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CTHB05004PassTo (1) establish early voting beginning in 2023 for certain elections and beginning in 2024 for certain primaries, special elections and referenda, (2) establish the number of days and hours of, and implement procedures for the conduct of, such early...
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2023-06-05
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
CTSB01189Engross
50%
To require that the deadline for filing nominating petitions with the Secretary of the State be seven days earlier than the deadline for filing such petitions with town clerks.
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2023-06-03
House Calendar Number 634
CTSB01221Engross
50%
To increase the maximum penalty for certain violations of the Freedom of Information Act to ten thousand dollars, to permit the Freedom of Information Commission to seek judicial relief for certain public agency misconduct and to require public agenc...
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2023-06-03
House Calendar Number 635
CTSB01157Engross
50%
To expand the list of public agency employees whose residential addresses are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and require employee notification of mass requests prior to disclosure under said act.
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2023-06-02
Bill Passed Temporarily
CTHB06908Engross
50%
To move up (1) the date of the presidential preference primary in years when the President of the United States is to be elected, and (2) the deadline for minor parties to certify their nominations.
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2023-06-02
Senate Calendar Number 605
CTHB06936Engross
50%
To convey parcels of state land in the city of New Haven to the New Haven Port Authority.
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2023-06-02
Senate Calendar Number 604
CTHB06940Engross
50%
To amend a prior authorization for a conveyance of a parcel of state land to the town of Fairfield to allow a new use for said parcel.
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2023-06-02
Senate Calendar Number 600
CTHB06937Engross
50%
To amend the property description and cost of a prior conveyance of state land to the New Haven Port Authority.
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2023-06-02
Senate Calendar Number 603
CTHJ00010Engross
50%
Resolution Commemorating The Twenty-fourth Anniversary Of The Connecticut-taiwan Sister-state Relationship.
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2023-06-01
Senate Calendar Number 581
CTSB01151PassTo redefine "quasi-public agency" and "public official" for purposes of the codes of ethics and to require registrants to provide the name, title and contact information for individuals who are authorized filers on its registration statement.
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2023-06-01
In Concurrence
CTHJ00001PassResolution Approving A State Constitutional Amendment To Allow No-excuse Absentee Voting.
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2023-05-30
In Concurrence
CTSB01158PassTo designate various days, weeks and months and make technical revisions to existing designations.
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2023-05-30
Signed by the Governor
CTSB01185PassTo make minor and technical revisions to the government administration and election statutes.
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2023-05-30
In Concurrence
CTSB01226Engross
50%
To afford mechanisms for the challenge of certain election administration laws, practices or procedures that may impair the electoral rights of certain protected classes of individuals.
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2023-05-26
House Calendar Number 613
CTHB06347Engross
50%
To require the Department of Administrative Services to award more state contracts for print and digital advertising to nonprofit entities and Connecticut-owned media outlet entities.
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2023-05-25
File Number 827
CTHB06939Intro
25%
To convey parcels of state land in the city of New Haven to the city of New Haven for economic development or municipal purposes.
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2023-05-25
File Number 826
CTHB06825Intro
25%
To require municipal clerks to, when a vacancy in candidacy is unfilled, obscure the name of the vacated candidate on the ballot.
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2023-05-24
Bill Passed Temporarily
CTSB01250Intro
25%
To reconvey a parcel of state land in the city of Middletown that has reverted to the state.
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2023-05-24
File Number 820
CTSB01249Intro
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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2023-05-24
File Number 819
CTHB06935Intro
25%
To amend a prior authorization for a conveyance of a parcel of state land in the city of Bridgeport to specify the sale price of said parcel and the amount to be deposited in the Special Transportation Fund.
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2023-05-24
File Number 814
CTSB01248Intro
25%
To convey a parcel of state land in the town of East Haddam to the town of East Haddam for purposes of establishing a farmers' market.
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2023-05-24
File Number 818
CTHB06909Engross
50%
To require state agencies to solicit feedback from members of a community before using terminology to describe such community.
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2023-05-22
File Number 809
CTSB01154Engross
50%
To implement the recommendations of the Auditors of Public Accounts contained in their 2022 annual report, including to exempt the disclosure of whistleblower complaints received by the auditors, authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct ...
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2023-05-19
House Calendar Number 561
CTSB01153Engross
50%
To amend the Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain proprietary records held by a public institution of higher education pertaining to research or teaching from disclosure.
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2023-05-19
House Calendar Number 560
CTHB06866Engross
50%
To require state agencies to update state forms and applications to include a nonbinary gender option.
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2023-05-19
File Number 802
CTHB06871Engross
50%
To (1) require that at least one voting tabulator be used in each voting district, (2) require the Secretary of the State to develop and distribute an instructional training video on recanvass procedures, (3) allow recanvasses to be conducted five bu...
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2023-05-19
File Number 792
CTHB06077Engross
50%
To develop a process for identifying and commissioning additional statues for the exterior of the State Capitol building that reflect the diversity of the state and to establish the State Historical Commission.
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2023-05-19
File Number 793
CTHB06903Engross
50%
To prohibit construction managers on a quasi-public agency project from self-performing work on such project and to prohibit quasi-public agencies from entering into contracts or agreements for success fees.
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2023-05-19
File Number 803
CTSB01152Engross
50%
To expand the prohibition against certain individuals contracting with state agencies under the state code of ethics unless awarded through an open and public process to include contracts with quasi-public agencies.
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2023-05-18
House Calendar Number 544
CTHB06872Engross
50%
To (1) nullify the vote of, remove, replace and impose certain penalties upon faithless presidential electors, and (2) allow for mandamus actions to be brought in the Supreme Court to compel certain officers to comply with laws relating to certificat...
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2023-05-18
File Number 786
CTSB01150Intro
25%
To implement the recommendations of the risk-limiting audits working group.
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2023-05-17
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB01190Intro
25%
To (1) rename "regional election monitors" as "regional election advisors", (2) provide that a regional council of governments, or a combination of regional councils of governments and individual municipalities, may appoint regional election advisors...
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2023-05-17
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB01222Intro
25%
To authorize a public agency to charge a redaction fee for the disclosure of a record created by police body-worn equipment or dashboard cameras that contains portions not authorized to be disclosed under state or federal law.
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2023-05-17
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB01188Intro
25%
To (1) prevent foreign interference in state referenda and elections and allow for greater enforcement of violations, (2) implement federal court rulings regarding independent expenditure political committees and contributions to such committees, (3)...
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2023-05-16
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB01225Intro
25%
To (1) create within the Citizens' Election Program a voucher system for the purpose of making grant moneys available to participating candidates for Governor prior to the state conventions, (2) establish the State Elections Enforcement Commission's ...
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2023-05-16
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB01223Intro
25%
To make revisions to provisions concerning the State Contracting Standards Board, including by giving the board authority over quasi-public agency procurement, requiring the hiring of full-time staff for the board, prohibiting the Governor from reduc...
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2023-05-16
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTHB06823Engross
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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2023-05-12
File Number 781
CTHB06826Engross
50%
To expand the scope of the state's false claim statutes by removing the requirement that false claims be relative to a state-administered health or human services program.
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2023-05-11
File Number 765
CTHB06870Engross
50%
To allow town clerks to retrieve absentee ballots from drop boxes beginning the first day absentee voting sets are issued.
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2023-05-05
Senate Calendar Number 448
CTSB01227Intro
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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2023-05-03
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTSB01064Intro
25%
To (1) establish early voting beginning in 2023 for certain elections and beginning in 2024 for certain primaries, special elections and referenda, (2) establish the number of days and hours of, and implement procedures for the conduct of, such early...
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2023-05-02
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
CTHB06401Intro
25%
To reduce emissions associated with concrete in any state construction projects administered by the Departments of Administrative Services and Transportation in an effort to combat climate change.
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2023-05-02
Tabled for the Calendar, House
CTHB06906Intro
25%
To require members participating at a municipal public agency meeting by means of electronic equipment to be visible when voting or debating.
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2023-05-01
Tabled for the Calendar, House
CTHB05720Intro
25%
To reestablish the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee.
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2023-04-25
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB06910Intro
25%
To (1) increase grant amounts for gubernatorial candidates, (2) modify the consumer price index adjustments for grant amounts and maximum individual contribution amounts across the Citizens' Election Program, as well as for organization expenditure a...
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2023-04-25
To Joint Appropriations Committee
CTHB06829Intro
25%
To prohibit publishers of electronic books and digital audiobooks from including certain restrictions in contracts or license agreements with libraries in the state.
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2023-04-24
Tabled for the Calendar, House
CTHB06938Intro
25%
To convey parcels of state land to the town of Beacon Falls for economic development purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Joint Government Administration and Elections Committee
CTHB06912Intro
25%
To (1) allow certain election workers to request that their residential addresses be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and (2) prohibit certain intimidating or harassing conduct toward election workers performing election-r...
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2023-04-18
To Joint Judiciary Committee
CTSB01183Intro
25%
To permit constituent units of the state system of higher education and the Military Department to have charge and supervision of certain changes to real assets involving expenditures of not more than three million dollars, redefine "project" for pur...
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2023-04-17
File Number 607
CTSB01186Intro
25%
To permit the Office of Policy and Management to establish advisory boards for data governance, redefine executive branch agency, delete a requirement for an annual report concerning high value data and require records requests involving CP20 WIN be ...
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2023-04-17
File Number 629
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