All of the subject matter committees will have passed their favorable report deadlines, except the "money committees" (Appropriations, April 1; and Finance Revenue and Bonding, April 6) and Judiciary (March 29). This means that the list of bills that have been favorably reported to the floor will be the pool of potential Public Acts for this session and the bills that did not make it are dead (unless they are in the two committees listed above). Some of the bills have file copies already and the file numbers are listed in the table below. For the rest of the bills, the initial files should be ready in the next 15 days. As the file numbers become available, the will automatically be updated in the "Bill Status" page for each bill.
Many of the bills reported to the floor will be sent back out to subject matter committees that they should have visited before going to the floor but did not because of the very short time period between committee reporting deadlines. Once a bill is referred out to a committee, the committee that receives it can favorably report the bill back to the floor as is or with substitute language or kill the bill (either by a vote or by inaction).
Bills that died in committee could resurface later as amendments. To check for called or uncalled amendments, go to the "Bill Status" page and look for links to amendments or search all amendments from the General Assembly's website search page: http://search.cga.state.ct.us/. Table 1 is a list of select bills: it is not a comprehensive list of bills.
Table 1: Select Environment, Energy, and Land Use Related Bills
|
Bill No. |
Title
|
Bill Status Report |
Last
Action |
File
Copy |
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE |
118 |
AAC CONNECTICUT QUALIFIED BIODIESEL PRODUCER GRANTS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
File No. 81 |
|
119 |
AAC REMEDIATION PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
Bill Status |
JF to FLOOR |
|
|
120 |
AA AUTHORIZING REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S GUIDANCE STATEMENTS AND POLICIES BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S REGULATION REVIEW COMMITTEE |
Bill Status |
JF to FLOOR |
|
|
121 |
AAC THE EXTENSION OF GENERAL PERMITS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
Bill Status |
JF to FLOOR |
|
|
123 |
AAC PRESERVING NATURAL VEGETATION NEAR WETLANDS AND WATERCOURSES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
124 |
AAC LONG ISLAND SOUND AND COASTAL PERMITTING |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
127 |
AAC COMPOSTING FACILITIES FOR COMMERCIAL FOOD RESIDUALS AND THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR REDEEMED BEVERAGE CONTAINERS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FRB |
|
|
206 |
AAC LOCAL LAND USE AGENCIES AND THE SITING OF TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
File No. 86 |
|
382 |
AN ACT REQUIRING BIODIESEL BLENDED HEATING OIL AND LOWERING THE SULFUR CONTENT OF HEATING OIL SOLD IN THE STATE |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
383 |
AAC A STATE-WIDE WATER USE PLAN |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
385 |
AN ACT CREATING INCENTIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR ENERGY AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5117 |
AAC CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS HELD BY THE STATE |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
File No. 95 |
|
5119 |
AAC MINOR REVISIONS TO THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PETROLEUM CLEAN-UP ACCOUNT AND GROUNDWATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT STATUTES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5120 |
AAC PRIVATE AND MUNICIPAL RECYCLING, ZONING ORDINANCES AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CONTRACTS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5417 |
AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN SPACE AND THE CREATION OF TRAILS FOR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5418 |
AAC INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5420 |
AAC THE TRANSITION FROM THE TEN MIL PROGRAM IN 2011 |
Bill Status |
JF to FLOOR |
|
ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE |
|
24 |
AAC SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR RENEWABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES |
Bill Status |
JF C/R to FRB |
|
|
181 |
AA REDEFINING CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
182 |
AAC REVISIONS TO THE UTILITY STATUTES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
203 |
AA PERMITTING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS TO BENEFIT FROM CLEAN ENERGY FUND PROGRAMS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
463 |
AAC FINANCING OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5213 |
AAC THE SITING COUNCIL |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5215 |
AAC MODIFICATIONS TO THE PURCHASED GAS, ENERGY AND TRANSMISSION RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES |
Bill Status |
JF to FLOOR |
|
|
5365 |
AAC ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5464 |
AAC MUNICIPAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS |
Bill Status |
JF to FLOOR |
|
|
5465 |
AAC THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN JOBS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5467 |
AAC THE COORDINATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS |
Bill Status |
JFS C/R to FRB |
|
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
|
199 |
AAC THE STATE PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
302 |
AAC STATE FUNDING OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOCATED IN A FIVE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
338 |
AN ACT REDUCING DEVELOPMENT BURDENS |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
OTHER COMMITTEES |
|
174 |
AAC THE STANDARDS OF WATER QUALITY (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
ENV JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
178 |
AAC ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN ENERGY DECISIONS (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
238 |
AAC A SPECIALIZED DOCKET FOR LAND USE APPEALS (JUDICIARY) |
Bill Status |
Public Hearing 03/03 |
|
|
428 |
AAC REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED STATUTES (PUBLIC HEALTH) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
453 |
AAC THE STATE'S REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5025 |
AAC GREEN TECHNOLOGY, LIFE SCIENCE AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOBS LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM (Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
File No. 138 |
|
5225 |
AAC SOLAR WORK (GENERAL LAW) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5208 |
AAC EXPEDITED PERMITTING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
PD JF to FLOOR |
|
|
5374 |
AAC PROMOTING AND SUSTAINING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CONNECTICUT (HOUSING) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
File No. 155 |
|
5435 |
AAC THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MAJORITY LEADERS' JOB GROWTH ROUNDTABLE (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5436 |
AAC BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION LIABILITY (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FLOOR |
|
|
5437 |
AAC FUNDING FOR BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION AND DEVELOPMENT (COMMERCE) |
Bill Status |
JFS to FRB |
|
|
5477 |
AAC THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND STREAM FLOW REGULATIONS (PUBLIC HEALTH) |
Bill Status |
Public Hearing 03/17 |
|
JF=Joint Favorable; JFS= Joint Favorable Substitute; C/R=Change of Reference; Floor =House or Senate Chamber
Committees continue to meet even after the JF deadlines to act on bills referred from the Floor. You can keep track of meetings using the "Meeting Agendas" link below or by checking in the Legislative Bulletin. If you are curious regarding the nature of support or opposition to a bill, you can get a very general summary from the JF Reports using the links below or from the link on the "Bill Status" page for a particular bill.
Table 2: Committee Agendas and JF Reports
If you have any questions regarding this newsletter or would like more detailed information on any bills, please contact Matt Ranelli at (860) 251-5748 or by e-mail at
mranelli@goodwin.com. You can also contact any member of the Environment, Energy and Land Use Group by calling (860) 251-5000 or by visiting Shipman & Goodwin's website at
http://www.shipmangoodwin.com/.