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Legislative Report


Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM




Priority Bills

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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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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Monitored Bills

HB 6846
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER MEANS TO GENERATE DECEPTIVE SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND AFFECT ELECTIONS.

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

Recent Action Taken:
Tabled for the Calendar, House (4/28)

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HB 6970
AN ACT CONCERNING ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.

Bill Description:
To implement the recommendations of the Uniform Law Commission concerning the adoption of amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code.

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (7/8)

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SB 1466
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING.

Bill Description:
To establish a task force to study issues relating to consumer protection and occupational licensing.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 583 (4/8)

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HB 5574
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION AND OTHER UPGRADES AND REPORTS CONCERNING OVERTIME AND FINGERPRINTING.

Bill Description:
To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to report on the status of implementation of the CREATES project report recommendations concerning digitization of agency programs and to report annually concerning overtime worked within agencies.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 501 (4/3)

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HB 6864
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.

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

Substitute Language: HB 6864-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 839 (5/6)

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HB 6988
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN THE STATE.

Bill Description:
To require the Department of Banking to conduct a study and submit a report concerning financial transactions in the state.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 160 (3/20)

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HB 6991
AN ACT CONCERNING DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE MONEY TRANSMISSION STATUTES AND SOLICITATIONS AND ADVERTISEMENTS BY MONEY TRANSMISSION LICENSEES.

Bill Description:
To (1) define "digital wallet" and redefine "money transmission" and "stored value" for the purposes of the money transmission statutes, and (2) provide that no solicitation or advertisement by a money transmission licensee shall include any statement or claim that funds deposited with such licensee are eligible for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protections.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 194 (3/24)

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HB 7018
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TEST BED TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM.

Bill Description:
To facilitate the consideration of cost-saving technology by evaluating and testing the technologies at state agencies.

Substitute Language: HB 7018-ET-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
House Rejected Bill (5/31)

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HB 7235
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND.

Bill Description:
To review appropriations from funds other than the General Fund.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 844 (5/7)

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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 1179
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY MAKERSPACE INITIATIVE PROGRAM.

Bill Description:
To establish the Connecticut Community Makerspace Initiative program to support entrepreneurship, innovation and economic opportunity in the state.

Substitute Language: SB 1179-CE-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (7/1)

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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 1249
AN ACT ADDRESSING INNOVATIONS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 606 (4/9)

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SB 1292
AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY CONCERNING ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA CENTERS.

Bill Description:
To require (1) an owner or operator of an artificial intelligence data center to submit quarterly reports to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (2) the commissioner to adopt regulations concerning water and energy efficiency standards for such data centers.

Substitute Language: SB 1292-ET-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 538 (4/7)

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SB 1295
AN ACT CONCERNING BROADBAND INTERNET, GAMING, SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE SERVICES AND CONSUMER CONTRACTS.

Bill Description:
To (1) require the owner of a social media platform to incorporate an online safety center into, and establish a cyberbullying policy for, the owner's social media platform, (2) redefine "heightened risk of harm to minors" to include processing minors' personal data in a manner that presents any reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to minors' physical or mental health, and (3) require the controller of an online service, product or feature that is offered to minors to (A) include a default setting in such service, product or feature to prevent adults from sending unsolicited communications to minors, (B) not use any system design feature to significantly increase, sustain or extend minors' use of such service, product or feature, and (C) disclose to the Attorney General a plan established and implemented to mitigate or eliminate any heightened risk of harm to minors.

Substitute Language: SB 1295-GL-Substitute Language

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

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SB 1319
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CYBERSECURITY TASK FORCE.

Bill Description:
To establish a cybersecurity task force.

Substitute Language: SB 1319-PS-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 377 (4/1)

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SB 1336
AN ACT CONCERNING MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES AND UNDISCHARGED MORTGAGES.

Bill Description:
To require the Department of Banking to conduct a study and submit a report concerning banking issues in the state.

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

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SB 1434
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE TREASURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS CONCERNING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Bill Description:
To make revisions to provisions concerning unclaimed property, including providing when funeral service contracts are deemed abandoned, redefining "last-known address", creating a process to escheat property solely owned by a state agency, authorize a process to donate approved claims for charitable purposes and require notification for properties valued at fifty dollars or more.

Substitute Language: SB 1434-GAE-Substitute Language

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

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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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SB 1552
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONNECTICUT PRECIOUS METALS WORKING GROUP AND CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COINS, BULLION AND LEGAL TENDER.

Bill Description:
To (1) recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the state, (2) implement various initiatives to promote the ownership and use of gold and silver in trade and transactions, (3) establish the Connecticut Bullion Depository, and (4) establish the Gold Start Savings Program for children residing in a concentrated poverty census tract.

Substitute Language: SB 1552-FIN-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 853 (5/8)

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