Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM
Priority Bills SB 1288 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1288-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1510 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1510-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6185 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7067 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7217 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7217-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7253 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7277 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 2 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 2-GL-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 6 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 6-KID-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1244 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1244-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1371 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1371-LAB-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1392 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1392-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1450 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1450-PH-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1478 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1478-HS-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1511 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1511-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1547 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1547-APP-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1561 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 5001 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6857 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6857-GL-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6864 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6864-APP-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6866 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6866-APP-Substitute Language HB 6866-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7010 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7010-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7049 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7049-PH-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7075 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7076 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7076-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7077 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7077-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7123 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7167 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7167-APP-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7168 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7168-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7235 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7287 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1247 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1287 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1350 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1350-APP-Substitute Language SB 1350-ED-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1459 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1467 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1513 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1513-APP-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1525 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
To implement the recommendations of the Department of Education.
File Number 699 (4/15)
AN ACT CONCERNING ASSORTED REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.
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.
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (3/26)
Monitored Bills
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY DRINKS BY CHILDREN.
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.
File Number 32 (3/3)
AN ACT CONCERNING AN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION PROCESS FOR TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP OF HOSPITALS THAT HAVE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION, THE ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR PROPERTY TAXATION, A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS WHO ARE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED AND FUNDING OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION EXCESS COST GRANT.
Public Act 25-2 (3/12)
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.
To make various revisions to the education statutes, including, but not limited to, statutes concerning board of education budgets, accounts, meetings and employment negotiations, health assessments and related forms, school resource officers, open choice, out-of-school suspensions and expulsions.
File Number 648 (4/10)
AN ACT CONCERNING LIMITS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES.
To require a report on special education expenditures.
File Number 846 (5/7)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN CONNECTICUT.
To address issues relating to the provision of special education in Connecticut.
Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/23)
AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
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.
House Calendar Number 599 (5/16)
AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS AND DISCONNECTED YOUTHS.
To provide support for children from birth to age five and address challenges faced by disconnected youths.
House Calendar Number 593 (5/15)
AN ACT MAKING INVESTMENTS IN IN-DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 848 (5/8)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A JUST CAUSE STANDARD FOR TEACHER CONTRACT TERMINATIONS AND REQUIRING CONTRACT TERMINATION HEARINGS FOR TEACHERS THAT HAVE ATTAINED TENURE BE BEFORE A NEUTRAL HEARING OFFICER.
To (1) add a just cause standard for certain teacher contract terminations, and (2) make the decision of a neutral hearing officer in teacher contract termination hearings binding on the parties.
House Calendar Number 625 (5/22)
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.
To provide candidates for educator certification alternative methods for satisfying the minimum content knowledge requirements.
File Number 642 (4/10)
AN ACT CONCERNING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.
To recruit and retain health care providers in the state.
Signed by the Governor (7/1)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO STREAMLINE MUNICIPAL MEDICAID BILLING.
To establish an interagency task force to streamline municipal billing for Medicaid-funded school-based health services.
File Number 442 (4/2)
AN ACT CONCERNING DISCONNECTED YOUTH.
To (1) increase the foundation amount for equalization aid grants and add weight for students eligible for free or reduced price meals, multilingual learners and students requiring special education, (2) add the Department of Correction and Court Support Services to P20 WIN and require data collection and sharing concerning disconnected youth, (3) require establishment of a youth success oversight board within a regional council of governments, (4) require the establishment of a program to provide school-based telehealth mental health services, and (5) require the distribution of youth employment funds to regional workforce development boards based on the percentage of disadvantaged youth in such region.
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (4/1)
AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR NONPROFITS.
To require increases to rates for employees of nonprofit providers.
File Number 877 (5/12)
AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
To address issues relating to resources for special education in Connecticut.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/27)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE QUALITY AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN CONNECTICUT.
To improve the quality and delivery of special education services.
Signed by the Governor (6/23)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND MINORS.
To (1) restrict a minor's ability to access any portion of a social media platform that recommends, selects or prioritizes certain media items, (2) provide for age verification to ensure that a minor does not access certain portions of a social media platform without consent from the minor's parent or legal guardian, (3) subject to modification by a minor's parent or legal guardian, restrict (A) the hours during which (i) a social media platform may send certain notifications to a minor, and (ii) a minor may access certain portions of a social media platform, and (B) who may view or respond to content a minor posts on a social media platform, and (4) require social media platforms to publicly disclose certain information on an annual basis.
File Number 931 (5/16)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 839 (5/6)
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCATION.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 857 (5/8)
AN ACT CONCERNING PARAEDUCATORS.
To (1) continue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the Comptroller's subsidy program for the health care savings account or health care coverage of paraeducators, (2) require boards of education to pay the full employee contribution to the municipal employees' retirement system for paraeducators, and (3) require the Comptroller to annually reimburse such boards fifty per cent of the amount of such payments.
Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations (3/26)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE REGARDING THE INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW PROGRAM.
To make various revisions concerning the practice of behavior analysts, including (1) requiring behavior analysts to submit to a comprehensive background check when applying for licensure, (2) designating persons working under the supervision of behavior analysts as mandated reporters, (3) establishing certain notification and disciplinary requirements relating to behavior analysts who abuse or neglect children, (4) requiring employers of behavior analysts to notify patients regarding complaint procedures, (5) establishing a task force to study issues relating to behavior analysts, and (6) allowing the Commissioner of Public Health and Child Advocate to share information and data for the purposes of the infant mortality review program.
File Number 121 (3/18)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF ISLAMIC AND ARAB STUDIES CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
To require the State Board of Education to make available to school districts curriculum materials concerning Islamic and Arab Studies.
File Number 597 (4/8)
AN ACT PROVIDING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF.
To provide local and regional boards of education relief from certain education mandates.
File Number 621 (4/9)
AN ACT CONCERNING CRISIS RESPONSE DRILLS.
To implement the recommendations of the School Crisis Response Drills Working Group regarding the development of protocols for conducting crisis response drills in schools.
File Number 598 (4/8)
AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY FAMILIES AND EDUCATION POLICIES REGARDING ENROLLMENT FOR PURPOSES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PLACEMENT STABILITY.
To (1) ease transitions for students of military families who require special education services when enrolling in new schools due to servicemembers' relocation orders, and (2) allow students of military families to remain enrolled in schools when servicemembers are relocated away from such schools.
File Number 322 (3/27)
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING.
To make revisions to the education cost sharing grant and the choice program grant.
File Number 886 (5/12)
AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
To establish a (1) tuition assistance program for students in teacher preparation programs at a public institution of higher education, and (2) scholarship program for teachers who completed an alternative route to certification program and are pursuing a master's degree, and to appropriate fifty million dollars from the Cannabis Social Equity and Innovation Fund for the tuition assistance program.
Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations (3/26)
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND.
To review appropriations from funds other than the General Fund.
File Number 844 (5/7)
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.
Signed by the Governor (6/30)
AN ACT INCREASING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.
To improve the quality of education for the state's children.
Signed by the Governor (6/23)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 901 (5/12)
AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
To require the Department of Education to study schools.
File Number 286 (3/27)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND REQUIRING CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
To require (1) each board of education to develop a cardiac emergency response plan for each school governed by such board, and (2) the Department of Education to establish a grant program to assist schools, with a priority given to priority schools, with implementing cardiac emergency response plans and a procedure for monitoring adherence to cardiac emergency response plans.
File Number 849 (5/8)
AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER SALARIES.
To establish a minimum salary for teachers and require the Comptroller to distribute a grant to pay any difference between a teacher's current salary and such minimum salary.
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (3/26)
AN ACT REQUIRING A REVIEW OF THE COSTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY ALL PROVIDERS IN THIS STATE.
To require the Commissioner of Education to conduct a review of the costs of special education services provided by private providers and submit a report with the results of such review.
File Number 495 (4/3)
AN ACT CONCERNING ASPIRING EDUCATORS.
To make revisions to the laws governing the recruitment of aspiring educators.
House Calendar Number 645 (5/23)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM STATUTES.
To implement the Teachers' Retirement Board's recommendations for changes to the teachers' retirement system statutes.
Signed by the Governor (7/1)