Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM
Priority Bills SB 1163 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1163-GAE-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1536 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1536-GAE-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6846 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7228 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7228-GAE-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7229 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7229-GAE-Substitute Language 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 1232 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1232-GAE-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 7235 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7242 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7242-GAE-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7287 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1247 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1516 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information
AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS MODERATORS AT ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES.
To require that all persons appointed to serve as moderators, including as head moderators, at an election or primary be certified by the Secretary of the State and meet the qualifications for such certification.
File Number 531 (4/7)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN PARTY CAUCUSES, CONVENTIONS AND PRIMARIES, INCLUDING PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARIES, AND IN CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
To afford political parties the flexibility to use ranked-choice voting in party caucuses, conventions and primaries, including presidential preference primaries.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/27)
Monitored Bills
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER MEANS TO GENERATE DECEPTIVE SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND AFFECT ELECTIONS.
To prohibit distribution of certain deceptive synthetic media within the ninety-day period preceding an election or primary.
Tabled for the Calendar, House (4/28)
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REFORMS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS IN THIS STATE.
To (1) allow certain processing of absentee ballots prior to the day of an election, primary or referendum, (2) provide for notification of electors whose absentee ballots have been marked "Rejected" to advise of the opportunity to vote in person, (3) require that ballots be counted on the day of an election or primary beginning at eight o'clock a.m., (4) require individuals signing petitions to date their signatures thereon, (5) provide that petition forms for candidacies for municipal offices are available from the Secretary of the State instead of the registrar of voters, (6) limit the reasons after the close of the polls for which the canvass may be interrupted prior to the transmission of the preliminary results to the Secretary, (7) for discrepancy recanvasses, (A) require that all districts in a municipality be examined and not just the district in which the discrepancy was found, and (B) allow one party representative to communicate directly with the moderator, (8) require the Secretary to test the election management system, and give a demonstration thereon to local election officials, prior to each election and primary, (9) require the registrars of voters in each municipality to display a poster in each early voting location to assist electors in looking up their proper respective voting district to ensure they receive the correct early voting ballot, (10) require the Secretary to approve at least one electronic poll book for local election official use by January 1, 2027, (11) allow municipalities of a certain size to reduce their number of polling places for primaries, and (12) appropriate funds to the office of the Secretary of the State for early voting purposes.
Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/7)
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESSIBILITY TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR ELECTORS IN STATE CUSTODY.
To allow for eligible electors incarcerated in Department of Correction facilities to apply for absentee ballots.
File Number 694 (4/14)
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 IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RISK-LIMITING AUDITS WORKING GROUP.
To implement the recommendations of the risk-limiting audits working group.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/7)
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 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 STUDYING EFFORTS TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION AND AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL PILOT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE SUCH EFFORTS.
To establish a task force to study increasing voter participation, and civic engagement generally, in this state by examining the potential implementation concerns in pursuing such goal and looking at the experiences of other jurisdictions.
File Number 927 (5/15)
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 AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 901 (5/12)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO VOTING AND ELECTIONS IN THIS STATE.
To (1) expand certain post-election procedures for the correction of returns to all towns rather than just those divided into voting districts, (2) provide for notice to the Secretary of the State in certain matters relating to state or federal voting rights, (3) require registrars of voters to designate areas designated for curbside voting at polling places, (4) allow for the correction of errors or omissions of timely-filed endorsement, nominating or other candidacy-related certificates that would operate to invalidate such certificates if not corrected, (5) prohibit for a period of time certain individuals convicted of crimes under title 9 of the general statutes from circulating primary and nominating petitions and absentee ballot applications, (6) establish a Translation Advisory Committee and require towns to submit translated election-related materials thereto, (7) provide for the Secretary's pre-approval of town's ballots and authority to order corrections in case of omissions or errors, (8) establish an election monitor in a town of a certain size for the 2025 and 2026 elections, (9) prohibit the commercial use of certain voter registration information, and (10) during the ninety days prior to an election or primary, allow the Secretary to go to Superior Court to seek a declaratory judgment on behalf of electors alleging aggrievement.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)