Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REBASING OF THE EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANT FORMULA FOR PURPOSES OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

To reduce local property taxes by rebasing the education cost-sharing grant formula by increasing the foundation amount and adjusting for inflation.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REBASING OF THE EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANT FORMULA FOR PURPOSES OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

To reduce local property taxes by rebasing the education cost-sharing grant formula by increasing the foundation amount and adjusting for inflation.

Dave W. YaccarinoRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MAGNET SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.

To ensure equitable and adequate funding for schools across the state.

Bobby G. GibsonDemocrat

AN ACT REPEALING THE PASSPORT TO THE PARKS FEE.

To repeal the Passport to the Parks fee.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE FROM ELECTRIC BILLS.

To remove the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from electric customer bills and pay the costs of such charge from the General Fund.

Joe HoxhaRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ADDITIONAL MARGINAL RATE FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX AND DEDICATING THE REVENUE GENERATED TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

To (1) establish an additional marginal rate for the personal income tax of at least four per cent on the portion of an individual's taxable income in excess of one million dollars, and (2) dedicate the revenue generated from such tax to certain purposes.

Nick GauthierDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR A PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR MOTOR VEHICLE.

To (1) increase the maximum allowable credit against the personal income tax for a person's primary residence or motor vehicle from three hundred dollars to one thousand dollars, (2) increase the minimum allowable credit threshold, and (3) expand eligibility for the credit by increasing the qualifying Connecticut adjusted gross income thresholds set forth in section 12-704c of the general statutes.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES PRICE THRESHOLD OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO A HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE AND LIMITING THE APPLICATION OF SAID RATE.

To (1) increase to more than seventy-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate, and (2) limit the application of said rate to the portion of the sales price exceeding the threshold amount.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT FULLY REIMBURSING MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH A VETERANS PROPERTY TAX CREDIT.

To fully reimburse each municipality for the revenue loss caused by a property tax exemption for veterans pursuant to subdivision (83) of section 12-81 of the general statutes.

Mitch BolinskyRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR TIPS OR GRATUITIES AND OVERTIME PAY.

To establish personal income tax deductions that mirror the federal income tax deductions for tips or gratuities declared by a taxpayer and overtime pay.

Joe HoxhaRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ASSET REQUIREMENT FOR MUTUAL FUNDS TO BE QUALIFIED TO PAY EXEMPT-INTEREST DIVIDENDS.

To eliminate the requirement that at least fifty per cent of the assets of a mutual fund consist of state and municipal government obligations for the fund to be qualified to pay exempt dividends, for purposes of the personal income tax.

Devin R. CarneyRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING OVERTIME WAGES, TIPS OR GRATUITIES AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To exempt overtime wages, tips or gratuities and Social Security benefits from the personal income tax.

Doug DubitskyRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR MILITARY FUNERAL HONOR GUARD DETAIL COMPENSATION.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for any compensation received by a taxpayer for attending a funeral as a member of an honor guard detail pursuant to section 27-76 of the general statutes.

Mark DeCaprioRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND HUSKY C ASSET LIMITS.

To ensure that state medical assistance is targeted to the most vulnerable residents.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT PROTECTING RENTERS FROM RENT INCREASES UPON THE TRANSFER OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REBASING OF THE EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANT FORMULA FOR PURPOSES OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

To reduce local property taxes by rebasing the education cost-sharing grant formula by increasing the foundation amount and adjusting for inflation.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSION OR ANNUITY INCOME FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To exempt Social Security benefits and pension or annuity income for all taxpayers from the personal income tax.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING PET GROOMING SERVICES FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt pet grooming services from the sales and use taxes.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Gale L. MastrofrancescoRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, PENSION OR ANNUITY INCOME AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTIONS.

To eliminate the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits, pension or annuity income and distributions from individual retirement accounts.

Mark W. AndersonRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO EXPAND THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE TO CONNECT HARTFORD, EAST HARTFORD, MANCHESTER, ROCKVILLE AND STORRS.

To expand the bus rapid transit system and provide sustainable transit opportunities for individuals in communities located east of the Connecticut River.

Jason RojasDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

To support transportation services in the city of New London.

Daniel GaiewskiDemocrat

AN ACT PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE MICROTRANSIT PILOT PROGRAM.

To provide funding for the continuation of the Department of Transportation's microtransit pilot program.

Alphonse PaolilloDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS.

To make revisions to (1) the foundation amount, the education cost sharing grant, the choice program grant and the charter school funding grant, (2) clarify the process for developing the rate schedule for private providers of special education services, and (3) provide spaces in early childhood programs under Early Start CT for families who become ineligible under the income standards for the Care 4 Kids program.

Education Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES PRICE THRESHOLD OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO A HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE.

To increase to more than seventy-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT FULLY REIMBURSING MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH A VETERANS PROPERTY TAX CREDIT.

To require the state to fully reimburse each municipality for the revenue loss caused by a property tax exemption for veterans pursuant to subdivision (83) of section 12-81 of the general statutes.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT.

To establish a tax credit for small businesses of two thousand eighty dollars per full-time equivalent employee.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING AND EXPANDING THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR A PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR MOTOR VEHICLE.

To (1) increase the maximum allowable credit against the personal income tax for a person's primary residence or motor vehicle to one thousand dollars, (2) increase the minimum allowable credit threshold, and (3) expand eligibility for the credit by increasing the qualifying Connecticut adjusted gross income thresholds set forth in section 12-704c of the general statutes.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING TIPS OR GRATUITIES AND OVERTIME PAY FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

To exempt the amount of tips or gratuities declared by a taxpayer and overtime pay from the personal income tax.

Vincent J. CandeloraRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

John E. PiscopoRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

To eliminate the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits.

Tammy NuccioRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FEE AND TAX RELATED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

To (1) establish a registration fee for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and a per-kilowatt-hour tax on electricity purchased at public electric vehicle charging stations, and (2) require the revenue generated from such tax and fee to be deposited in the Special Transportation Fund.

Tammy NuccioRepublican

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPRENTICESHIP TAX CREDIT.

To establish a credit against the tax imposed under chapter 208 of the general statutes for apprenticeships in information technology commenced by a taxpayer under a qualified apprenticeship training program.

Lezlye ZupkusRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHER SALES AND USE TAXES RATE FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.

To eliminate the higher sales and use taxes rate for motor vehicles with a sales price of less than one hundred thousand dollars.

Christie M. CarpinoRepublican

AN ACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATE-ESTABLISHED 529 QUALIFIED STATE TUITION PROGRAMS.

To increase the amount of the personal income tax deduction for contributions to accounts for 529 qualified state tuition programs established and maintained by the state.

Gary A. TurcoDemocrat

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR A PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR MOTOR VEHICLE.

To double the amount of (1) the maximum allowable credit against the personal income tax for a person's primary residence or motor vehicle, and (2) each qualifying Connecticut adjusted gross income threshold set forth in section 12-704c of the general statutes.

Gary A. TurcoDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS RECEIVED FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

To establish a personal income tax deduction for the portion of any payment from an insurance company received by a taxpayer (1) in exchange for a buyout or cancellation of a long-term care insurance policy, and (2) that is properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Gary A. TurcoDemocrat

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR FULL-TIME HOME HEALTH CARE COSTS.

To establish a personal income tax deduction of up to sixty thousand dollars for the cost of full-time home health care, including, but not limited to, the cost of medical supplies and in-home services.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Jason BuchsbaumRepublican

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CHILDREN'S CLOTHING FROM THE SALES AND USE TAXES.

To exempt articles of children's clothing costing under one hundred dollars from the sales and use taxes.

Jason BuchsbaumRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE QUALIFYING INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, PENSION OR ANNUITY INCOME AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTIONS.

To eliminate the qualifying income thresholds for the personal income tax deductions for Social Security benefits, pension or annuity income and distributions from individual retirement accounts.

Jason BuchsbaumRepublican

AN ACT REDUCING FEES FOR SMALL BUSINESS FILINGS WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.

To reduce fees for small business filings with the Secretary of the State.

Jason BuchsbaumRepublican

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED ON MEALS SOLD BY AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT, CATERER OR GROCERY STORE.

To eliminate the additional one per cent sales and use taxes imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers or grocery stores.

Christie M. CarpinoRepublican

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE HIGHWAY USE TAX.

To eliminate the highway use tax.

Tami ZawistowskiRepublican