorced individuals who have not updated beneficiary designations, revocable trusts and joint accounts after a dissolution of marriage.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES RATE FOR AND APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES, PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING AND CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY USED IN BURIALS AND CREMATIONS, DEDICATING FUNDING FOR THE TOURISM FUND AND INCREASING THE EXEMPTION AMOUNT FOR SALES TAX-FREE WEEK.

To (1) increase the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate, (2) specify the sales and use taxes rate applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing, (3) increase the sales and use taxes exemption amount for certain property used in burials and cremations, (4) exempt the sale, furnishing or service of electricity to a biotechnology business from sales and use taxes, (5) dedicate fifty per cent of the additional one per cent sales and use taxes on meals to the Tourism Fund, and (6) increase the exemption amount for, and include backpacks in, Sales Tax-Free Week.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INDEXING OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INCOME TAX THRESHOLDS AND EXEMPTION AMOUNTS.

To require certain personal income tax thresholds and exemption amounts to be indexed to inflation.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AMORTIZABLE BOND PREMIUM SUBTRACTION FOR PURPOSES OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To eliminate the requirement that the amortizable bond premium subtraction for purposes of calculating Connecticut adjustable gross income be attributable to a trade or business of the taxpayer.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND PARAEDUCATORS' SALARY AND RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.

To (1) require the Teachers' Retirement Board to study changes in teachers' disability and retirement benefits, (2) establish a minimum salary for paraeducators, (3) require the Office of Policy and Management to provide stipends for the difference between the current and required minimum salary for paraeducators, and (4) require boards of education to pay paraeducator employee contributions to the municipal retirement system or any other retirement system in which such board participates.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FEDERAL OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS.

To restate the law concerning immunity for actions taken by a federal officer, an employee or an agent and extend prohibitions against hiring a police officer dismissed for malfeasance, or who resigned or retired while under investigation to the hiring of a federal law enforcement official as a police officer.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS.

To regulate the use of automated license plate reader systems and safeguard data derived from such systems.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SOCIAL EQUITY COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION.

To (1) authorize the Social Equity Council to conduct investigations to carry out its duties, (2) provide that no change shall be made in the ownership or control of certain equity joint ventures during the seven-year period following licensure, (3) require the council to submit an existing quarterly report to the chairperson of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus of the General Assembly, (4) eliminate a monthly report by the council to said caucus, (5) require the council to issue policies and procedures, and adopt regulations, to implement requirements concerning changes in the ownership and control of certain cannabis establishments, (6) provide that no change shall be made in the ownership or control of an approved social equity applicant during the provisional licensure period or the three-year period following final licensure, and (7) provide that a social equity applicant may apply to replace an original backer.

General Law Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING DATA TRANSPARENCY FOR SELF-DIRECTED HOME CARE PROGRAMS.

To require the Department of Social Services to report additional data quarterly concerning self-directed home care programs.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUEL PRICING IN THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

To update fuel pricing standards for vendors in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.

To improve access to nonemergency medical transportation for Medicaid recipients by reducing regulatory burdens on providers and reviewing reimbursement rates to ensure they are high enough to maintain an adequate pool of drivers.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME RATES, FAIR RENT AND ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES.

To support the financial stability of residential care homes by ensuring adequate rates of state reimbursement.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REBASING OF RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.

To require rebasing of rates for certain residential facilities not more often than every two years.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROVISIONS IN RESIDENTIAL RENTAL AGREEMENTS.

To (1) provide for the availability of at least one method of rental payment at no cost to a residential tenant, (2) prohibit the increase of rental charges upon breaches of a rental agreement, (3) prohibit the use of rental agreement clauses providing that the tenant agrees to increased rental payments after the expiration of the lease, and (4) provide for disclosure of late fees.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TENANT SCREENING.

To prohibit the denial of a rental application on the basis of credit history when the applicant is a victim of domestic violence.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REVISING A PROVISION CONCERNING HOUSING.

To revise the housing statutes of the state.

Housing Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MAJORITY LEADER'S ROUNDTABLE.

To implement the recommendations of the Majority Leader's Roundtable on Affordable Housing and make other changes to the affordable housing statutes.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCOME THRESHOLD FOR TENANTS RENTING A DWELLING UNIT IN A SET-ASIDE DEVELOPMENT.

To allow an individual whose income newly exceeds the set-aside development income threshold to continue renting a set-aside dwelling unit at the affordable rate.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TIERED DEED RESTRICTIONS.

To permit the award of housing unit equivalent points to set-aside developments containing deed restrictions lasting less than forty years.

Housing Committee

AN ACT INCREASING CERTAIN HOUSING UNIT-EQUIVALENT POINTS.

To increase housing unit-equivalent points for deed-restricted units and accessory apartments developed subject to summary review.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

To permit municipalities to purchase and develop affordable housing on real property identified in an affordable housing development application.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

To allow immediate removal of certain unauthorized persons from residential property.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

To direct the Department of Housing to study the availability of certain deed-restricted housing and the potential for a grant program to incentivize the development of such housing.

Housing Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON AFFORDABLE AND MIDDLE HOUSING.

To establish a task force to study the impact of the ten per cent affordable housing threshold of subsection (k) of section 8-30g of the general statutes.

Housing Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL RESPITE PILOT PROGRAM.

To establish a medical respite pilot program providing supportive care to homeless individuals undergoing medical treatment.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE REGULATION IN THE STATE.

To require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study concerning insurance regulation in the state.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE.

To require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study concerning health insurance issues in the state.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee