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July 5, 2006 |
2006-R-0417 |
2006 REGULAR SESSION BILL TRACKING REPORT | |
By Kristin Sullivan, Associate Analyst | |
This report lists the bills considered during the General Assembly's 2006 regular session whose provisions were enacted under another bill number. The provisions of many bills that die in committee or on the calendar in fact become law after (1) the original committee incorporates them in another bill that receives a favorable report or (2) a member offers the concept as an amendment that is adopted and incorporated in another bill. This report includes bills that may have changed in the final enactment from the language of the original committee bill or file, but represent the legislature's final action on the matter taken in the regular session.
During the 2006 regular session, the content or concept of 140 bills started as separate legislation but was later incorporated in other bills that passed. Table 1 lists the original bills in numeric order and shows the public act that included their provisions. Table 2 lists the bills by the committee to which they were first referred.
Table 1: Bill Tracking by Original Bill Number
Originated As Bill # |
Enacted as Public Act # |
Brief Explanation of Concept |
(1) Phases in a permanent manufacturing machinery and equipment property tax exemption and reimburses towns for the revenue loss, (2) establishes UConn programs to recruit eminent faculty and train entrepreneurs, (3) authorizes Connecticut Innovations, Inc. to invest in early stage companies and match federal grants to small businesses researching and development new products, (4) authorizes economic development funds for business incubators, (5) and creates an office of small business advocate within the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) | ||
1 §§ 9-14 |
06-83 §§ 9-14 (amended by 06-186 §§ 84-85) |
Expands the property tax exemption for manufacturing machinery and equipment |
Addresses permanency plans for foster children | ||
06-187 §§ 52-62 |
Requires (1) homemaker-companion agencies to register annually with the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), (2) agencies to maintain a surety bond, (3) new employees to undergo comprehensive background checks and complete a form about criminal convictions and disciplinary actions against them, and (4) agencies to provide written individualized contracts or service plans for their clients; and (5) sets the registration fee at $ 300 | |
06-187 § 22 |
Requires a study on the feasibility of creating a child protection registry | |
47 §§ 1, 4 |
06-135 §§ 1, 3 |
Allocates priority school district school readiness funding to certain towns and allows the education commissioner to provide regional education service centers (RESCs) with grants for interdistrict magnet school students to attend summer school |
51 §§ 1-2 |
06-186 §§ 66-67 |
Eliminates corporation tax surcharge for 2007 |
51 § 3 |
06-186 § 80 |
Establishes a job creation tax credit for businesses relocating to Connecticut and creating at least 50 new jobs |
51 § 5 |
06-186 § 81 |
Gives a $ 1,500 tax credit to companies for each qualifying displaced worker hired on or after January 1, 2006 |
51 § 6 |
06-83 § 20 (amended by 06-186 § 83 and 06-187 § 79) |
Authorizes tax credit for movie and digital media production in Connecticut equal to 30% of eligible production costs |
51 § 8 |
06-187 § 18 |
Extends sales tax exemption for residential weatherization products |
54 § 1-3 |
06-188 §§ 1-5 |
Increases reimbursement rates for nursing homes by 3% on July 1, 2006, by up to 3% for intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICF-MRs) on October 1, 2006, and by up to 4% for residential care homes (RCHs) on October 1, 2006; makes an exception to the increases for facilities that currently have higher interim rates |
54 § 4 |
06-188 § 8 |
Removes upper age limit on the state's Medicaid personal care assistance waiver program for people age 18 to 64 |
54 § 6 |
06-188 § 15 |
Changes prior authorization for Medicaid home health |
Authorizes $ 344 million in Special Tax Obligation bonding for (1) the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail service, (2) the New Britain-Hartford busway, (3) the West Haven rail station, (4) rehabilitation of coaches for additional capacity, (5) New Haven Branch line improvements, and (6) certain parking and highway improvements | ||
67 § 3 |
06-51 § 3 |
Changes the date for the state treasurer to file her annual report |
06-137 §§ 1-7 |
Makes changes to provisions affecting polling place accessibility; establishes a single date for the secretary of the state to make primary petition forms available to probate judge and legislative candidates; and changes the deadline for petitioning candidates to file their petition with the registrar of voters | |
06-187 § 18 |
Extends the sales tax exemption for weatherization products | |
Increases reimbursement rate for adult day care services | ||
06-188 § 9 |
Increases from 150 to 250 the cap on the number of participants in purely state-funded elderly personal care assistant pilot program | |
06-188 § 39 |
Increases state funding for chronic gamblers treatment program | |
06-187 §§ 92, 98 |
Transfers funds for protective services for victims of trafficking in persons | |
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(PA 06-152) |
06-187 §§ 23-24 |
Expands the duties of the chief child protection attorney |
Addresses permanency plans for foster children | ||
Increases funding for elderly nutrition by $ 800,000 | ||
06-135 § 20 |
Establishes a pilot in-classroom school breakfast program | |
Authorizes $ 12 million for an intermodal transit system in southeastern Connecticut | ||
06-187 §§ 65-66 |
Promotes Connecticut-grown agricultural products | |
06-130 § 15 |
Redefines “wrecker” to allow use for additional purposes | |
06-133 § 3 |
Gives the Department of Transportation authority to dispose of certain nonconforming property through private sale to abutting landowners | |
06-133 § 4 |
Gives Connecticut State University System traffic committees the authority to erect stop signs on campus roadways | |
06-188 § 26 |
Changes school-based child health program | |
06-188 § 27 |
Removes age cap for employed disabled | |
06-188 §§ 17-19 |
Increases maximum amount that the Department of Social Services (DSS) will pay for funerals and burials of people on welfare programs or indigent people without enough money to pay themselves and who have no legally liable relatives who can pay | |
06-188 §§ 40-41 |
Increases the maximum grant amount for the four towns selected to provide community-based regional transportation for the elderly from a one-time $ 25,000 each in FY 06 to $ 50,000 each during the two-year period covering FY 06 and FY 07 | |
346 § 1 |
06-188 § 38 |
Transfers duty to conduct comprehensive needs assessment of long-term care needs and project future demand for such services from OPM to the General Assembly, which must contract for the assessment after consulting with the Commission on Aging, the Long-term Care Advisory Council, and the Long-term Care Planning Committee |
346 § 2 |
06-188 § 54 |
Postpones the effective date of the establishment of a Department on Aging by six months, from January 1, 2007 to July 1, 2007 |
06-187 §§ 63-64 |
Authorizes the Department of Economic and Community Development to prepare a plan to develop fuel cell industries | |
Amends the State Building Code and Fire Safety Code concerning floor proximity path marking devices | ||
06-158 § 7 |
Authorizes wiring project funding for vocational-technical schools | |
06-135 § 21 |
Establishes a farm to school program within the Department of Agriculture and requires the Department of Education (SDE) to establish the Connecticut Grown for Connecticut Kids Week | |
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(PA 06-145) |
Makes changes to school construction grant procedures | |
06-192 § 13 |
Adds an additional condition to the reemployment of retired teachers | |
06-135 § 6 |
Makes certain minority students participating in a program that meets specified criteria eligible for in-state tuition | |
06-130 § 23 |
Makes it clear that motorcycle component parts are included in requirement that dealers offer part marking services | |
06-135 § 14-16 |
Makes changes to reading programs for priority school district students | |
06-187 §§ 27, 91 |
Adds nanotechnology development initiatives to the grant programs PA 05-198 required the Office of Workforce Competitiveness to establish | |
434 § 6 |
06-135 § 5 |
Extends the minimum expenditure requirement for towns receiving the Education Cost Sharing grant through FY 07 |
06-187 § 80 |
Expands and extends sales tax exemption for services provided by participants in certain joint ventures | |
06-186 § 75 |
Exempts the Arena at Harbor Yard and Dodd Stadium from admission tax | |
06-195 §§ 49-50 |
Allows authorized registrants to transfer or distribute drugs or controlled drugs to a licensed pharmacy, registrant, or a location authorized by the DCP commissioner when the governor or her authorized representative declares an emergency | |
06-83 § 15 |
Establishes a student loan repayment program for engineers | |
06-83 § 16 |
Establishes a loan repayment program for doctoral students in economically valuable fields | |
Adds Norfolk to the northwest corner probate district and eliminates the Norfolk probate district | ||
Adds the Kent probate district to the Litchfield district | ||
Expands the definition of a child under the state Family and Medical Leave Act to specifically include a biological, adopted, foster child, stepchild, or child whom the person has legal guardianship of or is standing in loco parentis | ||
06-188 §§ 16, 47-49 |
Restores HUSKY A and B self declaration of income; creates a Medicaid medical home pilot; and ensures Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment services | |
480 § 1 |
06-188 § 50 |
Requires DSS to provide Medicaid reimbursement for children's home health care in recipient's home or a substantially equivalent environment |
Creates Medicaid home- and community-based waiver for HIV and multiple sclerosis | ||
484 § 6 |
06-187 § 19 |
Allows tax credit pass-through for sponsors of qualified “employment expansion projects” that are not corporations but that would qualify for a corporation tax credit if they were |
06-137 §§ 31-32 |
Subjects the governor's spouse to certain provisions under the Code of Ethics and restricts former governors' employment under the revolving door statutes | |
06-130 §§ 16-17 |
Revises definitions of mini-motorcycles and motor assisted bicycles and narrows prohibition on mini-motorcycles | |
06-133 § 2 |
Adds two member to the Connecticut Pilot Commission, changes qualifications of some members, and expands the commission's duties | |
Allows towns to divide property into different classes and limits the annual increase in the amount of taxes paid on properties in each class | ||
Authorizes business tax credits for restoring historic commercial properties to residential uses | ||
Permits youth age 14 or older to work as a caddie or in a pro shop at public or private golf courses | ||
06-195 § 40 |
Requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to publish guidelines establishing mold abatement protocols that contain acceptable methods for performing abatement or remediation work | |
Authorizes up to $ 625 million in bonding for (1) the New Britain-Hartford busway, (2) New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail service, (3) transportation hubs, (4) a tourist transit system for southeastern Connecticut, and (5) other transportation improvements | ||
Authorizes up to $ 595 million in bonding for (1) the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail service, (2) the West Haven/Orange rail station, (3) parking garages along the New Haven line, (4) expansion of Shore Line East rail service, (5) expanding rail service from Danbury to New Milford, and (6) studying feasibility of a fuel cell power station for the New Haven line and establishing rail service from New London to Worcester, Massachusetts | ||
06-187 §§ 65-66 |
Promotes Connecticut-grown agricultural products | |
06-137 §§ 16, 18-20 |
Makes changes affecting funding for minor and petitioning party candidates under the Citizens' Election Program | |
626 §§ 5-7 |
06-135 § 22-24 |
Requires boards of education and state-funded pre-school programs to provide preschool information for the statewide information system, sets out acceptable uses for unallocated school readiness funds, and creates a penalty for unaccredited school readiness programs |
06-192 §§ 4-5 |
Allows regional school districts to create reserve funds | |
635 §§ 3-5 |
06-83 §§ 17-19 |
Establishes a (1) math and science challenge pilot program, (2) “Generation Next” pilot program, and (3) “Future Scholar” pilot matching grant program |
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(PA 06-159) |
06-194 § 7 |
Expands and modifies the Department of Revenue Services' (DRS) reporting certain tax data to the Office of Fiscal Analysis |
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(PA 06-162) |
Makes any municipal expense of executing an order to abate or remedy a building or housing code violation, including the service charge and penalty, that is unpaid for 60 days after its due date a lien on the real estate against which the expense was imposed, so long as the municipality complies with certain notice and recording requirements | |
676 §§ 1-3 |
06-186 §§ 76-78 |
Allows for an income tax deduction for contributions to Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) |
676 § 6 (PA 06-172) |
06-83 § 20 (amended by 06-186 § 83 and 06-187 § 79) |
Authorizes tax credit for movie and digital media production in Connecticut equal to 30% of eligible production costs |
676 §§ 7-12 |
06-83 §§ 9-14 (amended by 06-186 §§ 84-85) |
Expands the property tax exemption for manufacturing machinery and equipment |
676 § 13 |
06-186 § 79 |
Increases the maximum property tax credit against the income tax from $ 400 to $ 500 |
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(PA 06-163) |
06-159 §§ 3-4 |
Modifies reporting certain tax data to the Office of Fiscal Analysis |
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(PA 06-163) |
06-194 § 7 |
Modifies reporting certain tax data to the Office of Fiscal Analysis |
700 § 3 (PA 06-163) |
06-187 § 19 |
Allows tax credit pass-through for sponsors of qualified “employment expansion projects” that are not corporations but that would qualify for a corporation tax credit if they were |
06-187 §§ 3-11 |
Establishes an office of ombudsman for property rights | |
06-130 §§ 15, 18-21 |
Revises certain definitions and several requirements for holders of commercial drivers' licenses to comply with federal requirements, and authorizes motor carriers with unsatisfactory safety ratings to be ordered to cease operating | |
06-137 §§ 16, 18-20, 23 |
Makes changes to the Citizens' Election Program affecting funding for minor and petitioning party candidates, organization expenditures, and campaign treasurers | |
5053 § 24 |
Bans the use of state funds to install or replace certain outdoor lights on state buildings or facility grounds | |
Changes polling place accessibility, candidate certification, election officials' training, the Citizens' Election Program, lobbyists, vacancies in Congress, petitions, endorsed candidates, committee gifts, and justices of the peace in Trumbull | ||
06-137 §§ 9-10, 12-13 |
Changes the schedule for filling vacancies in Congress | |
06-187 § 18 |
Extends the sales tax exemption for weatherization products | |
06-187 §§ 25-26, 99 |
Transfers boxing regulation to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) from DCP and requires DPS to regulate sparring | |
Requires the DCP commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the appropriate boards, to adopt regulations by July 1, 2007 to establish limited contractor and journeyman gas hearth installer licenses and requisite training requirements for gas hearth product work | ||
06-188 § 21 |
Increases Medicaid payments to hospitals | |
06-137 § 8 |
Eliminates a requirement for town clerks to participate in election officials' training | |
Increases criminal penalties for hypnotists having sexual relations with clients | ||
06-195 § 5 |
Makes changes to the breast and cervical cancer program | |
06-195 §§ 6, 52 |
Allows for funding of a comprehensive cancer program and requires DPH to establish a comprehensive state cancer plan | |
06-195 § 23 |
Requires DPH to certify nursing home management services | |
Makes several changes to laws concerning products that contain mercury | ||