Bills & Legislation

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE TRADES INDUSTRY.

To establish a task force to study the effects of the use of artificial intelligence on the trades industry and require the Commissioner of Public Health to study the feasibility of establishing a certified nursing assistant training program.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO MUNICIPAL TAX COLLECTION.

To make revisions to statutes relating to municipal tax collection.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE WORTHINGTON FIRE DISTRICT AND THE KENSINGTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN.

To repeal two special acts related to the Worthington Fire District and the Kensington Fire District in the town of Berlin.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ABATEMENT OR REFUND OF INTEREST ON DELINQUENT MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM USE CHARGES OWED BY CERTAIN COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.

To waive interest on certain delinquent property taxes owed by a housing cooperative known as Success Village located in the city of Bridgeport, in part, and the town of Stratford, in part.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE, STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND FIRE SAFETY CODE.

To make various revisions relating to the adoption of, and revisions and amendments to, the State Building Code and to establish a one-year implementation period for training and code enforcement education.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A TECHNICAL REVISION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY STATUTES.

To make a technical revision to the public safety statutes.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR SURVIVORS OF UNPAID VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND STATE MARSHALS.

To provide health insurance coverage for survivors of unpaid volunteer firefighters, correction officers and state marshals.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A JOB CLASSIFICATION FOR PART-TIME FIRE SERVICE INSTRUCTORS.

To establish a job classification for part-time fire service instructors.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING OWNERS, OPERATORS AND LESSEES OF CRANES AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT.

To (1) modify the membership of the Examining Board for Crane Operators, (2) establish that crane owners, crane operators and hoisting equipment operators may be required to produce such owners' and operators' licenses or registrations for verification, (3) establish a procedure regarding the issuance of stop work orders to such owners and operators, (4) modify and establish certain penalty provisions applicable to such owners and operators, and (5) establish the "investigations and inspections account".

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ASSORTED MEASURES RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE HEROISM OF VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND MAKING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATED TO VETERANS' AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.

To make minor and technical revisions to a statute concerning ribbons and medals awarded to certain veterans and armed forces reservists with wartime service.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE REIMBURSEMENT TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOST DUE TO THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS WITH A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY RATING.

To provide a mechanism for municipalities to submit claims to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for reimbursement of the revenue lost due to the property tax exemption for veterans who have been determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled based on a service-connected disability rating of one hundred per cent.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAINING FOR VETERANS' SERVICE OFFICERS AND MUNICIPAL PROVIDERS OF VETERANS' ASSISTANCE.

To provide for expanded training to (1) Office of Advocacy and Assistance veterans' services officers, and (2) municipal veterans representatives and other municipal providers of veterans' assistance.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TROOPS-TO-TRADES INITIATIVES.

To support veterans and members of the armed forces in the transition from military life to the civilian workforce through information sharing of available resources relating to educational and employment opportunities.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT PROVIDING HOUSING FOR CERTAIN IMPOVERISHED VETERANS.

To establish a program for the provision of prefabricated homes to certain impoverished veterans.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR EXPANDED TRAINING TO MUNICIPAL PROVIDERS OF VETERANS' ASSISTANCE.

To appropriate funds to the Department of Veterans Affairs for expanded training to municipal providers of veterans' assistance.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACCOUNT.

To (1) establish the Military Department emergency response account, and (2) transfer moneys from the department's Military Relief Fund to said account.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VETERANS DENTAL CARE ACCESS PROGRAM.

To establish a program, administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the purpose of assisting eligible veterans in receiving certain dental services.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY FAMILIES AND ENROLLMENT IN THE BIRTH-TO-THREE PROGRAM.

To facilitate the transition for children of military families who require access to early intervention services when moving to the state due to servicemembers' relocation orders.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VETERANS' AND MILITARY HEALTHCARE OMBUDSMAN FOR THE COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT OF STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCES IN NAVIGATING FEDERAL HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR VETERANS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

To establish a Veterans' Health Care Ombudsman for the coordination and oversight of state and local resources in navigating the health care system administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS.

To (1) provide to veterans the same level of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program that they would have received under such program without a work requirement, prior to the elimination of the veterans work requirement exemption under Public Law 119-21, and (2) establish a Connecticut Farmers' Market/Veteran Nutrition Program to assist veterans deemed to be at nutritional risk.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT ALLOWING CHILDREN OF VETERANS TO USE SUCH VETERAN'S UNUSED TUITION WAIVERS AND REQUIRING STATE FUNDING FOR TUITION WAIVERS.

To allow children of veterans to use such veteran's tuition waiver and requiring state funding for tuition waivers.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE KIRKLYN M. KERR PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT.

To establish a grant program to offset the tuition paid by veterinary students and require such students to reside in the state for not fewer than five years after graduation.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

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 ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.

To establish an account to assist health care facilities in purchasing durable medical equipment.

Appropriations 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 COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS.

To modernize the state's business cooperative statutes.

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 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR AND TAX AGREEMENTS RELATED TO CERTAIN CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

To specify the applicability of (1) a property tax exemption for certain Class I renewable energy sources and authorize municipalities to amend their 2025 grand list accordingly, and (2) certain tax agreements related to solar photovoltaic systems.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding 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