Marilyn V. Moore

HB5239 Student Financial Aid for Illegal Aliens (passed 36 to 0 on 5/8/2024). Apportions up to $100,000 in grants annually for nonprofit organizations to help students “without legal immigration status” apply for financial aid.

HB5003 Increasing Access to "Food Stamps" (passed 36 to 0 on 5/8/2024). Streamlines cross-enrollment of children in federal and state “food and nutrition” assistance programs.

HB5523 Allocation of Unspent Federal COVID-19 Funds (passed 26 to 10 on 5/7/2024). Would allow towns to pay salaries and provide compensation to school board members.

SB5 Expanding State-Subsidized Child Care (passed 36 to 0 on 5/2/2024). Expands eligibility for the Care 4 Kids program to Medicaid recipients.

SB356 Paying School Board Members (passed 24 to 12 on 4/30/2024). Would allow towns to pay salaries and provide compensation to school board members.

HB6638 Defining "Sexual Orientation" (Passed 32 to 4 on 6/7/2023). 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.

HB6752 Embracing Digital Currency (Passed 24 to 12 on 6/5/2023). 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.

SB1147 Green Energy (Passed 34 to 2 on 6/2/2023). 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.

SB171 Birth Control (Passed 36 to 0 on 5/26/2023). Allows pharmacists to prescribe birth control medication over the counter.

SB1108 "Reproductive Health" (Passed 34 to 2 on 5/25/2023). Requires public higher education boards to establish a plan, ensuring "reproductive health care services" for residential campus students.

SB977 Government Healthcare Expansion (Passed 30 to 5 on 5/16/2023). 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. 

HB5414 Aiding and Abetting Abortion (passed 25 to 9 on 4/29/2022). 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.

HB6690 Baby Bonds Trust and Community Investment Fund 2030 (passed 34 to 2 on 6/9/2021). 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.

HB6441 Climate Change Adaptation Act (passed 26 to 10 on 6/7/2021). 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.

HJ58 No-Excuse Absentee Voting (passed 27 to 9 on 6/3/2021). 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.

HB63212 Connecticut Parentage Act (passed 35 to 0 on 5/20/2021). 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”).

SB1091 "Coercive Control" as Domestic Violence (passed 35 to 1 on 5/18/2021). 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.”