Bills & Legislation

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE NORTHWEST RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY.

To convey a parcel of state land to the Northwest Resource Recovery Authority for purposes of operating a public transfer station for municipal solid waste and recycling materials.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.

To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to conduct reviews of the level of services and reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers and to require prompt payment of private provider organizations.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL AND MINOR REVISIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION STATUTES.

To make technical and minor revisions to the government administration statutes.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES.

To require employers to notify employees of where electronic surveillance is occurring and which prohibited activities may give rise to surveillance without prior notice.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE GENERAL STATUTES.

To make various technical changes concerning grammar, clarity, accuracy of internal references and consistency in the general statutes.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS.

To make various changes to the general statutes (1) governing Judicial Branch operations, processes and procedures, and (2) affecting civil and criminal proceedings.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS, A MUNICIPAL OPTION TO ABATE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES ON CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND, ALLOCATIONS OF CERTAIN STATE FUNDS AND ITEMS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027.

To allow certain persons to file for property tax exemptions, notwithstanding certain statutory deadlines.

Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS FOR LONG-TERM CARE POLICIES.

To establish consumer safeguards for purchases of long-term care insurance policies.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF DIGITAL DEFRAUDING.

To establish the crime of digital forgery.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.

To (1) include the playing of a video on a mobile electronic device that is in full view to the person who is operating the vehicle as a form of distracted driving, and (2) specify that distracted driving in a highway work zone is a violation of the state's reckless driving statute.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE TREASURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM AND SECOND INJURY FUND.

To make various revisions to the unclaimed property program and Second Injury Fund recommended by the Treasurer.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS.

To suspend the operator's license of a person who has repeatedly violated state law requiring a motor vehicle to stop for a school bus that is displaying flashing red signal lights.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ADDRESS VERIFICATION REFORMS FOR REGISTRANTS.

To make a technical correction to the definition of "sexually violent offense" and modify provisions concerning verification of a registrant's address and other information and associated penalties for failure to do so.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION.

To require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to include additional data and information in its annual report concerning the consolidation of the regional community-technical colleges into the Connecticut State Community College and to require that a copy and any updates to the higher education strategic plan be provided to the legislative committee with cognizance of government oversight.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS.

To require the Department of Education to appoint a dual enrollment coordinator to track state-wide dual enrollment programs and to provide scholarships to students required to pay tuition costs for dual enrollment programs.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION.

To increase Medicaid reimbursement for ambulance services by amending the out-of-district mileage calculation for such services.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED SETTING STANDARD OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES.

To incorporate by reference those provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act not otherwise addressed in state law.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

To study the need for, and authorize a pilot program to address, palliative and hospice care in Litchfield County.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS IN EMPLOYEE LOUNGES.

To exempt self-service kiosks from the prohibition on electronic surveillance devices and systems in employee lounges.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES TO SERVE ON MUNICIPAL BOARDS OF FINANCE.

To authorize municipal employees to serve on municipal boards of finance if such employees receive less than ten thousand dollars in salary or wages annually.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.

To (1) make revisions to statutes relating to the (A) local capital improvement fund, (B) small town economic assistance program, and (C) public school district repair and improvement project program, (2) classify certain property owned or held in trust by the state as farm land, forest land, open space land or maritime heritage land, and (3) repeal statutes (A) relating to the intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program, and (B) prohibiting zoning regulations from treating family child care homes and group child care homes located in a residence in a manner different from single or multifamily dwellings.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS.

To prohibit the sale of helium for purposes of filling lighter-than-air balloons.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL.

To (1) require the development of a product stewardship program for beverage containers sold in the state, (2) examine the legal implications of requiring state-specific labeling for beverage containers sold in the state, (3) establish a timeline for the picking up of beverage containers by distributors, (4) prohibit transshipment of beverage containers, (5) require the acceptance of certain processed beverage containers by distributors, (6) make permanent certain escheat distributions from beverage containers, and (7) prohibit the act of short bagging by redemption centers.

Environment Committee

AN ACT DESIGNATING VARIOUS DAYS AND MONTHS.

To designate various days and months.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ELEVATORS.

To establish various requirements applicable to owners of residential elevator buildings.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HOURLY COMPENSATION FOR ADJUNCT FIRE INSTRUCTORS.

To require the hourly compensation for adjunct fire instructors to be adjusted at the same percentage rate as any general wage increase and cost-of-living adjustment included within the most recently ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL MAPPING DATA SERVICES.

To establish a school mapping data grant program.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

To implement the recommendations of the Office of Workforce Strategy.

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

To provide additional breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment options to women committed to the custody of the Department of Correction.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES DUE TO THE DEATH OF CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

To provide that whenever a vacancy occurs in an elective office due to the death of the person holding such office, the Governor shall wait at least seven days before issuing writs of election to fill such vacancy at a special election.

Government Administration and Elections Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE AND RETENTION OF DATA DERIVED FROM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS.

To enact statutory provisions providing for the accountable administration and enforcement of law in the state.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS.

To make various changes concerning Probate Court administrative processes, court procedures and the training of Probate Court judges and to repeal provisions relating to the establishment of a working group.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE PERMITS ALLOWING ORGAN TRANSPORT VEHICLES TO USE CERTAIN LIGHTS.

To authorize the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to issue permits allowing organ transport vehicles to use certain lights.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT REVISING VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE STATUTES, IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND CONCERNING YOUTH INSTRUCTION PERMITS, AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS AND THE TOWING AND STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

To revise various motor vehicle statutes regarding removable windshield placards, firefighter driving reciprocity, motor vehicle registration upon the death of the owner of the vehicle, the definition of electric scooter, car rental classifications, electric issuance licensees, the local bridge program and electric bicycles.

Transportation Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ESTABLISH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.

To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to develop a plan to establish an artificial intelligence small business program.

Commerce Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE.

To identify resources for persons needing to place their companion animal in another person's care due to a domestic violence situation and to clarify the authority of the State Veterinarian to combat disease among companion animals and establish a working group to study ways to improve the funding of the animal population control program.

Environment Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXCAVATION PROJECTS.

To specify that no person shall be required to keep an excavation site open for a period of time after the completion of work unless required as a condition of a permit.

Energy and Technology Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

To require that a tenant only be charged for utilities if such tenant's dwelling unit has an individual meter.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING CONTINUING REAL ESTATE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, PUBLIC MARKETING OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE LISTINGS AND REVISING THE TITLE OF A REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON TO A REAL ESTATE AGENT.

To: (1) Revise the continuing education requirements for real estate licensees, (2) change the term real estate salesperson to real estate agent, and (3) establish a process regarding the public marketing of certain real estate listings.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE COUNCIL.

To (1) amend the membership of the Governor's Workforce Council in order to comply with federal law, and (2) make other technical and conforming changes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MODIFICATIONS TO THE FIREFIGHTERS CANCER RELIEF FUND.

To amend the reporting requirements of the Treasurer for the Firefighters Cancer Relief Fund.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT.

To make various revisions to statutes concerning municipal property tax assessment.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY ROADSIDE SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH WRECKERS AND TOWING AND RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS.

To establish a working group to study roadside safety concerns associated with wreckers and towing and recovery professionals.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPTROLLER TO WITHHOLD PAYMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PREVAILING WAGE STATUTES.

To allow the Comptroller to withhold payment of money to a contractor or subcontractor for a violation of subsection (b) of section 31-53 of the general statutes where a stop work order was issued by the Labor Commissioner.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE CODE OFFICIAL CAREER PATHWAY, THE FIRE SAFETY CODE, BURN INJURY REPORTS AND STATE BUILDING CODE PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACCESSIBILITY.

To implement various provisions recommended by the Department of Administrative Services regarding fire marshal qualifications, burn injury reports and State Building Code provisions relating to accessibility.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE NEGLECTED CEMETERY ACCOUNT AND CONCERNING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF WARTIME VETERANS' GRAVES.

To implement the recommendations of the working group established pursuant to special act 23-25 for the upkeep of veterans' graves.

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE STATE MARSHAL COMMISSION, THE STATE MARSHALS ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS.

To: (1) Make revisions to the duties and composition of the State Marshals Commission, (2) make revisions to the duties of the State Marshals Advisory Board, (3) ensure timely and reliable access to state marshals for service of a restraining order or a civil protection order, and (4) revise the fees associated with certain removal actions.

Judiciary Committee