Connecticut Senator Herron Gaston [D]

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CTSB00132PassTo eliminate various provisions concerning dog racing in this state.
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2024-05-09
Signed by the Governor
CTSB00003Engross
50%
To (1) declare the state's policy concerning broadband Internet access service, (2) require certain broadband Internet access service providers to provide affordable broadband Internet access service, (3) require certain fee disclosures and prohibit ...
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2024-05-08
Bill Passed Temporarily
CTSB00349PassTo ensure individuals who are incarcerated are screened for dyslexia.
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2024-05-08
In Concurrence
CTHB05399PassTo (1) establish a council to develop a model policy related to the criminal justice response to sexual assault and require distribution of such policy to law enforcement units, (2) establish responsibilities of a peace officer at the scene of a sexu...
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2024-05-08
On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
CTSB00005PassTo support the state's public schools.
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2024-05-07
In Concurrence
CTSB00123PassTo (1) provide that no individual shall cause another individual to incur a coerced debt, and (2) establish procedures to (A) review documentation to determine whether debt is coerced debt, and (B) bring an action to establish whether debt is coerced...
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2024-05-07
On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
CTSB00001PassTo improve the health and safety of Connecticut residents.
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2024-05-06
In Concurrence
CTSB00409Engross
50%
To make a contractor liable for unpaid wages owed to an employee of a subcontractor at any tier who performs work on any portion of a construction contract.
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2024-05-04
House Calendar Number 488
CTSB00421Engross
50%
To enhance recruitment and retention of police officers.
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2024-05-03
House Calendar Number 474
CTHB05167Engross
50%
To authorize municipalities to abate up to five hundred dollars per assessment year of property taxes for certain first-time homebuyers who obtain a loan from the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
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2024-05-03
Senate Calendar Number 432
CTSB00416Engross
50%
To allow the conversion or partial conversion of any commercial building into a residential development as of right.
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2024-05-02
House Calendar Number 460
CTSB00002Engross
50%
To: (1) Establish requirements concerning the development, deployment and use of certain artificial intelligence systems; (2) establish an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council; (3) prohibit dissemination of certain synthetic images; (4) prohibit ...
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2024-04-25
House Calendar Number 426
CTSB00008Intro
25%
To make prescription drugs affordable and available for Connecticut residents.
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2024-04-23
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB00412Intro
25%
To create protections for warehouse workers in the state against unreasonable quotas imposed by employers.
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2024-04-23
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTHB05052Intro
25%
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
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2024-04-22
Tabled for the Calendar, House
CTSB00456Intro
25%
To require the development and implementation of a ten-year plan for each concentrated poverty census tract in the state to eradicate concentrated poverty in the state.
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2024-04-22
File Number 587
CTSB00408Engross
50%
To amend the definition of "hours worked" by including the time an employee spends in security screenings required by an employer for purposes of chapter 558 of the general statutes.
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2024-04-19
House Calendar Number 399
CTSB00004Intro
25%
To protect victims of domestic violence, deter the unsolicited transmission of intimate images by means of an electronic communication device and to prohibit the use of certain nondisclosure agreements in the workplace.
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2024-04-17
File Number 522
CTHB05470Intro
25%
To (1) establish minimum compensation and working conditions standards for network workers in the state, and (2) require the Commissioner of Transportation to establish a reciprocity agreement with neighboring states to allow network workers to pick ...
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2024-04-16
To Joint Transportation Committee
CTHB05331Intro
25%
To (1) prohibit the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles from suspending a license solely for failing to pay fines, fees or other charges resulting from a motor vehicle infraction or violation or for failure to appear for any scheduled court appearance wit...
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2024-04-16
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTSB00209Intro
25%
To (1) require certain nonresident landlords, project-based housing providers or agents in charge of rental properties to register certain personal identifying information, and (2) to increase penalties for repeat violations of building and fire code...
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2024-04-16
File Number 502
CTHB05174Intro
25%
To allow the installation of temporary shelter units for persons experiencing homelessness on real property owned by religious organizations.
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2024-04-10
File Number 401
CTSB00007Intro
25%
To support paid sick days.
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2024-04-09
File Number 339
CTSB00414Intro
25%
To implement the recommendations of the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health regarding equity in state employment.
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2024-04-09
File Number 355
CTSB00380Intro
25%
To (1) require services to be provided for certain youth who receive out-of-school suspensions; (2) revise the procedures by which notification is to be made to superintendents upon the arrest of a student; (3) clarify school resource officer reporti...
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2024-04-09
File Number 347
CTHB05358Intro
25%
To study the feasibility of a pilot program for community geothermal.
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2024-04-09
File Number 364
CTSB00413Intro
25%
To (1) require certain employers to provide advance notice to certain employees of such employees' work schedule and work schedule changes, (2) create a cause of action and penalties against employers for alleged violations, and (3) allow whistleblow...
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2024-04-08
File Number 313
CTHB05339Intro
25%
To prohibit institutions of higher education from considering the school disciplinary history of an applicant during the admissions process.
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2024-04-02
File Number 192
CTSB00156Intro
25%
To require nursing home facilities to spend at least eighty per cent of Medicaid funding provided by the state on direct care.
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2024-03-26
File Number 112
CTSB00006Intro
25%
To make housing more affordable for Connecticut residents.
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2024-03-25
File Number 92
CTHB05164Intro
25%
To allow striking employees to access unemployment benefits after a period of two consecutive weeks of striking.
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2024-03-21
File Number 78
CTSB00205Intro
25%
To eliminate income and asset limits in a program providing Medicaid benefits for employees with disabilities.
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2024-03-21
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTSB00306Intro
25%
To eliminate asset limits for HUSKY C health benefits over a five-year period.
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2024-03-21
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTSB00143Intro
25%
To require cause for the eviction of certain tenants and residents of mobile manufactured home parks.
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2024-03-18
File Number 38
CTSB00207Intro
25%
To allow a housing authority to expand its jurisdiction to include other municipalities.
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2024-03-18
File Number 40
CTHB05006Intro
25%
To restore funding to the Shore Line East rail line.
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2024-03-08
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB05154Intro
25%
To provide funding for the security deposit guaranty program.
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2024-03-07
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTSB00145Intro
25%
To (1) appropriate funds for certain homelessness and housing programs, and (2) require the Commissioners of Housing and Mental Health and Addiction Services to submit a report on the expenditure of such funds.
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2024-03-06
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTSB00036Intro
25%
To establish a refundable child tax credit against the personal income tax.
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2024-03-01
To Joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
CTHB05113Intro
25%
To increase certain personal income tax marginal rates and establish a capital gains surcharge to provide funding for a child tax credit, a mill rate cap and municipal reimbursements for such cap and support of certain higher education programs and i...
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2024-03-01
To Joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
CTHB05254Intro
25%
To permit real estate brokers and real estate salespersons to estimate the value of real estate for a fee or other valuable consideration and to perform comparative market analyses and provide price opinions or estimates of the value of real estate.
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2024-02-23
To Joint Insurance and Real Estate Committee
CTSB00058Intro
25%
To ensure that towns receive the amount entitled to them under the excess cost grant for special education regardless of the amount appropriated for such purpose in the state budget for the fiscal year.
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2024-02-14
To Joint Education Committee
CTHB05114Intro
25%
To establish an excise tax on the purchase of ammunition by a business for sale at retail and dedicate the revenue generated from such tax to fund grants through the community gun violence intervention and prevention program, with the advice of the C...
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2024-02-14
To Joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
CTHB05091Intro
25%
To invest twenty million dollars to stabilize and strengthen the state's homeless response system.
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2024-02-14
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB05008Intro
25%
To provide funds to reimburse the school food authorities for the difference between the federal reimbursement rate for reduced-price and fully-paid school breakfast and lunch program meals.
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2024-02-07
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB05010Intro
25%
To restore the one-third state subsidy to retired teachers enrolled in the Teachers' Retirement Board Medicare supplement health insurance package.
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2024-02-07
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB05012Intro
25%
To include room and board payments to in-patient substance abuse health care providers.
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2024-02-07
To Joint Appropriations Committee
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