Connecticut Senate Bill 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-1)
Status: Passed on June 16 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-16 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

To (1) establish a youth suicide prevention training program, (2) require certain licensed health care professionals to complete mental health and suicide screening and prevention training, (3) permit minors to receive more than six outpatient mental health treatment sessions without the consent of a parent or guardian, (4) require local and regional boards of education to integrate the principles and practices of social-emotional learning into programs of professional development and statements of educational goals, (5) permit parents to attend parent-teacher conferences remotely, (6) require additional parent-teacher conferences during periods when a school district conducts school sessions remotely, (7) require the provision of information by teachers concerning safety, mental health and food insecurity during such conferences, (8) permit local and regional boards of education to provide instruction to high school students remotely and prohibit such boards from deeming absent a student who attends school remotely, (9) require local and regional boards of education to permit students to take up to four mental health wellness days per school year, (10) require the collection of adverse childhood experiences data by local and regional boards of education and the Department of Education, (11) require the Commissioner of Children and Families to provide children in the care and custody of the commissioner remote visitation opportunities in lieu of in-person visitation, in the event of a pandemic or outbreak of communicable disease, (12) require the Commissioner of Children and Families to develop a policy requiring the cessation of in-person visitation on a case-by-case basis in the event that such visitation could result in the contraction of a communicable disease by one or more participants, (13) expand the operation of the Department of Children and Families telephone Careline to accommodate the receipt and provision of information concerning child abuse and neglect by text message, (14) require the Commissioner of Children and Families to provide certain notice to parents and guardians in the event that the commissioner is considering removal of a child from the home, and the services of a translator, if necessary, during any meeting to discuss such removal, (15) require the Commissioner of Early Childhood to develop and implement a plan to expand the birth-to-three program to provide early intervention services to children five years of age and under and eliminate parent fees for such services, (16) require the Commissioner of Education to establish an Internet access grant program for local and regional boards of education to provide students, educators and staff with Internet access during school sessions that are conducted remotely, and (17) establish a task force to study the comprehensive needs of children in the state.

An Act Concerning Social Equity And The Health, Safety And Education Of Children.

House Committee on Children	Sen. Martin Looney [D]	Sen. Robert Duff [D]	Sen. Douglas McCrory [D]
Sen. Saud Anwar [D]	Sen. Stephen Cassano [D]	Sen. Derek Slap [D]	Sen. Matthew Lesser [D]
Sen. Gary Winfield [D]	Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams [D]	Sen. Jorge Cabrera [D]	Sen. Marilyn Moore [D]
Sen. Julie Kushner [D]	Sen. Will Haskell [D]	Sen. Mae Flexer [D]	Sen. Alexandra Kasser [D]
Sen. Dennis Bradley [D]	Rep. Christine Conley [D]	Rep. Travis Simms [D]	Sen. Catherine Osten [D]
Rep. Gary Turco [D]	Rep. Amy Morrin Bello [D]	Rep. Anthony Nolan [D]	Sen. Christine Cohen [D]
Sen. Rick Lopes [D]	Sen. Patricia Miller [D]	Rep. Geraldo Reyes [D]	Rep. Lucy Dathan [D]
Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey [D]	Rep. Quentin Williams [D]	Rep. Juan Candelaria [D]	Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw [D]
Rep. Brian Smith [D]	Rep. Susan Johnson [D]	Rep. Hilda Santiago [D]	Rep. John-Michael Parker [D]

2021-06-02 - House - House Roll Call Vote 254 MOTION TO REFER (Y: 53 N: 91 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [FAIL]
2021-06-02 - House - House Roll Call Vote 255 MOTION TO REFER (Y: 53 N: 93 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2021-06-02 - House - House Roll Call Vote 256 HOUSE AMD A (Y: 57 N: 88 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2021-06-02 - House - House Roll Call Vote 257 HOUSE AMD B (Y: 52 N: 93 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2021-06-02 - House - House Roll Call Vote 258 AS AMENDED (Y: 112 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-05-06 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 131 (Y: 23 N: 10 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-06 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 132 (Y: 10 N: 22 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-05-06 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 133 (Y: 9 N: 22 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-05-06 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 134 (Y: 24 N: 9 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-06 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 130 (Y: 10 N: 23 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-05-03 - Joint - APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 33 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-03-15 - Joint - KID Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Joint - KID Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-16	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-06-10	Senate	Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2021-06-10	Senate	Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2021-06-09	Senate	Public Act 21-46
2021-06-02	Senate	In Concurrence
2021-06-02	Senate	House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2021-06-02	Senate	House Rejected House Amendment Schedule B 9762
2021-06-02	Senate	House Rejected House Amendment Schedule A 9720
2021-06-02	Senate	House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
2021-05-06	Senate	House Calendar Number 454
2021-05-06	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2021-05-05	Senate	Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2021-05-05	Senate	Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule C 7955
2021-05-05	Senate	Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 7262
2021-05-05	Senate	Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8095
2021-05-04	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2021-05-04	Senate	No New File by Committee on Appropriations
2021-05-04	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2021-05-04	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2021-05-03	Senate	Joint Favorable
2021-04-28	Senate	Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
2021-04-01	Senate	File Number 246
2021-04-01	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 175
2021-04-01	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2021-04-01	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2021-03-26	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/21 5:00 PM
2021-03-16	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2021-03-15	Senate	Joint Favorable Substitute
2021-03-04	Senate	Public Hearing 03/09
2021-03-03	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Children
2021-03-02	Senate	Drafted by Committee
2021-01-21	Senate	Vote to Draft
2021-01-08	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Children

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00002&which_year=2021
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R01-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R02-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R03-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00046-R00SB-00002-PA.PDF
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO07262-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO07955-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO08032-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO08095-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO08056-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/amd/S/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00HB-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/amd/S/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00HA-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO09760-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO09761-R00-AMD.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FN/PDF/2021SB-00002-R000246-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/BA/PDF/2021SB-00002-R000246-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO07955-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO07262-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO08056-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO08095-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FN/PDF/2021SB-00002-R01-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/BA/PDF/2021SB-00002-R01-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO09720-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO09762-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO09761-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-00002-R00LCO09760-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/SUM/PDF/2021SUM00046-R02SB-00002-SUM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TS/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R00KID-CV1-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TS/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R00KID-CV52-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TS/S/PDF/2021SB-00002-R00APP-CV52-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/S/PDF/2021SV-00130-R00SB00002-SV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/S/PDF/2021SV-00134-R00SB00002-SV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/S/PDF/2021SV-00133-R00SB00002-SV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/S/PDF/2021SV-00132-R00SB00002-SV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/S/PDF/2021SV-00131-R00SB00002-SV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/H/PDF/2021HV-00258-R00SB00002-HV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/H/PDF/2021HV-00257-R00SB00002-HV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/H/PDF/2021HV-00256-R00SB00002-HV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/H/PDF/2021HV-00255-R00SB00002-HV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/H/PDF/2021HV-00254-R00SB00002-HV.PDF