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Committee Work
We’re about halfway through the 2025 legislative session with committees reaching their work deadlines and bills moving forward to the full House. Here are some of the more noteworthy pieces of legislation I've been working on in my committees:
Energy and Technology
SB-4: AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY AFFORDABILITY, ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
As a response to increasing costs of utility rates along with the changing energy market, this bill aims to improve energy affordability, access, and accountability for Connecticut's ratepayers by strengthening the energy procurement process along with providing protections for vulnerable ratepayers and line crew workers.
SB-1293: AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES.
This bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to conduct a study concerning the operations, reliability, rates, and regulatory oversight of electric utilities in the state. This bill is important because it will increase transparency, it ensures both a reliable and efficient electrical supply, and it allows for the innovation in sustainable energy solution and supports power grid modernization.
HB-7017: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY TRANSMISSION AND GRID-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES
This bill would create a task force to study transmission and grid-enhancing technologies.
Labor and Public Employees Committee
HB5607: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
This bill, which I cosponsored, will bring stakeholders together in a working group to make progress toward eliminating the subminimum wage for persons with disabilities. Ultimately, everyone who works deserves to earn a fair wage.
HB-6408: AN ACT EXPANDING COMPENSATION TO DEPENDENTS FOR A DEATH RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT.
This bill would allow surviving family members of an employee to receive compensation for a work-related death when that employee does not have dependents.
HB-6517: AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURES OF SALARY RANGES ON PUBLIC AND INTERNAL JOB POSTINGS.
This bill would require salary ranges to be posted along on public and internal job postings, to help reduce the gender wage gap.
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Senate Joint Resolution 35: A RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX UNDER THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.
A resolution proposing a state constitutional amendment to expand the definition of illegal discrimination to include discrimination based on pregnancy, including the termination of a pregnancy.
SB-1530: AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS.
This bill would change the law concerning government administration and to provide protections to health care providers who provide reproductive and gender-affirming health care services to patients, regardless of whether the patients are physically located in this state at the time the services are provided.
HB 7224: AN ACT EXPANDING LIABILITY UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT FOR ENTITIES WITH AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST AND PROHIBITING THE LICENSING OF HOSPITALS WITH CERTAIN LEASE BACK ARRANGEMENTS.
This bill would impose liability on entities that have an ownership interest for violations of the False Claims Act and to prohibit granting a new license or certain renewal of a hospital license with a lease-back arrangement for its main campus and require notification to the Attorney General of any such arrangement.
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