School Nutrition Association of Connecticut
Legislative Report


Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM




Priority Bills

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 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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HB 7013
AN ACT CONCERNING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE LOCAL FOOD FOR SCHOOLS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

Bill Description:
To replace the Department of Agriculture with the Department of Education as the lead agency responsible for administering the local food for schools incentive program, to expand eligibility in such program to include providers of child care services, and to provide support and funding for such program and the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program.

Substitute Language: HB 7013-APP-Substitute Language HB 7013-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 557 (5/29)

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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 1511
AN ACT CONCERNING DISCONNECTED YOUTH.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: SB 1511-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (4/1)

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SB 1217
AN ACT PROVIDING SCHOOL MEALS TO ALL STUDENTS.

Bill Description:
To provide free school meals to all students.

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (2/21)

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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 7067
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.

Bill Description:

Recent Action Taken:
Public Act 25-2 (3/12)

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HB 7217
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: HB 7217-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 648 (4/10)

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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 1244
AN ACT MAKING INVESTMENTS IN IN-DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION.

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

Substitute Language: SB 1244-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 848 (5/8)

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SB 1288
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Bill Description:
To implement the recommendations of the Department of Education.

Substitute Language: SB 1288-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 699 (4/15)

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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 1371
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.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: SB 1371-LAB-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
House Calendar Number 625 (5/22)

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SB 1392
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.

Bill Description:
To provide candidates for educator certification alternative methods for satisfying the minimum content knowledge requirements.

Substitute Language: SB 1392-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 642 (4/10)

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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 1547
AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR NONPROFITS.

Bill Description:
To require increases to rates for employees of nonprofit providers.

Substitute Language: SB 1547-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 877 (5/12)

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HB 5003
AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION.

Bill Description:
To make use of the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund to fund early care and education programs and initiatives in the state.

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

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HB 5580
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DIABETES PREVENTION, EDUCATION, SELF-MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY PROGRAMS AND ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

Bill Description:
To provide Medicaid coverage consistent with federal law for diabetes prevention, education, self-management and medical nutrition therapy programs and establish an advisory council.

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

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HB 6857
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND MINORS.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: HB 6857-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 931 (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 6866
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCATION.

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

Substitute Language: HB 6866-APP-Substitute Language HB 6866-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 857 (5/8)

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HB 7010
AN ACT CONCERNING PARAEDUCATORS.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: HB 7010-ED-Substitute Language

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

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HB 7049
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE REGARDING THE INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW PROGRAM.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: HB 7049-PH-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 121 (3/18)

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HB 7075
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF ISLAMIC AND ARAB STUDIES CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

Bill Description:
To require the State Board of Education to make available to school districts curriculum materials concerning Islamic and Arab Studies.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 597 (4/8)

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HB 7076
AN ACT PROVIDING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF.

Bill Description:
To provide local and regional boards of education relief from certain education mandates.

Substitute Language: HB 7076-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 621 (4/9)

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HB 7077
AN ACT CONCERNING CRISIS RESPONSE DRILLS.

Bill Description:
To implement the recommendations of the School Crisis Response Drills Working Group regarding the development of protocols for conducting crisis response drills in schools.

Substitute Language: HB 7077-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 598 (4/8)

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HB 7123
AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY FAMILIES AND EDUCATION POLICIES REGARDING ENROLLMENT FOR PURPOSES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PLACEMENT STABILITY.

Bill Description:
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.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 322 (3/27)

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HB 7167
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING.

Bill Description:
To make revisions to the education cost sharing grant and the choice program grant.

Substitute Language: HB 7167-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 886 (5/12)

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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 1
AN ACT INCREASING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.

Bill Description:
To improve the quality of education for the state's children.

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

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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 1287
AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOLS.

Bill Description:
To require the Department of Education to study schools.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 286 (3/27)

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SB 1350
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND REQUIRING CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Bill Description:
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.

Substitute Language: SB 1350-APP-Substitute Language SB 1350-ED-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 849 (5/8)

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SB 1359
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Bill Description:
To make various revisions to statutes concerning child support, rates for certain residential living arrangements, reporting regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program, information required at managed residential communities to report abuse, neglect or exploitation and information dissemination from a registry of employees terminated for substantiated abuse.

Substitute Language: SB 1359-HS-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
On Consent Calendar (6/4)

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SB 1513
AN ACT CONCERNING ASPIRING EDUCATORS.

Bill Description:
To make revisions to the laws governing the recruitment of aspiring educators.

Substitute Language: SB 1513-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
House Calendar Number 645 (5/23)

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SB 1525
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM STATUTES.

Bill Description:
To implement the Teachers' Retirement Board's recommendations for changes to the teachers' retirement system statutes.

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

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