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Legislative Report


Tuesday, January 27, 2026 2:42 PM




Priority Bills

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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HB 6978
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES.

Bill Description:
To implement the Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding various revisions to the public health statutes.

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

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SB 11
AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY.

Bill Description:
To increase access to affordable health care.

Recent Action Taken:
Rules Suspended and Transmitted (5/21)

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SB 10
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE AND PATIENT PROTECTION.

Bill Description:
To: (1) Establish (A) certain reporting requirements and enforcement provisions concerning compliance with mental health and substance use disorder benefit laws, and (B) the parity advancement account; (2) require health carriers to bear the burden of proving that certain health care services under adverse determination or utilization review are not medically necessary; (3) establish certain prohibitions on the use of step therapy for prescription drugs; (4) require health carriers to include certain provisions in contracts with health care providers regarding reimbursement for certain covered health benefits; (5) establish certain requirements concerning stop loss insurance policies for health care or medical benefits under any self-funded employee health benefit plan; (6) establish certain health insurance rate filing requirements and require that the Insurance Commissioner adopt regulations concerning affordability in rate filing; (7) prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to make an adverse determination based on medical necessity; and (8) prohibit any individual or group health insurance policy from imposing (A) arbitrary time limits on reimbursement for general anesthesia services, or (B) unilateral arbitrary limitations on reimbursement for medically necessary ancillary services.

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

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Monitored Bills

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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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 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 7044
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM PORTAL.

Bill Description:
To create the Early Care and Education Program Portal to provide families with a means of accessing real-time information about slot availability in early care and education programs in the state.

Recent Action Taken:
Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/7)

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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 7
AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THE EQUITABLE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE STATE.

Bill Description:
To protect continued access to health care and the equitable delivery of health care services in the state.

Substitute Language: SB 7-PH-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Disagreeing Action, Tabled for Calendar, Senate (5/29)

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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 1355
AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, DEVICES AND NONLEGEND DRUGS.

Bill Description:
To (1) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to adopt regulations to (A) ensure that nonsterile compounding pharmacies are able to engage in nonsterile compounding of drug products that include levonorgestrel, mifepristone, misoprostol or a similar component as an active ingredient, and (B) provide for the Department Consumer Protection, or one or more public-private partnerships, to import levonorgestrel, mifepristone, misoprostol and similar drug products and components, (2) eliminate a provision requiring the department to prominently post on its Internet web site certain information concerning pharmaceutical representatives, and (3) authorize certain persons working under the direct supervision of veterinarians to dispense prescription veterinary drugs.

Substitute Language: SB 1355-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Bill Passed Temporarily (6/3)

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SB 1395
AN ACT ESTABLISHING LICENSURE FOR LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS AND REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO STUDY THE DESIGNATION OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITALS.

Bill Description:
To establish a licensure category for long-term acute care hospitals and require the Department of Public Health to study the designation of long-term care facilities and chronic disease hospitals.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 579 (4/8)

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