Bills & Legislation

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE CONNECTICUT AIR AND SPACE CENTER IN THE TOWN OF STRATFORD.

To provide funding for renovations to the Connecticut Air and Space Center in the town of Stratford to expand the educational and community use of said center.

Jason PerilloRepublican

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TOWN HALL IN THE TOWN OF STAFFORD.

To provide funding for improvements to the town hall in the town of Stafford that comply with the physical accessibility guidelines under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

Jeff GordonRepublican

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

To establish a temporary personal income tax deduction of up to twenty-five thousand dollars for the amount of tips or gratuities declared by certain taxpayers for the taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2026, and prior to January 1, 2029.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAP ON THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX REVENUE THE STATE MAY COLLECT.

To establish a cap on the amount of aggregate personal income tax revenue that the state may collect, with any amount collected in excess of such cap to be refunded to taxpayers on a pro rata basis.

Jeff GordonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITING COUNCIL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING CERTAIN UTILITY EXPENDITURES.

To modify provisions concerning the Connecticut Siting Council, including by modifying its membership, establishing the Consumer Counsel as a party in proceedings and modifying submission and notification requirements for council applications.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CONTRACTS CONCERNING AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER INFORMATION.

To impose requirements for contracts entered into by a public agency with an entity that concern automated license plate reader information to govern how the entity may store or use such information, require such information be kept confidential and concerning jurisdiction and choice of law in the event of a dispute.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR AND TECHNICAL CHANGES TO AN ABSENTEE VOTING STATUTE.

To make minor and technical changes to an absentee voting statute.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE REGULATION REVIEW COMMITTEE AND AGENCY REPORTS CONCERNING A REVIEW OF REGULATIONS.

To modify the membership and leadership of the legislative regulation review committee, and to require agencies to submit a status report concerning their progress on reviewing their regulations annually.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT EXPANDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.

To expand the address confidentiality program to include applicants who are engaged in the provision, facilitation or promotion of reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services and have safety concerns, to expand such program to require persons as well as state agencies to use a program address and to create a process for the shielding of real property records of program participants.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPLEX CARE SERVICE DELIVERY FOR YOUNG PERSONS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR AUTISM DIAGNOSES.

To implement recommendations from a study concerning complex care for young adults with co-occurring diagnoses.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.

To modify eligibility criteria for assistance programs administered by the Department of Developmental Services.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' ABUSE AND NEGLECT INVESTIGATIONS.

To ensure family members of suspected abuse or neglect victims have access to abuse and neglect investigation reports filed by the Department of Developmental Services unless such family members are suspected of such abuse or neglect and require the department to evaluate and report on the sufficiency of background checks of persons hired to provide services to clients served by the department and whether abuse and neglect investigations are conducted in a prompt and thorough manner.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM.

To expand affordable care options by establishing a basic health program under the Affordable Care Act.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS AND RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

To establish payment parity for nonprofit organizations providing the same services to the Departments of Developmental and Social Services.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A FIVE-YEAR MEDICAID RATE REVIEW, DENTAL REPRESENTATION ON A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OVERSIGHT COUNCIL, BIOMARKER TESTING AND OPIOID PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS AND A STUDY CONCERNING PAYMENT OF SPOUSES FOR STATE-SUBSIDIZED HOME CARE.

To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement for certain providers.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO HUMAN SERVICES STATUTES.

To make technical and other changes to statutes concerning human services.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED LANDING AREAS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES, POLICE COLLABORATION WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, SURVEILLANCE PRICING, EDUCATION COST SHARING AND WITHHOLDING OF TAXES FROM LUMP SUM PAYMENTS.

To (1) modify statutory provisions relating to the offenses of organized retail theft and accessory to organized retail theft, (2) establish fostering the sale of stolen property and gift card crime as forms of larceny, (3) modify statutory provisions relating to the civil liability of a person eighteen years of age or older or an emancipated minor who takes possession of certain goods, merchandise or produce without the consent of the owner and with a certain intention, or who alters the price indicia of such goods or merchandise, and (4) modify statutory provisions concerning to whom the Department of Public Health may release information concerning acknowledgment of parentage.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING VICTIM STATEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR VICTIM NOTIFICATION.

To better align provisions concerning victim statements and victim notification and update an obsolete provision.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAWS OF THIS STATE.

To study the civil and criminal laws of this state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCELERATED REHABILITATION IN THE CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY.

To restrict the availability of accelerated rehabilitation for certain crimes involving animal cruelty.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.

To (1) establish medical professional positions within the Office of the Correction Ombuds, (2) develop processes to ensure medications are administered as directed in Department of Correction facilities and other safeguards concerning health care provided to persons who are incarcerated, (3) reimburse student loans of persons working with the Department of Correction as nurses, (4) direct an audit of the nutrition and food services of the department, (5) require medical history be transmitted to the department as part of a presentencing report, (6) enhance training for correction officers, (7) establish the Correction Medical and Health Oversight Board, and (8) enact various other proposals supporting the health and well-being of incarcerated persons.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

To increase the motor vehicle registration fee for battery electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, range-extended battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED LOCAL MEDIA ADVERTISING EXPENSES.

To establish a five-year tax credit for small businesses for qualified local media advertising expenses.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A TAX CREDIT FOR MILK PRODUCERS.

To establish a refundable credit for milk producers against the tax imposed under chapter 208 or 229 of the general statutes for the months when the federal pay price for milk is below the minimum sustainable monthly cost of production.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED OPERATORS AND A WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE MARKET-BASED SOURCING FOR CERTAIN INVESTMENT ASSETS INCOME AND CONCERNING THE ANGEL INVESTOR TAX CREDIT AND THE DEFINITIONS FOR CERTAIN TAX CREDITS.

To (1) establish a tax credit for qualified operators that have entered into certain agreements, (2) establish a working group to examine the state's application of market-based sourcing to income from investment assets for financial institutions, (3) revise certain requirements for the angel investor tax credit, (4) update the definition of "research and experimental expenditures" in section 12-217j of the general statutes to account for changes made at the federal level, and (5) revise the definition of "eligible farmer" for purposes of the tax credit for farm investment property.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF WOODBURY.

To convey a parcel of state land to the town of Woodbury for purposes of a commemorative memorial green.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF TORRINGTON.

To convey a parcel of state land in the city of Torrington for purposes of relocating a trail to the site of said parcel.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF HAMDEN.

To extend the deadline for a conveyance of a parcel of state land to the town of Hamden by one year.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF SHELTON.

To convey a parcel of state land to the city of Shelton for three hundred fifty thousand dollars.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.

To amend a prior conveyance of parcels of state land to the city of New Haven to delete a requirement for a memorandum of understanding between the city and APT Foundation, Inc.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS.

To amend a prior conveyance of land to the town of Somers to (1) specify that the conveyance shall be for administrative costs, (2) require a deed restriction concerning the use of said land for public safety purposes, and (3) make technical corrections to the property description.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CHESPROCOTT HEALTH DISTRICT.

To amend a prior conveyance of land to the Chesprocott Health District to expand the permissible uses of such land.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE.

To amend a prior conveyance of state land to the town of Cheshire to expand the permissible uses for which such land may be sold by the town and extend the deadline for such sale an additional five years.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF STRATFORD TO PERMIT THE PARCEL TO BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR LEASED.

To amend a prior conveyance of state land to the town of Stratford to permit the parcel to be sold, transferred or leased.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF ROCKY HILL.

To amend a prior conveyance of a parcel of state land to the town of Rocky Hill to change the acreage and identification of said parcel.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE TO CONVEY AN ADDITIONAL PORTION OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF STRATFORD.

To amend a prior conveyance of a parcel of state land to the town of Stratford to require that a portion of said parcel that was retained by the state be conveyed to the town of Stratford, subject to an agreement with the town that the parcel continue to be used by the state.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF DERBY.

To convey parcels of state land in the town of Derby to the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, MAKING DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026, AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE AND CONCERNING PROVISIONS RELATING TO REVENUE, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER ITEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE STATE BUDGET.

To (1) exempt from the sales and use taxes sales of (A) certain clothing costing under one hundred dollars, school supplies and household appliances, and (B) sandwiches, grinders, coffee and tea prepared and sold by grocery stores, (2) increase the maximum allowable credit against the personal income tax for a person's primary residence or motor vehicle, (3) establish a credit against the personal income tax (A) for expenditures paid or incurred by certain taxpayers for the care and support of eligible family members, and (B) for a portion of rent actually paid by certain taxpayers for such taxpayer's primary residence in the state, and (4) allow all taxpayers, regardless of income, to deduct the full amount of Social Security benefits that are includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMERCE.

To (1) exempt from the sales and use taxes gas and electricity used by certain commercial and industrial businesses, (2) dedicate fifty per cent of the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores to the Tourism Fund and fifty per cent to the municipality in which such revenue was generated, and (3) establish a Connecticut-India Trade Commission.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY.

To support affordable health care in the state and mitigate the effects of federal cuts to health care premium subsidies.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PRIVACY AND PROTECTION.

To (1) provide for the registration of data brokers, (2) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to establish an accessible deletion mechanism program, (3) require manufacturers to affix tariff cost estimates to new automobiles, (4) require disclosures regarding the use of personalized algorithmic pricing, (5) amend the Connecticut Data Privacy Act by (A) defining "facial recognition technology", (B) redefining "publicly available information", (C) eliminating the entity-level exemption for certain processing decisions concerning employment, (D) providing consumers with additional rights concerning certain profiling decisions, (E) prohibiting the sale, sharing, transfer or allowance of access to precise geolocation data, and (F) establishing new requirements concerning facial recognition technology, and (6) requiring certain state and municipal contracts to restrict the sale, sharing, transfer or allowance of access to automated license plate reader information.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE SAFETY.

To (1) establish (A) various requirements concerning artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence systems, artificial intelligence technologies, artificial intelligence companions and automated employment-related decision processes, (B) an Artificial Intelligence Policy Office to be overseen by an Artificial Intelligence Policy Director, (C) an Artificial Intelligence Learning Laboratory Program, (D) a Connecticut AI Academy and require various state agencies to disseminate information concerning said academy, (E) an artificial intelligence working group, and (F) a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board; (2) require (A) subscription-based artificial intelligence providers to make consumer disclosures, (B) frontier developers to implement various internal processes concerning frontier models, (C) synthetic digital content to be detectable as synthetic digital content, (D) the Department of Economic and Community Development to develop and implement a program to bolster artificial intelligence cooperation, (E) the Labor Commissioner to establish an Artificial Intelligence Workforce Research Hub, (F) the Office of Workforce Strategy to develop, implement and promote programs to improve the skills of the state's workforce in relation to artificial intelligence and a plan to create technologist apprenticeships, (G) the Office of Health Strategy to create a program to use artificial intelligence systems to enhance health outcomes for state residents, and (H) the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner and Commissioner of Consumer Protection to accept applications for safe harbor programs; (3) provide (A) that certain uses of an automated employment-related decision process constitute an unlawful discriminatory practice, (B) that no artificial intelligence technology shall be used to modify or impair a collective bargaining agreement or the role of a designated employee organization, (C) for the designation of artificial intelligence fellows, and (D) for the inclusion of instruction in topics such as the responsible use of emerging technologies in teacher certification preparation programs; and (4) modify (A) the "computer science education and workforce development account", (B) the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, and (C) the economic development strategic plan.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPORTS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

To improve the well-being of children and families.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.

To increase funding for public schools.

Education Committee

AN ACT SUPPORTING GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE STATE.

To establish the Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program, allow up to ten million dollars in state bonds for said program, allocate not less than sixty million dollars in annual private activity bonds for the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority and increase the authority's bonding authorization cap.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT SUPPORTING COMMUTERS AND MICROTRANSIT SERVICES AND CONCERNING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

To provide funding for on-demand microtransit services in the state.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PROBATE COURTS.

To fund an increase in court-appointed conservator compensation to align with the increase in minimum wage in accordance with the recommendations of the working group convened under section 7 of public act 25-48.

Paul CicarellaRepublican