AN ACT STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS FOR CONNECTICUT'S CONSUMERS OF ENERGY. To promote a more equitable and transparent energy market that works in the best interest of Connecticut's consumers of energy.

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES. To make revisions to how public education is funded in the state.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE AND ESTABLISHING THE MIRA DISSOLUTION AUTHORITY. To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. To enhance the environmental and public health considerations made under the state's environmental justice statute and provide the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Siting Council with the ability to deny certain permits for a new affecting facility and apply conditions to the expansion of an existing facility.

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS. To equalize access to physical, mental and behavioral health care in the state and to strengthen the state's response to the fentanyl and opioid epidemic.

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPARENCY IN EDUCATION. To provide equal and comprehensive access to education and academic opportunities for all children in Connecticut.

AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYEES' LOSS OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AS A RESULT OF A LABOR DISPUTE. To protect employees' health by ensuring employees have access to health care coverage after losing coverage due to a labor dispute.

AN ACT CONCERNING PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SERVING A LENGTHY SENTENCE FOR A CRIME COMMITTED BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL REACHED THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS ERASURE. To broaden eligibility for parole to include those individuals serving long sentences for crimes committed before the individual was twenty-five years of age, under certain circumstances.

AN ACT CONCERNING HEMP, THE ADULT-USE CANNABIS MARKET AND WEATHER DISASTER RELIEF. To: (1) Enable a licensed hemp producer to seek a cultivator or micro-cultivator license from the Department of Consumer Protection and, if the hemp producer receives a cultivator or micro-cultivator license, participate in the state's adult-use cannabis market; and (2) authorize sales of manufacturer hemp products in additional licensed facilities.

AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. To (1) evaluate and implement best practices for expanding employment and transportation opportunities for persons with an intellectual or developmental disability, (2) ameliorate waiting lists for Medicaid waiver program services for such persons, (3) establish an emergency services alert system to help locate such persons when they are reported missing, (4) provide funding for a voluntary registration system for such persons for public safety purposes, (5) increase income and asset limits for medical assistance for such persons, (6) evaluate changing a statutory definition associated with such persons and Intelligence Quotient criteria for such persons, (7) establish a career pi...

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO TOWNS THAT NEED PFAS TESTING AND REMEDIATION. To provide municipalities with needed resources to test for and remediate PFAS contamination on town-owned properties and to assist residential homeowners impacted by such contamination.

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VISION ZERO COUNCIL. To implement the recommendations of the Vision Zero Council.

AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE RESILIENCY FUNDS AND PROJECTS. To authorize the Treasurer to invest funds on behalf of municipalities that establish Coastal Resiliency Reserve Funds and to require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to maximize the state's receipt of federal funds for climate resiliency projects undertaken by the state and municipalities.

AN ACT PROTECTING PATIENTS AND PROHIBITING UNNECESSARY HEALTH CARE COSTS. To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS. To require the (1) printing of statements directing consumers to information concerning the safe storage and disposal of prescription drugs, cannabis and cannabis products on containers, packaging or receipts for such items, and (2) Department of Consumer Protection to develop and administer a public awareness campaign concerning the safe storage and disposal of such items.

AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS AND PARAEDUCATORS. To (1) require boards of education to post online curriculum materials and the nutrition value of school meals, (2) allow all minor parents to request enrollment in adult education, (3) allow public schools to serve whole milk, (4) study the implementation of a state-wide virtual school for children with medical conditions or who are unvaccinated, (5) study the fiscal impact of school voucher programs, (6) increase lunch time for students from twenty minutes to thirty minutes, (7) require the posting of a meeting agenda and any associated documents on the board of education's web site, and (8) require the Commissioner of Education to appoint a parent advisory group and a teacher advisory group.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS OF CHILDREN. To improve access to mental, physical and emotional health services for children and provide a continuum of care in the delivery of such services.

AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE PRIVACY, DATA AND SAFETY PROTECTIONS. To (1) Establish standards concerning the provision of access to, and sharing of, consumer health data; (2) prohibit geofencing of certain health data; (3) establish additional requirements concerning minors' personal data and social media platform accounts; (4) revise disclosure requirements relating to warrants directed to providers of electronic communication services and remote computing services; (5) establish a duty of care owed by online dating operators to users relating to potential criminal activity of other users; (6) codify in statute the existence and prescribed duties of the Connecticut Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force; and (7) require employers to disclose known instances of sexual harassment and assau...

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONCERNING STATE PARKWAYS, THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY, A TRANSPORTATION CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION TARGET, A TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE, THE ZERO-EMISSION TRUCK VOUCHER PROGRAM, STREET RACING, EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND THE NAMING OF CERTAIN ROADS AND BRIDGES. To (1) establish a penalty for a municipality that fails to comply with an order issued by the Office of the State Traffic Administration, (2) permit the use of symbols on pedestrian control signals, (3) require operators to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, (4) prohibit local building officials from issuing a certificate of occupancy for certain developments until conditions of a certificate issued by the office have been c...

AN ACT ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE. To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG REGULATION. To implement the Department of Consumer Protection's recommendations concerning prescription drug regulation.

AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURIES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. To extend workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress injuries to all employees.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES. To implement the Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding various revisions to the public health statutes.

AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING AND PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY. To: (1) Establish an Office of Artificial Intelligence; (2) exempt air carriers from certain provisions concerning data privacy; (3) provide that a controller shall not process the personal data of a consumer for purposes of targeted advertising, or sell the consumer's personal data without the consumer's consent, under circumstances where a controller has actual knowledge, or wilfully disregards, that the consumer is at least thirteen years of age but younger than sixteen years of age; and (4) establish a task force to (A) study artificial intelligence, and (B) develop an artificial intelligence bill of rights.

AN ACT CONCERNING ZERO-CARBON EMISSIONS. To create policies and accountability for reaching the state's carbon-reduction goals.

AN ACT ALLOWING PHARMACISTS TO PRESCRIBE BIRTH CONTROL MEDICATION. To allow increased access to birth control medication.

AN ACT CONCERNING CARBON-FREE SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND ESTABLISHING OTHER SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. To require the use of project labor agreements when certain solar and energy efficiency projects are required of school districts and to require certain measures by the Department of Public Health concerning air quality and drinking water in school settings.

AN ACT CONCERNING ADEQUATE AND SAFE HEALTH CARE STAFFING. To ensure adequate and safe health care staffing.

AN ACT CONCERNING UTILIZATION REVIEW AND HEALTH CARE CONTRACTS, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEWBORNS AND STEP THERAPY. To: (1) Establish a utilization review exemption standard for certain participating providers; (2) require that each health carrier process utilization review requests more efficiently; (3) require that each health carrier develop an electronic prior authorization process; (4) extend the time period within which an insured shall provide notice of the birth of a newborn and pay any required premium or subscription fee to continue the newborn's coverage beyond such period; (5) prohibit health carriers from requiring the use of step therapy for drugs prescribed to treat behavioral health conditions or chronic, disabling or life-threatening conditions or diseases; and (6) to...

AN ACT EXPANDING CONNECTICUT PAID SICK DAYS. To expand Connecticut paid sick days' law to (1) cover all private-sector employers and employees, (2) broaden the range of family members employees may use leave for, (3) increase rate at which employees accrue leave, (4) broaden reasons employees may use leave, and (5) increase the maximum amount of hours an employee may accrue.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF POSSESSION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF PSILOCYBIN. To decriminalize the possession of small amounts of psilocybin.

AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S PRESENT AND FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS. To promote fair and equitable housing opportunities in every community in the state.

AN ACT PROMOTING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE COSTS, HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE PERSONS AND RIGHTS REGARDING GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION. To promote transparency in health care and prescription drug costs, expand access to affordable prescription drugs, integrate community health workers and social workers into delivery of health care and home and community-based services, expand the Covered Connecticut health care program, connect uninsured persons with coverage and protect rights regarding gender identity and expression.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF CERTAIN BALLOONS. To prohibt the release of helium and lighter-than-air balloons.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR. To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

AN ACT CONCERNING A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CARRY A PISTOL OR REVOLVER, A RESPONSE PLAN FOR A MASS SHOOTING EVENT, AND THE POSTING OF A PERSON'S RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH OWNING, POSSESSING AND CARRYING A FIREARM. To: (1) Clarify language concerning the suitability of an applicant for a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver; (2) require a state permit to carry a pistol or revolver be granted to an individual if a period of eight weeks passes and the permit has not been expressly denied by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection; (3) eliminate local and state fees for the acquiring and renewal of a permit to carry a handgun or revolver, a handgun eligibility certificate, a long gun eligibility certificate and an ammunition certificate; (4) require the Commission...

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SECTOR SPECIFIC SUBTARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. To enforce the state's greenhouse gas emissions goals through the establishment of certain sector subtargets and authorize emission standards for certain small off-road engines.

AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH. To allow out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth in the state on a permanent basis.

AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFYING TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES. To (1) provide financial incentives for municipalities that adopt certain transit-oriented development policies and to coordinate related state funds through the Office of Responsible Growth, and (2) establish the Office of Responsible Growth.

AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. To (1) establish an Office of Transition Services and an Office of Mediation Services within the Department of Education, (2) increase the age until which a student can receive special education services from twenty-one to twenty-two, (3) allow translators to attend planning and placement team meetings and for the individualized education program and other documents to be translated to the primary language of the student or family, (4) require coordination with agencies that provide programs for adults when a student turns fourteen years old, (5) require the publication of a plain language resource explaining the process for hearing complaints and of the decisions made from complaint hearings, (6) require the Department of Educati...

AN ACT CONCERNING AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS. To provide aid in dying to terminally ill patients.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LICENSE RENEWAL FEE AND SCHEDULE FOR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSURE OF MASTER SOCIAL WORKERS. To (1) increase the licensure period for licensed clinical social workers and licensed master social workers, (2) reduce the license renewal fee for licensed clinical social workers and licensed master social workers, and (3) allow the Commissioner of Public Health to waive the examination requirement for licensure of master social workers until April 1, 2026.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. To establish a prescription drug affordability board to monitor prescription drug pricing in this state.

AN ACT CONCERNING PROHIBITING PAY FOR DELAY. To preserve consumer access to affordable generic drugs.

AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL NURSES. To require the State Board of Education to adopt regulations to increase the qualifications and professional development requirements for school nurses and to create a special services endorsement for school nurses.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION. To: (1) Redefine various terms concerning cannabis and define "high-THC hemp product"; (2) modify various statutes to distinguish between (A) cannabis testing laboratories and other laboratories, and (B) cannabis testing laboratory employees and other laboratory employees; (3) provide that a person who has been convicted of violating a law pertaining to the illegal manufacture, sale or distribution of a controlled substance may serve as a caregiver for a qualifying patient; (4) provide that a caregiver may be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient if the caregiver has a parental, grandparental, guardianship, conservatorship, spousal or sibling relationship with eac...

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION. To enhance the teaching profession in the state of Connecticut.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF FOOD WASTE IN SCHOOLS. To reduce the amount of food waste in schools by including school districts among the entities responsible for the composting of source-separated organic material and permitting schools to establish composting stations in cafeterias.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURE. To study the functions of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection and Agriculture.

AN ACT CONCERNING RENT STABILITY AND NO-FAULT EVICTIONS. To provide stability for renters in the state by capping annual rent increases and establishing rules for no-fault evictions.