Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE.

To make technical changes to a statute relating to the Child Advocate.

Committee on Children

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMPTROLLER TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

To require the Comptroller to conduct a study of health insurance for police officers and firefighters, including, but not limited to, any gaps in, or lack of, health insurance coverage, or diminished health insurance coverage for retired police officers and firefighters in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HAZARD PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES.

To add investigators in the Division of Public Defender Services, investigators in the Division of Criminal Justice and support service investigators in Support Enforcement Services to the definition of "hazardous duty member" for purposes of the State Employee Retirement Act.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING PAYCHECK TRANSPARENCY.

To require employers to create a guide in order to help employees understand the pay codes used by the employer on employee records of hours worked.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF WAGE RANGES AND BENEFITS ON PUBLIC AND INTERNAL JOB ADVERTISEMENTS.

To (1) require an employer to disclose the wages or wage range and a general description of the benefits to be offered with a position in a public or internal job posting for such position, (2) require an employer to annually provide an employee with the current wages or wage range and a general description of the benefits currently provided with such employee's current position, (3) prohibit an employer from retaliating or discriminating against an employee or applicant for trying to exercise their rights regarding wage discussion or disclosure, and (4) make other changes to the disclosures required under and damages for a violation of section 31-40z of the general statutes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROCESSING FEES FOR MEDICAL RECORDS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT.

To prohibit providers from charging a patient for the furnishing of a health record, or part thereof, necessary for the purpose of supporting an application for disability retirement benefits under the state employees retirement system.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A PROVIDER TOOLKIT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MENOPAUSE, PERIMENOPAUSE AND POSTMENOPAUSE.

To require the development and distribution of a provider toolkit for the diagnosis and treatment of menopause, perimenopause and postmenopause.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGIONAL PLANNING INCENTIVE ACCOUNT.

To clarify that a regional council of governments may receive funding from the regional planning incentive account for both a regional stormwater management and flood mitigation coordinator position and a regional municipal solid waste and recycling coordinator position.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL AGENCIES.

To make technical changes to provisions concerning filing deadlines for certain appeals to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DOG LICENSES.

To authorize the issuance of online dog licenses from the Department of Agriculture in addition to the existing town clerk process for issuing such licenses, and to require dog owners to obtain licenses every three years rather than annually.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT.

To clarify that a municipality may place a lien upon a landlord's real property when the municipality has expended funds for relocation assistance to a tenant of such property.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MODULAR OR PREFABRICATED HOMES.

To (1) require that zoning regulations allow the development of modular or prefabricated homes as of right on any lot that allows for use as a single-family home, and (2) award one-quarter housing unit-equivalent point for each modular or prefabricated home developed as of right.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN LAND OWNED BY A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.

To allow the construction of religious organization affordable housing developments subject to summary review.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE CERTAIN STONE WALLS.

To authorize municipalities to, by ordinance, regulate stone walls abutting certain highways or streets.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVIEW OF HEALTH CARE ENTITY TRANSACTIONS, THE EXPANSION OF EQUITABLE RELIEF AND ENFORCEMENT TOOLS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT AND THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN HOSPITAL PRICEMASTER FILINGS.

To (1) strengthen the review of health care entity transactions, (2) expand upon the types of equitable relief and other enforcement tools that may be utilized for violations of the Connecticut Antitrust Act, and (3) require additional information in hospital pricemaster filings.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DENTISTRY.

To make various revisions to the statutes concerning dentistry.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "POLICE PATROL VEHICLE".

To revise the definition of "police patrol vehicle" for the purpose of certain statutes regarding body-worn recording equipment and dashboard cameras.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT EXCLUDING SPOUSAL INCOME FROM CERTAIN RENT, FEE AND COST-SHARING CALCULATIONS RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.

To exclude spousal income from income eligibility determinations relating to home and community-based services waiver programs.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSET LIMITS FOR HUSKY C BENEFICIARIES.

To increase the HUSKY C asset limit for (1) an unmarried person from one thousand six hundred dollars to five thousand dollars, and (2) married persons from two thousand four hundred dollars to seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Aging Committee

AN ACT ALLOWING DENTAL HYGIENISTS TO PROVIDE DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES IN PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

To allow dental hygienists to provide dental hygiene services in private residences.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES.

To (1) allow an income tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums, (2) require the Insurance Department to hold a public hearing for long-term care premium rate increase requests that exceed ten per cent, and (3) require that policyholders are provided advance notice of such hearing.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ADULT DAY CENTER TRANSPORTATION.

To (1) increase the fee schedule effective July 1, 2026, for adult day care services by ten per cent over the fee schedule for adult day care services for the previous fiscal year for the purpose of providing increased funding for adult day care transportation, and (2) provide for annual cost of living increases to such fee schedule.

Aging Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

To permit survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or trafficking in persons for whom violence or abuse suffered by such survivors was a contributing factor influencing such survivor to commit an offense to be eligible for a sentence reduction or relief.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A MINOR CHILD WHO HAS RECEIVED PREGNANCY-RELATED HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

To ensure that the parent or guardian of a minor is provided notice of the minor child having received pregnancy-related health care services.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING.

To (1) expand the time period permissible for the filing of a petition for post-conviction DNA testing, and (2) set forth that the denial of such petition is a final judgment for purposes of an appeal.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A MINOR CHILD WHO SEEKS TO RECEIVE PREGNANCY-RELATED HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

To (1) require the provision of notice to a parent or guardian of a minor child who seeks to receive pregnancy-related health care services, and (2) establish a court process to determine if such notice must be provided in a situation involving a minor child who does not want such notice to be provided.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR A CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER OR A STANDING RESTRAINING ORDER.

To establish an affirmative defense for a criminal violation of a protective order or a standing restraining order in the case of contact being initiated by a protected person.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE "HOMES FOR CT" LOAN PROGRAM.

To (1) establish that loans made by eligible financial institutions participating in the "Homes for CT" loan program shall bear interest at a rate that does not exceed the prime rate published by The Wall Street Journal, and (2) revise provisions relating to loans and grants-in-aid that are made or issued by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority under said loan program.

Banking Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY CONSUMER FRAUD AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SUCH FRAUD.

To (1) establish a working group to study consumer fraud and protections against such fraud, and (2) require such working group to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking.

Banking Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS FROM ACQUIRING OR INCREASING OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER HOSPITALS OR HEALTH SYSTEMS AND PROHIBITING HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS FROM ENTERING INTO SALE-LEASEBACK FINANCING TRANSACTIONS.

To prohibit (1) a real estate investment trust from acquiring or increasing operational control over a hospital or health system, and (2) a hospital or health system from entering into a sale-leaseback transaction involving hospital or health system-owned real property that constitutes the main campus of a hospital.

Banking Committee

AN ACT DEFINING "MORTGAGE LOAN" FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN NOTICE PROVISIONS RELATING TO FLOOD DAMAGE AND INSURANCE.

To define "mortgage loan" for purposes of certain notice provisions relating to flood damage and insurance.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMITTEE BANKING ACCOUNTS.

To require banking institutions to make candidate committee banking accounts available to candidate committees.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to administer a system of tax credit vouchers to allow qualified small businesses to earn and utilize credits for research and development expenses.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONNECTICUT BRIDGE AUTHORITY.

To allow the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study the feasibility of establishing a Connecticut Bridge Authority tasked with overseeing the funding and construction of a bridge connecting Connecticut to Long Island.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study workforce shortages, workforce development and workforce training availability.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A WORKING GROUP REGARDING ENDOMETRIOSIS.

To establish a working group regarding endometriosis.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF.

To repeal and reduce education mandates.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION.

To require cameras in seclusion rooms and make minor revisions to the special education statutes.

Education Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE RATES FOR THE BIRTH-TO-THREE PROGRAM.

To increase the rates paid to providers for birth-to-three services.

Education Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DISCLOSURE OF AN OPEN INVESTIGATION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, INJURY OR RISK OF INJURY TO OR IMPAIRING THE MORALS OF A MINOR DURING THE HIRING PROCESS OF A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.

To authorize a former employer to disclose to a hiring school district any open or pending investigation of abuse or neglect or sexual misconduct of an applicant for a position with such hiring school district.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS ANTI-MUSLIM AND ANTI-ARAB RACISM IN SCHOOLS.

To establish a working group to address Islamophobia in schools.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT EDUCATION INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.

To require the establishment of the Connecticut Education Innovation Grant Program to fund educational innovations in schools in the state.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN WILDLIFE ACTION PLANS.

To establish a working group to develop a plan for funding the state's conservation program for wildlife not usually harvested.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFETY CAPACITY OF BURR POND STATE PARK IN TORRINGTON.

To establish a safety capacity for Burr Pond for the protection of park attendees and the vehicular traffic in the area of said park.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM INCENTIVES.

To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish an incentive program for end use customers who connect to a district heating system.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PURPOSES OF THE FEDERAL LIFELINE SERVICE BENEFITS.

To authorize the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to determine which telecommunications service providers are eligible to provide benefits pursuant to the federal lifeline program.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PERMITTING OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS.

To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to conduct a study of municipal permitting and inspection processes concerning the installation of residential solar photovoltaic systems.

Energy and Technology Committee