Senator Kissel’s Business Bill Tracker
April 11, 2011SB 1 An Act Concerning Connecticut’s Energy Future
Sets energy-policy for Connecticut but commits the proposed Department of Energy and Environment Protection to numerous new studies, proceedings or programs that will add costs to ratepayers.
SB 359 An Act Concerning Employer Notice to Employees Regarding Mandatory Overtime
Requires employers to provide employees with 24 hours notice if they are going to be required to work more than 8 hours of overtime in a single pay period.
SB 361 An Act Concerning Preventing the Use of Credit Scores by Certain Employers in Hiring Decisions
Prevents employers from using an employee’s or prospective employee’s credit scores, report or history in hiring decisions with limited exception
SB 798 An Act Requiring Double Damages Be Awarded in Civil Actions to Collect Wages
Penalizes employers by requiring the to pay twice the full amount of wages to an employee in a civil action to recover unpaid wages.
SB 842 An Act Requiring Job Impact Statements on Certain Legislation Chosen by Legislative Leaders
Requires jobs-impact statements to accompany every legislative proposal with a potential effect on employment.
SB 880 An Act Concerning the Publication of State Agency Regulations on the Internet
Requires all state agencies to post their regulations online.
SB 901 An Act Concerning The Appointment of a Municipal Ombudsmen within the Department of Economic and Community Development
Established a municipal ombudsman within DECD who will work directly with towns to identify and facilitate economic development.
SB 902 An Act Streamlining and Creating a More Efficient and Business-Friendly Registration Process
Required the Commissioner of DECD and the Secretary of the State’s office to report to the Commerce Committee on ways to provide new businesses with information about license requirements, tax incentive programs and economic development assistance, and requires both to streamline the registration process.
SB 913 An Act Mandating Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave to Employees
Would make Connecticut the first state to require employers to provide one hour paid time off for every 40 hours an employee works as sick leave. Applies to employers of 50 employees or more with limited exception.
SB 988 An Act Concerning the Solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund
Would change the Unemployment Fund reserve goal to almost twice its current level, significantly impacting the length and severity of taxes employers must pay over the next 10 years.
SB 1007 An Act Concerning the Governor’s Recommendations on Revenue
Increases taxes by at least $1.5 B by expanding and raising the state sales tax, increasing the rate on the personal income tax, imposing property taxes on certain personal property, creating a new electric generation tax, continuing the corporate surcharge and more.
SB 1160 An Act Concerning School Transportation, the Development of a Model Teacher Performance Evaluation System, and Teacher Tenure Laws and Cooperative Arrangements
Amends last year’s reform bill to require the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council to develop a model teacher performance evaluation system.
SB 1176 An Act Concerning Electric Rate Relief
Imposes the only electric-generators’ tax on certain fuel sources. Will increase electric rates.
SB 1204 An Act Establishing the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange
Creates Connecticut’s federally-required health insurance exchange in away that undermines the private market.
HB 5306 An Act Streamlining the Process for Obtaining State Permits
Intended to streamline and consolidate the process for obtaining various permits from state agencies in order to facilitate construction projects and thereby stimulate the economy.
HB 5359 An Act Concerning Expediting the State Permitting Processes
Required any state agency that issues permits has 45 days after the application is complete to make a decision on whether to issue the permit unless the agency requests and receives permission from the General Assembly of cognizance for permission to have a longer time frame. If the agency does not issue its ruling by forty-five days, and did not get approved for a longer time frame, the business permit request will be deemed accepted. Agencies will be allowed a single two-week extension for the forty-five days for cause.
HB 5460 An Act Concerning Captive Audience Meetings
Prohibits employers and employees from discussing a variety of matters considered "political" in the workplace under certain circumstances.
HB 5650 An Act Concerning Transfers Of General Fund Surplus To The Budget Reserve Fund
Increases the state’s budget reserve fund (Rainy Day Fund) from its present level of 10% of the overall state budget to 15% in order to give Connecticut more protection against future downturns.
HB 5699 An Act Providing Relief to Electricity Customers
Increased energy cost by imposing the nations fist "windfall profits" tax on electric generators.
HB 5992 An Act Requiring the Online Posting of Agency Regulations
Requires each agency, within available appropriations and technology, and in consultation with the Department of Information and Technology and the Commission on Official Legal Publications, to post its regulations on the Internet web site of such agency.
HB 6288 An Act Concering the Department of Economic and Community Development and State Services for Small Businesses
Required the DECD to assigns individual staff to specific businesses to help them access available resources and programs according to their individual needs.
HB 6305 An Act Concerning Implementation of the SustiNet Plan
Imposes a state-run healthcare program on Connecticut, shifting people to taxpayer-funded plans that compete directly with the private sector. As submitted, SustiNet will dramatically increase state spending and compound Connecticut’s growing debt problems.
HB 6308 An Act Establishing the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership
Would open the expensive state employee health plan to small businesses and others. This new state-run health plan would compete directly against the private sector.
HB 6316 An Act Concerning A Single Point of Entry for Businesses at the Office of the Secretary of the State
6316 Requires the Secretary of the State to create an electronic business portal to serve as a single point of entry for businesses to help them register, determine permitting and licensure requirements, and finding available state financial incentives and programs.
HB 6380 An Act Concerning the Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2013
HB 6386 An Act Establishing the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Establishes a new agency blending current state agencies dealing with energy into the Department of Environmental Protection.
HB 6388 An Act Implementing the Governor’s Budget Recommendations Concerning the Office of Policy and Management
Makes numerous changes to state programs as proposed by the Governor in his budget including, but not limited to, eliminating the reimbursement to cities and towns for the PILOT Manufacturing, Machinery and Equipment (MME) and vessel PILOT grants, repealing the commercial vehicle property tax exemption, moves state information technology policy responsibility to the Office of Policy and Management, and eliminates the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Rehabilitation Services program.
HB 6584 An Act Establishing a Manufacturing Reinvestment Account
Allows manufacturers to invest in a tax-deferred Manufacturing Reinvestment Account for up to five years, using disbursements to purchase machinery, equipment, facilities, or to invest in workforce development.
HB 6624 An Act Concerning the Collection and Remittance of the Sales Tax by Remote Sellers
Indicates that sales tax is owed when an online retailer uses a CT affiliate to sell its products.
HB 6628 An Act Concerning Tax Fairness
An unpredictable as well as far more administratively burdensome corporate tax structure by mandating unitary reporting.
