Connecticut

To require the Office of Higher Education to establish a journalism fellowship program to fund not fewer than twelve journalism fellowship positions at local news organizations.

To prohibit landlords from requiring a security deposit in excess of one month's rent from any tenant.

To establish various requirements regarding shared appreciation agreements.

To exempt income of up to one hundred thousand dollars earned by a child living with a parent from such parent's gross income for the purpose of determining the parent's eligibility to participate in the rental assistance program.

To establish a Regulation Sunset Commission to make recommendations for the elimination of agency regulations and to establish an online portal for public input concerning potential amendments or the repeal of agency regulations.

To require the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to annually solicit organizations for inclusion on the list of qualified veterans' charitable organizations published on the Internet web site of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To study ways to encourage more nursing homes in the state to contract with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the provision of care to veterans.

To make minor and technical revisions to statutes relating to veterans' and military affairs.

To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to, not later than July 1, 2027, designate or acquire land as an appropriate final resting place for deceased Connecticut veterans.

To (1) increase from sixty days to ninety days the grace period afforded to members of the armed forces, upon their return from service out of state, for the completion of certain motor vehicle-related renewals or testing, and (2) waive the fee for original issuance of a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card in the case of any person whose veteran status is verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To establish tax credits for the conversion of commercial properties into housing.

To establish a program to certify independent inspectors and inspection firms to perform inspections under the State Building Code.

To require certain payments on mortgage loans issued by Connecticut banks and Connecticut credit unions on and after October 1, 2026, to be accepted and credited or treated as credited.

To require the Consumer Counsel to conduct a study of the feasibility of reducing the time it takes a consumer to switch electric suppliers.

To: (1) Revise certain electronic notice requirements for property and casualty insurers; (2) allow the State Insurance and Risk Management Board to fund reserves using certain funds; (3) require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a review of the motor vehicle glass repair national model; and (4) remove the Office of Health Strategy's study and reporting requirement related to prescription drug formularies.

To establish a rebuttable presumption of pension revocation for public officials and pension reduction for state or municipal employees when such official or employee commits a crime related to state or municipal office and to modify what factors the court can consider when determining whether to reduce or revoke the pension of such official or employee.

To repeal the current statutory maximum of one or two months' rent a landlord can require a tenant to pay as a security deposit.

To require the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to develop a comprehensive public health plan to identify, prevent and reduce the risks associated with Internet gaming disorder and identify any link between Internet gaming and gambling behaviors.

To (1) provide a mechanism for determining early voting locations when registrars of voters are unable to agree thereon, (2) modify the deadlines by which registrars of voters certify information regarding early voting and same-day election registration locations to the Secretary of the State and allow amendments to such certifications with notice to the Secretary, (3) eliminate the use of envelopes for early voting ballots and allow such ballots to be deposited directly into voting tabulators after being marked, (4) require registrars of voters to submit to the Secretary information regarding early voting and same-day election registration moderators, (5) prohibit early voting and same-day election registration officials from engaging in certain partisan activities on days for which they are appointed to serve, (6) align the provisions for appointment of same-day election registration officials with those for appointment of early voting officials, (7) amend a provision regarding the attachment of party enrollment privileges for consistency with prior changes, (8) prohibit registrars of voters from appointing as moderators certain persons with criminal backgrounds, (9) expand certain post-election procedures for the correction of returns to all towns rather than just those divided into voting districts, (10) provide for notice to the Secretary in certain matters relating to state or federal voting rights, (11) allow for the correction of errors or omissions of timely filed endorsement, nominating or other candidacy-related certificates that would operate to invalidate such certificates if not corrected, (12) provide for the Secretary's preapproval of town's ballots and authority to order corrections in case of omissions or errors, (13) during the ninety days prior to an election or primary, allow the Secretary to go to Superior Court to seek a declaratory judgment on behalf of electors alleging aggrievement, (14) require absentee ballot counters to maintain a log of rejected absentee ballots, (15) for discrepancy recanvasses, (A) require that all districts in a municipality be examined and not just the district in which the discrepancy was found, and (B) allow one party representative to communicate directly with the moderator, (16) exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act all ballots cast at elections, primaries and referenda, and (17) for voter registration information, (A) limit disclosure of birth date information to just the year, and (B) limit use of such information to election-related, scholarly, journalistic, political or governmental purposes.

To make the Commissioner of Education the department head of the Department of Education.