Bills & Legislation

AN ACT DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE ROOM OCCUPANCY TAX ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES TO MUNICIPALITIES.

To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated.

Aundre BumgardnerDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHO MEET CERTAIN SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

To establish a tax credit for volunteer firefighters who meet certain service requirements.

Rebecca MartinezDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE FULL FUNDING OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EXPANSION DEVELOPMENT GRANT.

To fully fund the special education and expansion development grant.

Alphonse PaolilloDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SHARED APPRECIATION AGREEMENTS.

To establish various requirements regarding shared appreciation agreements.

Banking Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING VARIOUS DATA SECURITY REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

To establish various data security requirements applicable to certain financial institutions.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL FINANCING.

To redefine "commercial financing", require commercial financing providers to disclose estimated annual percentage rates and revise and establish certain requirements applicable to commercial financing contracts.

Banking Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING ACCEPTANCE OF PERIODIC AND PARTIAL PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN MORTGAGE LOANS ISSUED BY CONNECTICUT BANKS AND CONNECTICUT CREDIT UNIONS.

To require certain payments on mortgage loans issued by Connecticut banks and Connecticut credit unions on and after October 1, 2026, to be accepted and credited or treated as credited.

Banking Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE PAYROLL PROCESSING METHODS EMPLOYED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

To establish a working group to evaluate payroll processing methods employed by financial institutions and the time required for payroll checks to clear.

Banking Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL MEALS.

To provide free school breakfasts to all students in the state and to provide free school lunches for all students who are eligible for free or reduced priced lunches in the state.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STIPENDS FOR STUDENT TEACHERS.

To require payment of stipends to student teachers for each week of student teaching experience at a public school in the state.

Education Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

To make the Commissioner of Education the department head of the Department of Education.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS.

To (1) establish a just cause standard for teacher termination decisions, (2) make the decision of a neutral arbitrator in a termination hearing binding, and (3) provide full workers' compensation coverage for teachers injured by students in the course of their employment.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ORDER OF GUBERNATORIAL SUCCESSION UNDER CERTAIN PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

To expand upon the order of gubernatorial succession set forth in the state Constitution under certain permanent and temporary circumstances.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF STATE PROPERTIES REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS.

To increase the membership of the State Properties Review Board from six members to eight members and increase the compensation of members of the board.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT REESTABLISHING THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE.

To reestablish the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES CONCERNING GROCERY STORE BEER PERMITS.

To establish a task force to study issues concerning grocery store beer permits.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS GUARANTY FUNDS.

To (1) transfer to the Department of Consumer Protection various duties concerning the Real Estate and Connecticut Health Club Guaranty Funds, (2) with respect to the Real Estate Guaranty Fund, (A) provide that no application to recover compensation from said fund shall be brought later than two years from final determination of, or expiration of time for appeal in connection with, a binding arbitration decision or a court order or decree, and (B) subrogate the department to the rights of the creditor under a decision, order or decree, (3) require an applicant for payment from the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund to attest that the applicant made a good faith effort to satisfy a decision, judgment order or decree against a contractor or proprietor, (4) provide that interest shall not accrue on a debt owed to the Real Estate, Home Improvement, Connecticut Health Club or New Home Construction Guaranty Fund after such debt has been referred to the Department of Administrative Services for collection, and (5) repeal a provision concerning the Connecticut Real Estate Commission's procedure following receipt of a notice concerning the Real Estate Guaranty Fund.

General Law Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN LICENSEES AND REGISTRANTS FROM SELLING, DISPENSING, TRANSFERRING OR DELIVERING ANY DRUG OR DEVICE TO EXECUTE A COURT-IMPOSED SENTENCE OF DEATH.

To provide that no manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist, prescribing practitioner or pharmacy shall sell, dispense, transfer or deliver, as applicable, any drug or device with actual knowledge that the person purchasing or receiving such drug or device directly from such manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist, prescribing practitioner or pharmacy intends to use such drug or device to execute a sentence of death.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.

To (1) require a regional council of governments to establish a fair rent commission if a mobile manufactured home park is located in any municipality that is a member of such council, (2) require a mobile manufactured home park owner to make available, on a disclosure statement, an enumeration of all considerations payable by a resident to the owner, including, but not limited to, all periodic fees, usage fees and penalty fees payable by the resident to the owner, (3) modify the amount of relocation expenses paid to mobile manufactured home park residents, (4) modify the process by which, and terms upon which, an association of resident owners may exercise its right to purchase a mobile manufactured home park, (5) require the Department of Consumer Protection to promptly acknowledge receipt of a complaint submitted by a mobile manufactured home park resident, and (6) require a mobile manufactured home park owner to deliver a written notice of a proposed rent increase to a resident at least ninety days before the start of a new rental agreement.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL MOLD REMEDIATION AND FIRE AND CATASTROPHIC RESTORATION BUSINESSES.

To (1) require persons performing mold remediation for compensation in the state to register with the Department of Consumer Protection, (2) establish standards for the performance of mold remediation, and (3) provide that no certificate shall be given under the Home Improvement Act to any person who holds such person out to be a contractor that performs mold remediation unless such person provides evidence, satisfactory to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, that the contractor is certified as a mold remediator.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND VAPOR PRODUCT DEALERS.

To provide that (1) the Department of Revenue Services shall not issue a cigarette dealer's license, or renew any such license, for certain applicants who exceed certain limitations concerning annual gross sales and the use of retail sales area, and (2) the Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of dealer registration, or renew any such registration, for certain applicants who (A) exceed certain limitations concerning annual gross revenue and the use of retail sales area, or (B) are located in a town that already includes one dealer for every two thousand five hundred residents.

General Law Committee

AN ACT EXEMPTING INCOME OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EARNED BY A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-FOUR FROM INCLUSION IN THE PARENT'S GROSS INCOME FOR DETERMINATION OF THE PARENT'S ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

To exempt income of up to one hundred thousand dollars earned by a child living with a parent from such parent's gross income for the purpose of determining the parent's eligibility to participate in the rental assistance program.

Kadeem RobertsDemocrat

AN ACT EXPANDING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION TO INCLUDE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.

To expand a personal income tax deduction for certain retirement pay to include retirees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service.

David DeFronzoDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL INDOOR TRAINING FACILITY IN THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER.

To provide funding for an indoor training facility and increase the after-school opportunities for youth in the town of Manchester.

Geoff LuxenbergDemocrat

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER.

To provided funding for improvements to the water and sewer infrastructure in the north end of the town of Manchester.

Geoff LuxenbergDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FEE ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES.

To establish a fee on short-term rental properties and distribute the revenue generated from the fee proportionally to municipalities.

Kara RochelleDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR THE REMOVAL OF ENCAMPMENTS ON PROPERTY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

To require the Commissioner of Transportation to develop a plan to respond to temporary encampments by persons experiencing homelessness on any state highway right-of-way or real property in the custody of the Department of Transportation.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT WORKERS.

To (1) establish a Public Transit Workplace Health, Safety and Violence Prevention Committee, and (2) require each public transit bus operated by the Department of Transportation or a transit district to be equipped with a security barrier for the protection and safety of public transit bus operators.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

To implement recommendations by the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding (1) records relating to vessels, (2) the definition of "commissioner", (3) the replacement of a certificate of title, and (4) the proclamation of an Accessible Parking Awareness Day.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT STUDYING ACCESS TO PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

To require the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to establish a working group to study access to parking for home health care service providers.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO ALLOW TERMINALLY ILL QUALIFYING PATIENTS TO USE CANNABIS.

To require certain health care facilities to allow terminally ill qualifying patients to use medical marijuana.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE AGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CAP AND EMPLOYMENT PROMISSORY NOTES.

To (1) increase the financial assistance cap provided in section 32-462, and (2) create an exception to the employment promissory note prohibition in section 31-51r.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PROGRAMS.

To allow a municipality, or two or more municipalities acting jointly, to establish municipal aggregation programs.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND TRANSMISSION PLANNING.

To (1) allow the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to adopt efficiency standards for certain new products if determined necessary by the commissioner, and (2) require the Connecticut Siting Council to consider future electric grid reliability needs when determining whether to approve certain facilities.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF A WATER COMPANY.

To amend the charter of the South Central Connection Regional Water Authority concerning the potential acquisition of a water company.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION FOR REVISIONS TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

To make revisions to the Freedom of Information Act recommended by the Freedom of Information Commission, including concerning the application of the definition of "governmental function", which statutory provisions require training by the commission, redefining "hand-held scanner", electronic notice of special meetings and appeals for denial of access to certain public records.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROPOSALS DERIVED FROM THE WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY.

To require the submission of proposals derived from the results of the waste characterization study.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATED TO THE PREVENTION OF WILDFIRES.

To augment certain authority of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Governor concerning measures to prevent wildfires.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S PERMITTING AUTHORITY.

To authorize the issuance of general permits in lieu of individual permits and to provide for the renewal of certain solid waste facility permits.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERFUND.

To establish a climate change superfund to be used to fund certain adaptive infrastructure projects.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

To give retailers until July 1, 2027, to participate in the tire stewardship program.

Environment Committee

AN ACT PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT.

To prohibit an institution of higher education from reducing the amount of financial aid awarded to a student as result of such student receiving a scholarship.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT FUNDING JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To require the Office of Higher Education to establish a journalism fellowship program to fund not fewer than twelve journalism fellowship positions at local news organizations.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS.

To provide funding to the Department of Housing to assist homeless persons.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF NONRESIDENT OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

To require the collection of identifying information of nonresident owners of residential property.

Housing Committee

AN ACT AMENDING AN AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE CONNECTICUT HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY.

To amend a bond authorization for the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's emergency mortgage assistance program to permit the funds to also be used to capitalize down payment assistance under the homeownership loan program.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FUNDS IN THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.

To require funding of tobacco control programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use at the amount recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Public Health Committee