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Legislative Report


Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM




Priority Bills

SB 1237
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION AND DELINQUENCY ASSESSMENTS, TICKET DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES, PROHIBITED ADVERTISING PRACTICES AND LOTTERY TICKET REDEMPTION.

Bill Description:
To (1) authorize hardship waivers of interest for delinquent lottery sales agents, (2) specify that persons providing ticket distribution services for the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall not be required to obtain a vendor license, (3) authorize the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to issue an endorsement to a corporation employee's occupational license to enable such employee to engage in the corporation's operation of certain forms of gaming or wagering without obtaining an additional license, and (4) authorize advertising, marketing and other promotional materials promulgated by or on behalf of a gaming entity licensee to imply greater chances of winning based on larger wagers in certain online keno and lottery draw games.

Substitute Language: SB 1237-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 575 (4/8)

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SB 1235
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING LOTTERY AND GAMING REGULATION.

Bill Description:
To (1) prohibit lottery ticket resales and ticket courier services, (2) modify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's disciplinary authority concerning certain gaming licensees, (3) require vendor and affiliate licensees to provide books and records, (4) define and redefine certain terms concerning gaming, (5) modify provisions concerning wagers on sporting events involving Connecticut intercollegiate teams, (6) restrict who may review certain criminal history records checks, (7) prohibit certain advertising, (8) authorize certain bets and wagers on boxing and mixed martial arts, (9) provide that certain persons conducting sweepstakes or promotional drawings shall not allow or facilitate participation in certain real or simulated online casino gaming or sports wagering, (10) provide that any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class D felony, and (11) repeal a provision authorizing the commissioner to appoint a director to perform delegated functions.

Substitute Language: SB 1235-GL-Substitute Language

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 5269
AN ACT CONCERNING GAMING ADVERTISEMENTS AND PERMISSIBLE PAYMENT MECHANISMS FOR ONLINE GAMING ACCOUNTS.

Bill Description:
To provide that (1) a master wagering, online gaming operator, online gaming service provider or sports wagering retailer licensee shall obtain the permission of all account holders before authorizing any debit, charge or withdrawal on a jointly held debit card or credit card account, and (2) no advertising, marketing or other promotional materials published, aired, displayed or disseminated by or on behalf of any gaming entity licensee shall offer any financial incentive in order to induce individuals to engage in gaming.

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 627 (6/4)

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HB 5271
AN ACT PROHIBITING GAMING-RELATED ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Bill Description:
To prohibit gaming-related advertising, marketing and promotional activities at public institutions of higher education in this state.

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 626 (6/4)

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HB 5272
AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN GAMING-RELATED ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Bill Description:
To prohibit any gaming-related advertising, marketing or promotional activity that offers or provides any bonus, credit or other inducement to engage in or continue gaming.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 586 (4/8)

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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 6865
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

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

Substitute Language: HB 6865-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 633 (6/4)

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HB 7215
AN ACT CONCERNING PROBLEM GAMING.

Bill Description:
To require the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to establish a program for the treatment and rehabilitation of individuals and families affected by Internet gaming disorder.

Recent Action Taken:
Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations (4/29)

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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 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 1248
AN ACT EXPANDING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS.

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

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 330 (3/31)

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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 1357
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Bill Description:
To implement the Department of Consumer Protection's recommendations regarding (1) public accountancy and certified public accountants, (2) architects and the practice of architecture, (3) real estate licensees, (4) the skilled trades, (5) major contractors, (6) new home construction contractors and the New Home Construction Guaranty Fund, (7) community association managers, (8) closing-out sales, (9) mobile manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home parks, (10) the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's enforcement powers and the enforcement powers of various boards and commissions, (11) pure food and drugs, (12) the Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, (13) bakeries, food manufacturing establishments and food warehouses, (14) health clubs, (15) donation bins, (16) acceptance of cash as a form of payment, (17) the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, (18) the Home Solicitation Sales Act, (19) new motor vehicle warranties, (20) automatic renewal and continuous services provisions, and (21) mechanical contractors.

Substitute Language: SB 1357-GL-Substitute Language

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

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SB 1463
AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURES, PAYMENTS AND REVENUE TRANSFERS BY THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION.

Bill Description:
To (1) require the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to (A) transfer online lottery and online sports wagering revenue to the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund, and (B) obtain permission from a lottery, sports wagering or fantasy contest winner before publishing or disclosing the winner's name, address or photograph, and (2) provide that no lottery sales agent's commission shall average less than five and one-half per cent of such agent's lottery sales.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 612 (4/9)

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SB 1464
AN ACT CONCERNING SPORTS WAGERING AND MULTIJURISDICTIONAL INTERNET GAMING.

Bill Description:
To (1) empower the Governor to enter into agreements for the purpose of authorizing online gaming operators to conduct multijurisdictional Internet gaming for peer-to-peer casino games; (2) require certain gaming licensees to (A) establish and disclose a toll-free telephone number to enable persons to receive assistance in resolving problems with electronic wagering platforms and accounts on such platforms, (B) take certain actions in response to errors in the odds offered on sporting events, and (C) disclose the maximum sports wagers established for online sports wagering; and (3) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to adopt regulations establishing maximum sports wagers for online sports wagering.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 581 (4/8)

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