Connecticut Votes

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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").