Bills for Monitoring
Legislative Report


Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM




Priority Bills

HB 6917
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE IN THE STATE.

Bill Description:
To provide funding for enforcement concerning certain food waste diversion requirements, study the need and viability of extended producer responsibility programs for consumer packaging, provide for increased food waste diversion from certain entities, create source funding for food waste diversion infrastructure projects and authorize municipal and regional waste coordinators.

Substitute Language: HB 6917-APP-Substitute Language HB 6917-ENV-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 621 (6/4)

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Monitored Bills

HB 6185
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY DRINKS BY CHILDREN.

Bill Description:
To establish a working group to study the medical risks associated with the consumption of energy drinks by children and effects of a prohibition on the sale of energy drinks to children, and require signage related to the medical risks associated with the consumption of energy drinks by children.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 32 (3/3)

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HB 6229
AN ACT CONCERNING A REDUCTION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS AND POLYSTYRENE WASTE.

Bill Description:
To reduce the production of single-use plastics and polystyrene waste in the state.

Substitute Language: HB 6229-ENV-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations (4/29)

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HB 6765
AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTANCE WITH DENTAL SERVICES FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

Bill Description:
To establish a program to assist eligible veterans with certain costs associated with dental services received at The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and federally-qualified health centers.

Substitute Language: HB 6765-VA-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 260 (3/26)

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HB 6990
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY AND VIRTUAL CURRENCY WALLETS.

Bill Description:

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/23)

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HB 7082
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE MONEY TRANSMISSION STATUTES, STATE PAYMENTS AND INVESTMENTS IN VIRTUAL CURRENCY AND MINORS' MONEY SHARING APPLICATION ACCOUNTS.

Bill Description:
To (1) define "virtual currency control services vendor", (2) establish requirements for virtual currency money transmission licensees concerning (A) disclosures, (B) receipts, (C) the use of virtual currency under the control of such licensees, and (D) the engagement of other persons to store or hold custody or control of virtual currency for or on behalf of a customer, (3) establish that certain virtual currency held by such licensees shall be deemed to be property interests of any claimants against such licensees, and (4) prohibit the state, and political subdivisions of the state, from (A) accepting or requiring payment in the form of virtual currency, or (B) purchasing, holding, investing in or establishing a reserve of virtual currency.

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/30)

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HB 7158
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECURE TRANSMISSION OF MINOR PATIENT SAFETY PLANS TO SCHOOLS BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

Bill Description:
To require health care providers treating minor patients to (1) send any safety plan developed for such minor patient to such minor patient's school with the consent of such minor patient's parent or legally authorized representative, and (2) develop a discharge plan within a certain time period for any minor patient discharged from an inpatient facility.

Substitute Language: HB 7158-PH-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 938 (5/19)

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HB 7191
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID RATE INCREASES, PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY.

Bill Description:
To phase in increased rates of reimbursement to Medicaid providers over three years in accordance with a rate study commissioned by the Department of Social Services.

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 590 (6/3)

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HB 7252
AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVES.

Bill Description:
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.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 845 (5/7)

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HB 7254
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES' IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES RESULTING FROM THE MEDICAID RATE STUDY.

Bill Description:
To require a report on the implementation of the Medicaid rate study and a review of Medicaid rates.

Substitute Language: HB 7254-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 888 (5/12)

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HB 7277
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN CONNECTICUT.

Bill Description:
To address issues relating to the provision of special education in Connecticut.

Recent Action Taken:
Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/23)

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SB 2
AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Bill Description:
To (1) establish various requirements concerning artificial intelligence systems, (2) require the Department of Economic and Community Development to (A) establish an artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox program, (B) plan to establish a technology transfer program, (C) establish a confidential computing cluster, (D) conduct a "CT AI Symposium", and (E) design an algorithmic computer model, (3) require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to establish a "Connecticut AI Academy" and require the Labor Department, and home visiting programs overseen by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, to provide information concerning said academy, (4) establish a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board, (5) modify the "computer science education and workforce development account", (6) modify the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, (7) establish an artificial intelligence systems fellowship program, (8) establish an artificial intelligence task force, (9) require state agencies to take various actions regarding generative artificial intelligence, and (10) prohibit dissemination of certain synthetic images.

Substitute Language: SB 2-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
House Calendar Number 599 (5/16)

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SB 805
AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES TO SPEND NOT LESS THAN EIGHTY PER CENT OF REVENUES ON DIRECT PATIENT CARE.

Bill Description:
To improve the quality of care in nursing homes.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 371 (4/1)

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SB 1237
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION AND DELINQUENCY ASSESSMENTS, TICKET DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES, PROHIBITED ADVERTISING PRACTICES AND LOTTERY TICKET REDEMPTION.

Bill Description:
To (1) authorize hardship waivers of interest for delinquent lottery sales agents, (2) specify that persons providing ticket distribution services for the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall not be required to obtain a vendor license, (3) authorize the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to issue an endorsement to a corporation employee's occupational license to enable such employee to engage in the corporation's operation of certain forms of gaming or wagering without obtaining an additional license, and (4) authorize advertising, marketing and other promotional materials promulgated by or on behalf of a gaming entity licensee to imply greater chances of winning based on larger wagers in certain online keno and lottery draw games.

Substitute Language: SB 1237-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 575 (4/8)

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SB 1279
AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME STAFFING RATIOS.

Bill Description:
To (1) establish minimum nursing home staffing levels, and (2) impose stricter penalties for violations.

Substitute Language: SB 1279-AGE-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 101 (3/18)

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SB 1299
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID-COVERED DENTAL CARE.

Bill Description:
To expand preventive adult oral health services covered under Medicaid and require that Medicaid payment be made for eligible dental services and procedures at mobile dental clinics and school-based health centers and sites without requiring such services or procedures be provided in a single visit.

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/7)

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SB 1326
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FOOD SAFETY AND ORAL HEALTH.

Bill Description:
To (1) increase the average monthly fluoride content of water systems, and (2) require the Commissioner of Public Health to adopt and administer by reference the United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code and any revision thereto issued on or before December 31, 2024.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 288 (3/27)

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SB 1418
AN ACT REDUCING BARRIERS TO FOOD SECURITY.

Bill Description:
To maximize state and federal resources to reduce barriers to food security.

Substitute Language: SB 1418-HS-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/7)

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SB 1507
AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIVATE EQUITY OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND THE CONTROLLING OF OR INTERFERENCE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT AND CLINICAL DECISIONS OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND REQUIRING AN EVALUATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO MANAGE HOSPITALS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.

Bill Description:
To prohibit private equity ownership and control of certain health care institutions and the controlling of or interference with the professional judgment and clinical decisions of certain health care providers.

Substitute Language: SB 1507-PH-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 614 (4/9)

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SB 1510
AN ACT CONCERNING ASSORTED REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.

Bill Description:
To (1) require EASTCONN to establish a pilot program to implement a uniform chart of accounts, (2) increase the retirement benefit for full-time credited service in an alliance district and reduce the penalty for early retirement, (3) from the funds appropriated for the after-school program grant program, (A) provide a grant-in-aid to an organization that provides support services to grant recipients, and (B) set aside ten per cent for towns with populations between seven thousand five hundred and twenty thousand, (4) remove the allowance for the establishment of a Connecticut School Reform Resource Center through contract with a regional educational resource center, and (5) require the Department of Education to allocate funds to the State Education Resource Center as specified in its annual budget.

Substitute Language: SB 1510-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (3/26)

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SB 1541
AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF THE CORRECTION OMBUDS, DISCLOSURE OF DISCIPLINARY MATTERS OR ALLEGED MISCONDUCT BY A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION EMPLOYEE, USE OF FORCE AND BODY CAMERAS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS.

Bill Description:
To (1) lengthen the term of the Correction Ombuds, (2) modify the duties and powers of the Office of the Correction Ombuds, (3) amend the budget process for the Office of the Correction Ombuds, (4) modify provisions concerning use of force in correctional facilities, (5) require the development of a plan for use of body cameras by correctional officers, and (6) permit claimants to be granted permission to sue the state in the case of certain claims by persons who are incarcerated.

Substitute Language: SB 1541-JUD-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/30)

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HB 6771
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA TASK FORCE, REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BIOMARKER TESTING AND CONCERNING TRANSFERS AND DISCHARGES IN RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES, TUITION WAIVERS FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS WHO TAKE COURSES AT REGIONAL COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES.

Bill Description:
To require health insurance coverage for biomarker testing.

Substitute Language: HB 6771-AGE-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/3)

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HB 6870
AN ACT ADDRESSING PATIENTS' PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.

Bill Description:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

Recent Action Taken:
Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/6)

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HB 7132
AN ACT CONCERNING NON-SAFETY-RELATED TRAFFIC STOPS, DRIVING WHILE CONSUMING CANNABIS AND EXCESSIVE RECKLESS DRIVING.

Bill Description:
To clarify and amend certain statutes for traffic stops concerning properly displaying a number plate, lamps and illuminating devices, windshields and registration.

Substitute Language: HB 7132-JUD-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/9)

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HB 7133
AN ACT CONCERNING PAROLE ELIGIBILITY.

Bill Description:
To permit the Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider parole for a person who (1) committed a crime or crimes while such person was under twenty-one years of age, (2) received a lengthy sentence, and (3) has served a specified minimum portion of that sentence, regardless of when such crime or crimes were committed.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 768 (4/24)

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HB 7251
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESOLUTION OF CLAIMS FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION BY THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER.

Bill Description:
To permit the Attorney General and a claimant to stipulate to facts and a compensation award that may, in certain instances, be approved by the Claims Commissioner without the need for the General Assembly to approve such agreement or stipulation.

Substitute Language: HB 7251-JUD-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/10)

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HB 7271
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION RATES IN THE STATE AND REDUCING A FEE ON INFUSED BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

Bill Description:
To (1) establish a working group to study the redemption rates of beverage containers in the state and the effect of the increase in refund value on such rates and beverage consumption and costs to deposit initiators, and (2) reduce the fee on infused beverage containers and legacy infused beverage containers to five cents.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 892 (5/12)

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HB 7287
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO REVENUE AND OTHER ITEMS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BUDGET.

Bill Description:

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/30)

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SB 1235
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING LOTTERY AND GAMING REGULATION.

Bill Description:
To (1) prohibit lottery ticket resales and ticket courier services, (2) modify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's disciplinary authority concerning certain gaming licensees, (3) require vendor and affiliate licensees to provide books and records, (4) define and redefine certain terms concerning gaming, (5) modify provisions concerning wagers on sporting events involving Connecticut intercollegiate teams, (6) restrict who may review certain criminal history records checks, (7) prohibit certain advertising, (8) authorize certain bets and wagers on boxing and mixed martial arts, (9) provide that certain persons conducting sweepstakes or promotional drawings shall not allow or facilitate participation in certain real or simulated online casino gaming or sports wagering, (10) provide that any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class D felony, and (11) repeal a provision authorizing the commissioner to appoint a director to perform delegated functions.

Substitute Language: SB 1235-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/24)

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SB 1247
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.

Bill Description:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 901 (5/12)

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SB 1251
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING A DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING TIMELY WHEELCHAIR REPAIR STANDARDS.

Bill Description:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations regarding health and human services.

Substitute Language: SB 1251-HS-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)

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SB 1357
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Bill Description:
To implement the Department of Consumer Protection's recommendations regarding (1) public accountancy and certified public accountants, (2) architects and the practice of architecture, (3) real estate licensees, (4) the skilled trades, (5) major contractors, (6) new home construction contractors and the New Home Construction Guaranty Fund, (7) community association managers, (8) closing-out sales, (9) mobile manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home parks, (10) the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers and the enforcement powers of various boards and commissions, (11) pure food and drugs, (12) the Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, (13) bakeries, food manufacturing establishments and food warehouses, (14) health clubs, (15) donation bins, (16) acceptance of cash as a form of payment, (17) the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, (18) the Home Solicitation Sales Act, (19) new motor vehicle warranties, (20) automatic renewal and continuous services provisions, and (21) mechanical contractors.

Substitute Language: SB 1357-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/24)

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SB 1405
AN ACT MODIFYING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS AND THE POWERS OF THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

Bill Description:
To make several changes concerning campaign finance laws and the State Elections Enforcement Commission, including redefining organization expenditure, solicit, contribution and expenditure, modifying what disclaimers are required to contain, reducing the number of required commission audits, restricting the timing of commission declaratory rulings, requiring legislative approval of guidance documents, amending provisions concerning the timing of contribution limits and procedures for rejected contributions and requiring legislative confirmation of the executive director of the commission.

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/9)

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SB 1484
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES.

Bill Description:
To (1) limit the use of electronic monitoring by an employer, and (2) establish various requirements concerning the use of artificial intelligence systems by employers.

Substitute Language: SB 1484-LAB-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/7)

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