Bills & Legislation

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 NONISSUANCE OF A STANDING CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THE CASE OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME.

To require that in the case of a court declining to issue a standing criminal protective order in the case of a family violence crime, the court shall enter into the record the reasons for not issuing such order.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CIVIL ACTION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF A SYNTHETICALLY CREATED INTIMATE IMAGE.

To establish a private right of action and a civil action for the office of the Attorney General to pursue damages from an operator of an electronic digital platform who fails to take down a synthetically created intimate image when the operator knew or should have known that dissemination of such image was unlawful.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLAN FOR THE USE OF UNIFORM STATE-WIDE CASE IDENTIFICATION CODES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.

To require the Chief Court Administrator, or the administrator's designee to develop and implement a plan to facilitate the use of uniform state-wide case identification codes in domestic violence cases.

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 VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.

To make various revisions to the education statutes.

Education 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 AIR PERMITS OF CERTAIN CREMATORIES.

To authorize the continued operations of certain crematories in the state while air permits for such crematories are being processed and renewed.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN BOATING REGULATIONS.

To prohibit the act of extending one's limbs over the gunwale of a vessel while it is in operation, increase the abandoned vessel fine and authorize the recovery of costs associated with abandoned vessels for state and local law enforcement agencies.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF STRIPED BASS FISHING IN THE STATE, A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FISH PASSAGES.

To clarify penalties for violating regulations concerning the taking of striped bass, prohibit the use of horseshoe crabs as bait, authorize the sale of certain lobsters from out-of-state by food service establishments and prohibit certain bait fishing in the Housatonic River and harvesting of striped bass.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RIPARIAN AREAS.

To create greater protection and preservation of areas immediately adjacent to watercourses in the state in order to preserve and improve the quality of such watercourses.

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 ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY.

To require the Connecticut Council for Advancing Nuclear Energy Development to conduct a study and make recommendations concerning skilled labor needs in the advanced nuclear energy industry.

Energy and Technology 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

AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION.

To (1) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to develop successor programs for the RRES, NRES and SCEF programs, (2) require a study of consumer protections for solar photovoltaic system leasing and sales, (3) allow the use of portable solar photovoltaic systems, (4) require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to implement an agrivoltaics program, and (5) require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish a pilot program concerning the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in environmental justice communities.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRONIC PORTAL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR STATE GRANT PROGRAMS.

To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to establish an electronic portal containing information regarding state grant programs, including applications for such programs.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER MEANS TO GENERATE DECEPTIVE SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND AFFECT ELECTIONS.

To prohibit distribution of certain deceptive synthetic media within the ninety-day period preceding an election or primary.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF ADVERTISING PURCHASED BY THE STATE.

To require annual reporting of state agency purchase of advertising.

Government Administration and Elections Committee