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CTSB00260Engross
50%
To apply substantial conflict of interest provisions in the state code of ethics for public officials and state employees to conflicts involving the public official's or state employee's nonstate employer or spouse's employer.
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2024-04-19
House Calendar Number 393
CTSB00259Engross
50%
To expand the prohibition against certain individuals contracting with state agencies under the state codes of ethics unless awarded through an open and public process to include contracts with quasi-public agencies.
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2024-04-19
House Calendar Number 392
CTHB05304Engross
50%
To designate the state dog and state candy.
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2024-04-19
File Number 568
CTSB00257Engross
50%
To (1) specify that the Secretary of the State is the state executive for purposes of certifying presidential electors under the federal Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, and (2) move later by one day the required meeting of the presidential electo...
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2024-04-19
House Calendar Number 391
CTHB05409Engross
50%
To designate various days and weeks and revise existing designations.
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2024-04-18
House Passed
CTSB00253Intro
25%
To prevent foreign interference in state referenda and elections and allow for greater enforcement of violations, including by affording the State Elections Enforcement Commission more time to investigate foreign political spending cases.
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2024-04-17
To Joint Judiciary Committee
CTSB00264Intro
25%
To (1) amend provisions concerning the bonding authority and liability of the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority, (2) require state actors to notify the Treasurer of reportable financial obligations and agreements, (3) require the prior ap...
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2024-04-17
To Joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
CTHB05312Intro
25%
To prohibit libraries in the state from entering into contracts or license agreements with publishers of electronic books and digital audiobooks that contain certain restrictions.
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2024-04-16
To Joint Judiciary Committee
CTHB05313Intro
25%
To reestablish the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee.
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2024-04-16
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB05310Intro
25%
To (1) nullify the vote of, remove and replace presidential electors who fail to cast their vote as pledged, (2) specify that the duties of certain public officials which are related to the certification or declaration of election results are ministe...
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2024-04-16
To Joint Judiciary Committee
CTHB05306Intro
25%
To afford certain job protections to employees who (1) are candidates for, (2) hold, or (3) have been elected to but do not yet hold, the office of chief elected official of a municipality.
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2024-04-16
To Joint Planning and Development Committee
CTHB05315Intro
25%
To require members participating in a municipal public agency meeting by means of electronic equipment to be visible when debating or voting, with certain exceptions.
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2024-04-16
To Joint Planning and Development Committee
CTHB05448Intro
25%
To (1) allow certain election workers to request that their residential addresses be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, (2) establish a criminal prohibition on the possession of a firearm or deadly weapon within one thousand...
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2024-04-16
To Joint Judiciary Committee
CTHB05450Intro
25%
To prohibit distribution of certain deceptive synthetic media within the ninety-day period preceding an election or primary.
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2024-04-16
To Joint Judiciary Committee
CTHB05307Intro
25%
To redesignate the state insect as the spring azure butterfly.
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2024-04-15
File Number 480
CTSB00252Intro
25%
To (1) implement federal court rulings regarding independent expenditure political committees and contributions to such committees, (2) reflect federal case law on aggregate contribution limits for individuals, (3) more explicitly recognize referendu...
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2024-04-15
File Number 482
CTSB00263Intro
25%
To (1) provide Citizens' Election Program grants in the event of certain adjourned primaries and court-ordered new elections or primaries, (2) ensure adequate funding for the program, and (3) include events at which a candidate or candidates are pres...
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2024-04-15
File Number 468
CTHB05309Intro
25%
To provide that, whenever under federal or state law ballots are required to be made available in languages other than English, elected municipal leaders may review such ballots for accuracy of translation.
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2024-04-15
File Number 481
CTSB00388Intro
25%
To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.
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2024-04-15
File Number 501
CTHB05452Intro
25%
To (1) require express written authorization from committee treasurers for campaign expenditures, (2) provide alternate disclaimer requirements for text or media message political advertising, (3) allow legislative caucus and leadership committees to...
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2024-04-15
File Number 489
CTSB00387Intro
25%
To exclude certain voluntary payments given by contributors to online political donation platforms from (1) the definition of "contribution", and (2) the provisions regarding illegal campaign finance practices.
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2024-04-15
File Number 470
CTSJ00193Intro
25%
Resolution Proposing An Amendment To The State Constitution Regarding Environmental Rights.
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2024-04-15
File Number 486
CTHB05449Intro
25%
To extend, to any candidate or exploratory committee for municipal office that is established by a legislator or state officer, the legislative sessional ban on contributions and solicitations by lobbyists and lobbyist political committees.
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2024-04-15
File Number 488
CTSB00390Intro
25%
To provide that certain felony violations of election laws shall carry a penalty of a minimum term of imprisonment of twelve months that may not be suspended or reduced.
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2024-04-15
File Number 476
CTHB05494Intro
25%
To (1) establish standards for proposed charter and home rule ordinance amendment ballot questions designed to increase clarity and simplicity for voters, and (2) provide for review, and approval or disapproval, of such ballot questions by the Secret...
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2024-04-15
File Number 490
CTHB05498Intro
25%
To (1) provide for video recording of absentee ballot drop boxes and retention of such recordings, (2) require town clerks to record the method of receipt for absentee ballots, (3) limit who may apply for additional absentee voting sets, (4) amend an...
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2024-04-15
File Number 491
CTSB00436Intro
25%
To amend the prohibition against disclosing the residential address of certain persons contained in personnel, medical or similar files by deleting reference to the employing public agency and expanding the prohibition to certain other employees wher...
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2024-04-15
File Number 471
CTSB00434Intro
25%
To increase various monetary thresholds for violations under the state codes of ethics.
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2024-04-15
File Number 485
CTSB00441Intro
25%
To establish a Municipal Election Accountability Board and a process by which said board may be authorized to exercise oversight of municipalities in the administration of their elections, primaries and referenda.
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2024-04-15
File Number 483
CTSB00460Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Enfield to the town of Enfield for recreational or open space purposes.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTSB00461Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Somers to the town of Somers for public safety purposes.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05518Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Canton to the town of Canton for economic development purposes.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05519Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Newington for purposes of annexation of said parcel by an adjacent property owner.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTSB00457Intro
25%
To reconvey a parcel of state land in the city of Middletown that has reverted to the state to its former owner for moderate-income housing and public recreational or community facilities.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTSB00459Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the city of Bridgeport in accordance with a 2001 lease agreement.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05517Intro
25%
To repeal a prior conveyance of a parcel of state land to the town of Wilton and sell the property at fair market value to the current tenant.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05520Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Berlin at fair market value.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05522Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Woodstock to the YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford, Inc. for seasonal recreation and other purposes related to Camp Woodstock.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05521Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of Cheshire to the town of Cheshire for economic development purposes.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTSB00458Intro
25%
To convey two parcels of state land in the town of Windsor to the town for economic development purposes.
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2024-04-15
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
CTHB05311Intro
25%
To (1) eliminate an elector's marking of an absentee ballot in such a manner as to disclose the identity of such elector as a reason to reject such absentee ballot, (2) provide that whenever multiple absentee ballot sets have been issued to an electo...
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2024-04-11
File Number 443
CTHB05408Intro
25%
To require executive branch state agencies to purchase a certain percentage of procured print or digital advertising from in-state commercial or nonprofit news publishers.
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2024-04-11
File Number 450
CTSB00355Intro
25%
To make revisions to the Freedom of Information Act recommended by the Freedom of Information Commission, including concerning the application of the definition of "governmental function", which statutory provisions require training by the commission...
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2024-04-11
File Number 428
CTHB05410Intro
25%
To exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (1) records of an investigation or complaint of alleged sexual harassment or an alleged discriminatory practice or the name of a person providing information concerning such allegations, ...
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2024-04-11
File Number 451
CTSB00391Intro
25%
To make revisions to provisions concerning the State Contracting Standards Board recommended by the board, including by giving the board authority over quasi-public agency procurement, prohibiting the Governor from reducing allotments to the board, r...
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2024-04-11
File Number 429
CTSB00393Intro
25%
To implement the Treasurer's recommendations for changes to the process for claiming unclaimed property, including by adding provisions concerning virtual currency, updating contact methods to include electronic means, requiring executors and adminis...
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2024-04-11
File Number 431
CTSB00392Intro
25%
To (1) require that the State Elections Enforcement Commission return to a candidate committee treasurer any contribution that does not qualify toward receiving a grant under the Citizens' Election Program, so that such treasurer may return such cont...
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2024-04-11
File Number 430
CTSB00394Intro
25%
To amend the Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain proprietary records held by a public institution of higher education pertaining to teaching or research from disclosure.
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2024-04-11
File Number 432
CTHB05453Intro
25%
To make changes to the membership of the Connecticut Siting Council, require additional cost-benefit analysis and information concerning related projects for certain proposed facilities, require additional notifications to the owner of property inten...
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2024-04-11
File Number 461
CTHB05497Intro
25%
To make technical changes in a campaign finance statute.
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2024-04-11
File Number 464
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