Sponsored by Commerce Committee - Connecticut (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action![]() |
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| CT | SB00942 | To raise the caps on financial assistance that does not require approval by the General Assembly in order to avoid the delays associated with such approval. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 House Calendar Number 603 |
| CT | SB01079 | To increase the amount of the manufacturing apprenticeship tax credit. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 House Calendar Number 612 |
| CT | SB01131 | To expand eligibility for and usage of the historic homes tax credit by (1) allowing homeowners to sell the credit to a business or apply it to the personal income tax, (2) lowering the minimum qualifying expense to fifteen thousand dollars, (3) rais... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 House Calendar Number 615 |
| CT | SB00619 | To update the Commission on Connecticut's Future and require the commission to meet by October 1, 2013, and produce a report by December 1, 2014. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 Public Act 13-19 |
| CT | HB06466 | To clarify that an applicant for financial assistance from the Department of Economic and Community Development or Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated is not required to provide the agency with collateral as a condition of receiving such assistance... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 In Concurrence |
| CT | HB06467 | To allow staff of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated to approve financial aid transactions in amounts up to three hundred thousand dollars in order to expedite the financial aid process for smaller transactions and allow the board of directors to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Senate Calendar Number 600 |
| CT | SB01004 | To encourage the exportation of the products and services of Connecticut businesses by establishing a preference in the Small Business Express application process for businesses that are attempting to enter foreign markets. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 In Concurrence |
| CT | HB06529 | To (1) allow municipalities to promote local resources on the Department of Economic and Community Development's electronic business portal, and (2) codify provisions of public act 11-1 of the October 2011 special session regarding the development of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence |
| CT | SB01007 | To (1) clarify that all manufacturers are exempt from the paid sick leave law, (2) allow employers to administer paid sick leave on the same annual basis as other benefits, (3) allow employers to determine their number of employees in the same manner... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 House Calendar Number 588 |
| CT | HB06528 | To encourage clean marina practices by providing clean marinas with additional grant eligibility and a preference in the awarding of grants for harbor improvement projects. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office |
| CT | HB06652 | To make technical corrections to the 2012 legislation that merged Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and the Connecticut Development Authority. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-10 Senate Calendar Number 577 |
| CT | SB00282 | To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to establish a Connecticut antiques trail. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
| CT | SB01078 | To increase the allowable gross vehicle weight of vehicles carrying agricultural commodities to one hundred thousand pounds. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 House Calendar Number 493 |
| CT | HB06651 | To implement the recommendations of the State of Connecticut Brownfields Working Group by streamlining and consolidating the state's brownfield remediation programs and statutes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-01 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
| CT | HB05459 | To develop a training program for local nonprofits, chambers of commerce and other organizations to foster the delivery of the programs and services offered by the Department of Economic and Community Development. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-01 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
| CT | HB05569 | To establish a Connecticut port authority and promote the commercial use of the state's ports. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
| CT | SB01080 | To require the state's higher education institutions to recognize the commercialization activities of faculty members during the tenure review process. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
| CT | SB00537 | To establish within the Department of Economic and Community Development a program that matches foreign investors with businesses or individuals seeking capital and apply for designation of such program as an EB-5 Regional Center. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 Moved to Foot of the Calendar, Senate |
| CT | SB01130 | To require any business seeking to bid on a contract or perform work on any public work by the state to file an annual local construction hiring plan. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
| CT | SB01006 | To require a state agency to, upon request, notify an individual or business of the statute, regulation, permit or order by which it has acted in regard to such individual or business. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 House Calendar Number 388 |
| CT | HB05568 | To establish a Targeted Health Area program and provide economic incentives to licensed physicians and physician offices providing primary care services or needed medical specialties in such targeted health areas. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
| CT | HB06469 | To streamline the annual report by the Department of Economic and Community Development in order to make it more customer-friendly, clear and focused. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 File Number 405 |
| CT | HB05460 | To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to develop a plan to facilitate the growth of a bioscience and pharmaceutical presence in southeastern Connecticut. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 File Number 395 |
| CT | SB00003 | To encourage job growth in emerging business sectors in the state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 File Number 381 |
| CT | HB05302 | To require a cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis to accompany legislation concerning state-funded economic development capital investments. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB00801 | To allow funds made available for small business development to be applied to the Small Business Express program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 Transmitted to the Secretary of State |
| CT | HB05018 | To provide a credit for businesses donating more than twenty-five hundred dollars to scholarships that help Connecticut students attend manufacturing training programs in the state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB01005 | To provide the Connecticut Trolley Museum with funds to improve and expand the museum in order to become a larger regional destination for visitors. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB00390 | To make permanent the job expansion tax credit. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB01133 | To expand the preference for in-state bidders in the award of state contracts and allow municipalities to enact similar preferences. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Labor and Public Employees |
| CT | SB00530 | To provide funding for the Consortium of Connecticut Art Museums, the redevelopment of the Norwich State Hospital property and the Labor Department's incumbent worker training programs, and to require the Labor Department to provide an annual report ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations |
| CT | SB00527 | To provide funding for various economic development projects. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB01132 | To (1) make permanent the tax credit for angel investors and allow venture capital companies to qualify for such credit, and (2) require the Departments of Revenue Services and Economic and Community Development to collaborate on a report to the Gene... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | HB05017 | To mandate, rather than allow, that the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development establish the Learn Here, Live Here program, and allow funds from that program to be applied to the establishment of a new business in the state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | HB06600 | To establish a pilot program providing a reduction in the tax rate of pass-through entities in the manufacturing, bioscience and allied health fields. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB00943 | To streamline the state economic strategic plan in order to make it more customer-friendly, clear and focused. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 File Number 71 |
| CT | SB01021 | To provide funding to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology for its Innovative Technology Insertion Program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations |
| CT | SB01008 | To streamline certain programs of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in order to decrease costs and serve the business community. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Environment |
| CT | SB00941 | To provide the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development with the same authority as Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated to provide sales and use tax exemptions for economic development projects. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
| CT | SB00759 | To permit businesses to remediate regulatory violations without penalty if such violations are resolved in a timely manner. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Environment |
| CT | HB06650 | To (1) establish a heating fuel excise tax to provide funding for the implementation of cost-effective energy conservation programs, and (2) require any furnaces or boilers to be Energy Star compliant in order to qualify for the residential heating e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06649 | To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to submit a report concerning the development of a private investment fund with a public mission to which the state would provide matching investments. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | SB00940 | To allow the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Community Development, to design and implement a permitting system for persons seeking to film on state property under the custody and control of the Depa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Transportation |
| CT | SB01077 | No Statement of Purpose. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-08 |
| CT | HB05019 | To establish a first-time homebuyer's credit in order to encourage the purchase of homes in the state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-08 |
| CT | HB06468 | To repeal the threshold project and high performance work organization statutes and the associated statutorily-required reports. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |


