April 9, 2019

2019 SDO Agenda Report

ECONOMIC COMPETITION & FAIRNESS

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 1: An Act Concerning Paid Family and Medical Leave 

Senate Bill 2: An Act Increasing the Minimum Fair Wage 

Senate Bill 5: An Act Establishing A Workforce Pipeline and Job Creation Task Force 

House Bill 7371: An Act Concerning the Retail Sale of Cannabis

Senate Bill 1085: An Act Concerning the Legalization of the Retail Sale of Cannabis and Possession of Cannabis and Concerning Erasure of Criminal Records in the Case of Convictions Based on the Possession of Small Amounts of Cannabis

Senate Bill 423: An Act Concerning Funding Connecticut’s Transportation Future

Senate Bill 764: An Act Limiting “On-Call” Shift Scheduling

Senate Bill 64: An Act Concerning Captive Audience Meetings

GUN SAFETY

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

House Bill 7219: An Act Concerning Ghost Guns 

House Bill 7218: An Act Concerning the Safe Storage of Firearms in the Home and Firearm Safety Programs in Public Schools

VOTING RIGHTS

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Joint Resolution 14: A Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the State Constitution to Allow for Early Voting

Senate Bill 266: An Act Requiring Polling Places at Institutions of Higher Education 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 991: An Act Concerning Access to Legal Counsel for Indigent Individuals in Immigration Removal Proceedings 

Senate Bill 689: An Act Concerning Tolling Temporary Restraining Orders

 

Senate Bill 653: An Act Concerning Open File Disclosure in Criminal Cases

Senate Bill 691: An Act Concerning Erasure of Criminal Records

EDUCATION

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 273: An Act Concerning Debt-Free College

Senate Bill 435: An Act Concerning Student Loan Forgiveness

HEALTH CARE

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

House Bill 7200: An Act Prohibiting the Sale of Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vapor Products to Persons Under Age Twenty-one

House Bill 7267: An Act Concerning Public Options for Health Care In Connecticut

Senate Bill 375: An Act Concerning Nursing Home Facility Staffing Levels

Senate Bill 750: An Act Concerning the Prevention and Treatment of Mental Illness at Institutions of Higher Education

Senate Bill 4: An Act Concerning the Accessibility of Prescription Drugs

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 526: An Act Requiring A Study Concerning the Creation of A Municipal Option to Amend the Municipal Fiscal Year to Align With the Federal Fiscal Year

ENVIRONMENT

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 598: An Act Concerning the Submission of a Plan for the Production of Hemp in Connecticut

Senate Bill 588: An Act Prohibiting Off-Shore Drilling for Oil and Gas in Connecticut

ENERGY

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 469: An Act Requiring the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to Establish Performance Standards and Minimum Staffing and Equipment Levels for Electric Distribution Companies

A CONNECTICUT FOR ALL

Introduced

Public Hearing & Testimony

Passed Committee

Senate Bill 3: Time’s Up Act: An Act Concerning Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment

 

Senate Bill 697: An Act Concerning Nondisclosure Agreements in the Workplace

Senate Bill 761: An Act Concerning Honest Recommendations in the Workforce

 

Senate Bill 765: An Act Ensuring Fair and Equal Pay for Equal Work

House Bill 7070: An Act Concerning Deceptive Advertising Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers

Senate Bill 394: An Act Establishing A Council on Protecting Women’s Health

Senate Bill 792: An Act Creating an Advisory Committee to Study Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Expression That Occurs in Workplaces and Schools in the State

Senate Bill 533: An Act Concerning Access to Diaper Changing Stations in Public and Commercial Buildings