Connecticut AFL-CIO
Priority Bill Tracking
2026 Session
| Bill | Bill Description | Sponsor | Status & Public Hearing | Take Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 5496 - Support | An Act Concerning Workplace Violence Protections For Utility And Public Works Employees. Add language to expand to customer's property, not just the home. |
Labor and Public Employees | Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations (4/7) 03/10/26 10:00 AM in LAB |
Support |
| SB 358 - Priority | An Act Concerning The Retention Of Service Contract Workers. To offer greater protections to certain service workers who are displaced or terminated when service contracts are terminated. |
Labor and Public Employees | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate Senate Calendar Number 242 File Number 356 (4/2) 03/03/26 10:00 AM in LAB |
Support |
| HB 5442 - Watch | An Act Concerning The Property Tax Exemption For And Tax Agreements Related To Certain Class I Renewable Energy Sources. To specify the applicability of (1) a property tax exemption for certain Class I renewable energy sources and authorize municipalities to amend their 2025 grand list accordingly, and (2) certain tax agreements related to solar photovoltaic systems. |
Finance, Revenue and Bonding | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House House Calendar Number 441 File Number 666 (4/16) 03/11/26 1:00 PM in FIN |
Monitor |
| HB 5469 - Watch | An Act Concerning Colocated Electric Suppliers And Large Electric Load Customers. To require that large electric load customers in the state provide a sufficient source of electricity generation to meet the demands of such customers. |
Energy and Technology | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House House Calendar Number 305 File Number 421 (4/7) 03/12/26 11:00 AM in ET |
Monitor |
| SB 47 - Watch DEAD |
An Act Establishing A Personal Income Tax Deduction For Tips Or Gratuities. To establish a personal income tax deduction of up to twenty-five thousand dollars for the amount of tips or gratuities declared by a taxpayer employed in certain occupations. |
Sen. Eric C. Berthel (S32) | Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding (2/4) |
Monitor |
| SB 196 - Oppose | An Act Concerning Hospital Sale-leaseback Agreements And Attestations Concerning Lack Of Private Equity Control Of The Hospital And Control Of Or Interference With The Professional Judgment And Clinical Decisions Of Certain Health Care Providers. To (1) permit hospitals experiencing financial distress to enter into sale-leaseback agreements under certain circumstances, and (2) require hospitals to submit attestations that no private equity entity has a controlling interest in the hospital or interferes with the professional judgment or clinical decision-making of certain health care providers. |
Public Health | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate Senate Calendar Number 58 File Number 48 (3/17) 02/18/26 12:00 PM in PH |
Oppose as Written |
| SB 212 - Watch DEAD |
An Act Establishing A Tax Credit For Premium Payments For Certain Long-term Care Insurance Policies. To establish a tax credit equal to any increase in premium costs that exceed two per cent of premiums paid annually to purchase an individual or group long-term care insurance policy during a taxable year, and allow long-term care policyholders to carry such credit over to future taxable years. |
Sen. Saud Anwar (S3) | Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate (2/17) |
Monitor |
| SB 249 - Oppose | An Act Concerning Pension Revocation Or Reduction For Public Officials And State Or Municipal Employees Convicted Of Crimes Related To State Or Municipal Office. AG bill. Should be amended to limit elected and appointed officials, not rank and file public employees. |
Government Oversight | Public Hearing 02/24 (2/20) 02/24/26 12:00 AM in |
Oppose |
| SB 401 - Watch | An Act Concerning A Bridge Program To Allow Access To Food, Housing And Health Care Benefits. To establish a plan for a state-funded bridge program for persons at risk of losing federal food, health care and housing assistance. |
Appropriations | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate Senate Calendar Number 415 File Number 660 (4/16) 03/12/26 1:00 PM in APP |
Monitor |
| SB 444 - Watch | An Act Authorizing Certain Municipal Employees To Serve On Municipal Boards Of Finance. To authorize municipal employees to serve on municipal boards of finance if such employees receive less than ten thousand dollars in salary or wages annually. |
Planning and Development | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate Senate Calendar Number 193 File Number 282 (3/31) 03/11/26 10:30 AM in PD |
Monitor |