Connecticut

To make various revisions to the education statutes.

To establish various state-wide fire protection provisions relating to (1) fire protection services registrations, (2) local fire protection plans, (3) the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, (4) municipal fire protection requirements, (5) a Deputy State Fire Administrator position, (6) the Connecticut Fire program, (7) regional fire coordinators, (8) collection of dispatch data, (9) a First Responder Health and Benefits Unit, (10) requirements applicable to the State Comptroller, and (11) lights on fire protection vehicles.

To extend the deadline for a conveyance of a parcel of state land to the town of Hamden by one year.

To name the Connecticut National Guard Readiness Center in Putnam in honor of former Governor John Dempsey.

To (1) require the development of a product stewardship program for beverage containers sold in the state, (2) examine the legal implications of requiring state-specific labeling for beverage containers sold in the state, (3) establish a timeline for the picking up of beverage containers by distributors, (4) prohibit transshipment of beverage containers, (5) require the acceptance of certain processed beverage containers by distributors, (6) make permanent certain escheat distributions from beverage containers, and (7) prohibit the act of short bagging by redemption centers.

To require the hourly compensation for adjunct fire instructors to be adjusted at the same percentage rate as any general wage increase and cost-of-living adjustment included within the most recently ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.

To establish the crime of digital forgery.

To enable the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility to not pay certain fees to the Department of Revenue Services for a five-year period.

To identify resources for persons needing to place their companion animal in another person's care due to a domestic violence situation and to clarify the authority of the State Veterinarian to combat disease among companion animals and establish a working group to study ways to improve the funding of the animal population control program.

To convey a parcel of state land to the town of Woodbury for purposes of a commemorative memorial green.

To amend a prior conveyance of state land in the city of Middletown to clarify what use of the parcel is required and require the Shiloh Baptist Community Development Corporation to repay any mortgage granted on said parcel in case of its reversion to the state.

To require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to institute the use of modern technology and methodologies for the reporting of pesticide applications in the state and enable ready knowledge of where pesticides are being used, what pesticides are being used and the quantities of pesticides that are being used.

To make a technical correction to the definition of "sexually violent offense" and modify provisions concerning verification of a registrant's address and other information and associated penalties for failure to do so.

To implement the recommendations of the Auditors of Public Accounts submitted in their most recent annual report, including to require Governor or Attorney General approval for additional agreements with state employees over a certain amount, require agreements with foundations to provide when foundations will reimburse the expenses, salaries and benefits of state employees providing services for the foundation, remove the Comptroller from the Treasurer's audit, remove the State Contracting Standard Board's ability to request the auditors to conduct its audits, modify provisions concerning state agency contracts and agreements for auditing services, add a time frame for quasi-public agency annual reports to the auditors and provide that the annual comprehensive financial review of the Technical Services Revolving Fund is performed as part of the audit of the State Comptroller's annual comprehensive financial report.

To establish a school mapping data grant program.

To make technical and minor revisions to the government administration statutes.

To implement the recommendations of the Office of Early Childhood.

To establish a task force to study methods and programs for improving affordability for children, families and young professionals.

To make various changes to the general statutes (1) governing Judicial Branch operations, processes and procedures, and (2) affecting civil and criminal proceedings.

To expand access to and extend the psychedelic-assisted therapy pilot program.

To amend a prior conveyance of state land to the town of Stratford to permit the parcel to be sold, transferred or leased.

To amend a prior conveyance of state land to the town of Cheshire to expand the permissible uses for which such land may be sold by the town and extend the deadline for such sale an additional five years.

To implement the recommendations of the Department of Education.

To authorize the continued operations of certain crematories in the state while air permits for such crematories are being processed and renewed.

To implement the Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding various revisions to the environmental health and drinking water statutes, including statutes relating to bottled water, environmental laboratories and asbestos abatement.