Connecticut Vote Reports

Adopts the "Connecticut Conservation & Development Policies Plan 2025-2030," prepared by the Office of Policy and Management.

Rescinds prior applications for an Article V constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Allows minors to consent to reproductive health services related to pregnancy and pregnancy prevention without parental consent or notification.

Establishes the Early Childhood Education Endowment to fund early-childhood care and education programs using state budget surpluses.

Mandates affordable housing units and support for homeless population. Additionally, it removes local control over zoning policy, and requires fair-rent commissions in towns with a population greater than 15,000.

Mandates that state agencies reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, funds the renewable-energy industry, and requires a statewide net-zero carbon-emissions goal by 2050.

Adopts the "Connecticut Conservation & Development Policies Plan 2025-2030," prepared by the Office of Policy and Management.

Enacts the "Firearm Industry Responsibility Act" which requires firearm-industry members to adopt broadly defined "reasonable controls," and allows civil action in the superior court against firearm-industry members.

Prohibits long-term care facilities from discriminating against residents based on "gender identity or expression, sexual orientation," and "human immunodeficiency virus status."

Allows minors to consent to reproductive health services related to pregnancy and pregnancy prevention without parental consent or notification.

Rescinds prior applications for an Article V constitutional convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Amends Connecticut law to expand welfare entitlements, allowing workers participating in a labor strike to receive unemployment payments.

Establishes the Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission to "advance bilateral trade and investment," "initiate joint action on policy issues," and "encourage mutual economic support."

Would allow towns to pay salaries and provide compensation to school board members.

Expands eligibility for the Care 4 Kids program to Medicaid recipients.

Would allow towns to pay salaries and provide compensation to school board members.

Apportions up to $100,000 in grants annually for nonprofit organizations to help students "without legal immigration status" apply for financial aid.

Streamlines cross-enrollment of children in federal and state "food and nutrition" assistance programs.

Would prohibit local vital-records offices from inquiring about a marriage license applicant's citizenship or immigration status.

Would require that anyone convicted of a "hate crime" to attend "anti-bias" training or participate in a community service program.

Would ratify the proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to grant Congress the power to "limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age."

Streamlines cross-enrollment of children in federal and state "food and nutrition" assistance programs.

Expands eligibility for the Care 4 Kids program to Medicaid recipients.

Establishes the Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission to "advance bilateral trade and investment," "initiate joint action on policy issues," and "encourage mutual economic support."

Allows pharmacists to prescribe birth control medication over the counter.

Redefines "sexual orientation" to mean a person's "identity" in relation to the gender or genders to which they are romantically, emotionally, or sexually attracted, and adds "age" as a protected class.

Requires public higher education boards to establish a plan, ensuring "reproductive health care services" for residential campus students.

Empowers the Banking Commissioner to regulate digital asset business practices, defines key terms like "virtual currency address," "virtual currency kiosk," and "virtual currency wallet," and sets forth requirements for virtual currency kiosk owners/operators to enhance transparency and consumer protection.

Enhances the environmental and public health considerations made under the state's environmental justice statute and provide the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Siting Council with the ability to deny certain permits.

Requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) commissioner to cover bariatric surgery and specified medical services for Medicaid and HUSKY B beneficiaries with obesity under certain circumstances.

Requires public higher education boards to establish a plan, ensuring "reproductive health care services" for residential campus students.

Redefines "sexual orientation" to mean a person's "identity" in relation to the gender or genders to which they are romantically, emotionally, or sexually attracted, and adds "age" as a protected class.

Empowers the Banking Commissioner to regulate digital asset business practices, defines key terms like "virtual currency address," "virtual currency kiosk," and "virtual currency wallet," and sets forth requirements for virtual currency kiosk owners/operators to enhance transparency and consumer protection.

Enhances the environmental and public health considerations made under the state's environmental justice statute.

Establishes a pilot program to reimburse certain professionals for student loan payments.

Provides Medicaid coverage, to the extent permissible under federal law, for diapers.

Prevents state officials from taking certain actions to assist in judicial cases involving individuals accused of supporting abortion-related services that result in crimes in another state.

Establishes the Connecticut Baby Bond Trust program for babies covered by Medicaid/HUSKY and creates the Community Investment Fund 2030 for "underserved" and "marginalized" populations.

Expands the authority of municipal flood and erosion control boards to include "climate resilience;" creates an Environmental Infrastructure Fund; and increases the authorities' powers to assess fees in all municipalities.

Proposes an amendment to the Connecticut Constitution that would remove current restrictions on absentee voting and permit the General Assembly to allow each voter to vote by absentee ballot.

Adopts the Connecticut Parentage Act, which recognizes same-sex "parentage" by, among other things, removing gender-specific references in state law (e.g., "maternity" and "paternity").

Defines domestic violence to include "coercive control" and expands the "best interest of the child" factors in custody decisions to include the child's "emotional safety."

Establishes the Connecticut Baby Bond Trust program for babies covered by Medicaid/HUSKY and creates the Community Investment Fund 2030 for "underserved" and "marginalized" populations.

Defines domestic violence to include "coercive control" and expands the "best interest of the child" factors in custody decisions to include the child's "emotional safety."

Declares racism a "public health crisis" in Connecticut, establishes a Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health, and creates a Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee.

Would amend HB6666 to entirely eliminate sections of the bill that grant the Connecticut Department of Health remote access to individual electronic medical records concerning "a reportable disease, emergency illness or health condition."

Proposes an amendment to the Connecticut Constitution that would remove current restrictions on absentee voting and permit the General Assembly to allow each voter to vote by absentee ballot.

Adopts the Connecticut Parentage Act, which recognizes same-sex "parentage" by removing gender-specific references in state law (e.g., "maternity" and "paternity").