Active Bills & Regulations
CT - SB418 AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE THEFT.
Summary: To: (1) Allow the Labor Commissioner to issue fines and citations to contractors and subcontractors who violate the state's prevailing wage laws; and (2) permit the Attorney General to commence a civil action against a contractor or subcontractor who repeatedly violates the state's prevailing wage laws.
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CT - HB5041 AN ACT CONCERNING HOME ENERGY AFFORDABILITY FOR HOME RENTERS.
Summary: To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
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CT - SB473 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.
Summary: To make revisions to provisions concerning the State Contracting Standards Board, including by giving the board authority over quasi-public agency and municipal procurement, requiring the hiring of full-time staff for the board, prohibiting the Governor from reducing allotments to the board and limiting the selection of contractors from a list without a competitive process to emergency procurements.
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CT - SB321 AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURIES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
Summary: To extend workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress injuries to all employees.
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CT - HB5439 AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE THEFT RESPONSIBILITY.
Summary: To make a contractor liable for the unpaid wages of its subcontractor.
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CT - HB5479 AN ACT CONCERNING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS.
Summary: To require local and regional boards of education to maintain healthy indoor air quality in their schools.
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CT - SB343 AN ACT CONCERNING A MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY WORKING GROUP AND A GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, REGISTRATION OR TUITION FEES.
Summary: To (1) establish a working group to revisit the work of the military occupational specialty task force established under special act 13-5 and the legislative changes enacted in public act 14-131, and (2) establish, and appropriate funds for, a grant program for the reimbursement of certain licensing, certification, registration and tuition fees.
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CT - SB423 AN ACT IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS.
Summary: To require local and regional boards of education to maintain healthy indoor air quality in their schools.
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CT - SB292 AN ACT CONCERNING HEATING EFFICIENCY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR ALTERATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
Summary: To (1) prohibit the use of electric resistance or fossil fuel combustion systems in new residential construction or major alterations of residential buildings; and (2) establish a program for training and education of construction professionals in certain alternative residential heating sources.
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CT - SB347 AN ACT CREDITING MILITARY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TOWARD CERTAIN LICENSES RELATED TO SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS.
Summary: To expand existing procedures regarding credit for military training and experience, presently applied to certain trades regulated by the Department of Consumer Protection, to subsurface sewage disposal system work regulated by the Department of Public Health.
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CT - HB5354 AN ACT CONCERNING UNDUE DELAYS IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Summary: To extend time for employers to file a notice to contest a workers' compensation claim.
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CT - HB5151 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES, CONTRACTORS, HEATING FUEL, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND APPRAISALS.
Summary: To: (1) Require certain licensed contractors who, and businesses that, perform work on private residences to include certain information in invoices for completed work and services; (2) redefine "consumer" and "heating fuel" for certain statutes concerning heating fuel; (3) redefine "accredited continuing professional education" to enable electricians and plumbers to receive required continuing education through an online technology platform that includes real-time video and enables participants to interact with instructors in real-time; (4) redefine "appraisal management company" for certain statutes concerning appraisals and appraisers; (5) define "immediate family member" for certain statutes concerning homemaker-companion agencies; (6) restrict which individuals may serve as an agent under a power of attorney for an individual who is contracted with a homemaker-companion agency; (7) establish an exception to the general requirement that a contract concerning work performed on a private residence provide a consumer with a right to cancel such contract; (8) require certain licensed contractors who, and businesses that, enter into contracts to perform work on private residences provide to consumers, free of charge, copies of such contracts and amendments thereto; (9) change the deadline by which public accountants must complete their required continuing education prior to license renewals; (10) provide that a certificate of zoning approval shall not be required prior to issuing a new license to a bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse if the proposed use conforms to existing zoning requirements; (11) eliminate a licensing requirement for food warehouses; and (12) make conforming, minor and technical changes to the consumer protection and related statutes.
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Summary: To: (1) Allow the Labor Commissioner to issue fines and citations to contractors and subcontractors who violate the state's prevailing wage laws; and (2) permit the Attorney General to commence a civil action against a contractor or subcontractor who repeatedly violates the state's prevailing wage laws.
Details
CT - HB5041 AN ACT CONCERNING HOME ENERGY AFFORDABILITY FOR HOME RENTERS.
Summary: To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Details
CT - SB473 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.
Summary: To make revisions to provisions concerning the State Contracting Standards Board, including by giving the board authority over quasi-public agency and municipal procurement, requiring the hiring of full-time staff for the board, prohibiting the Governor from reducing allotments to the board and limiting the selection of contractors from a list without a competitive process to emergency procurements.
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CT - SB321 AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURIES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
Summary: To extend workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress injuries to all employees.
Details
CT - HB5439 AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE THEFT RESPONSIBILITY.
Summary: To make a contractor liable for the unpaid wages of its subcontractor.
Details
CT - HB5479 AN ACT CONCERNING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS.
Summary: To require local and regional boards of education to maintain healthy indoor air quality in their schools.
Details
CT - SB343 AN ACT CONCERNING A MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY WORKING GROUP AND A GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, REGISTRATION OR TUITION FEES.
Summary: To (1) establish a working group to revisit the work of the military occupational specialty task force established under special act 13-5 and the legislative changes enacted in public act 14-131, and (2) establish, and appropriate funds for, a grant program for the reimbursement of certain licensing, certification, registration and tuition fees.
Details
CT - SB423 AN ACT IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS.
Summary: To require local and regional boards of education to maintain healthy indoor air quality in their schools.
Details
CT - SB292 AN ACT CONCERNING HEATING EFFICIENCY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR ALTERATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
Summary: To (1) prohibit the use of electric resistance or fossil fuel combustion systems in new residential construction or major alterations of residential buildings; and (2) establish a program for training and education of construction professionals in certain alternative residential heating sources.
Details
CT - SB347 AN ACT CREDITING MILITARY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TOWARD CERTAIN LICENSES RELATED TO SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS.
Summary: To expand existing procedures regarding credit for military training and experience, presently applied to certain trades regulated by the Department of Consumer Protection, to subsurface sewage disposal system work regulated by the Department of Public Health.
Details
CT - HB5354 AN ACT CONCERNING UNDUE DELAYS IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Summary: To extend time for employers to file a notice to contest a workers' compensation claim.
Details
CT - HB5151 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES, CONTRACTORS, HEATING FUEL, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND APPRAISALS.
Summary: To: (1) Require certain licensed contractors who, and businesses that, perform work on private residences to include certain information in invoices for completed work and services; (2) redefine "consumer" and "heating fuel" for certain statutes concerning heating fuel; (3) redefine "accredited continuing professional education" to enable electricians and plumbers to receive required continuing education through an online technology platform that includes real-time video and enables participants to interact with instructors in real-time; (4) redefine "appraisal management company" for certain statutes concerning appraisals and appraisers; (5) define "immediate family member" for certain statutes concerning homemaker-companion agencies; (6) restrict which individuals may serve as an agent under a power of attorney for an individual who is contracted with a homemaker-companion agency; (7) establish an exception to the general requirement that a contract concerning work performed on a private residence provide a consumer with a right to cancel such contract; (8) require certain licensed contractors who, and businesses that, enter into contracts to perform work on private residences provide to consumers, free of charge, copies of such contracts and amendments thereto; (9) change the deadline by which public accountants must complete their required continuing education prior to license renewals; (10) provide that a certificate of zoning approval shall not be required prior to issuing a new license to a bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse if the proposed use conforms to existing zoning requirements; (11) eliminate a licensing requirement for food warehouses; and (12) make conforming, minor and technical changes to the consumer protection and related statutes.
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