CRCOG CT Legislative Weekly Report 3/19/21 UPCOMING MEETINGS LIST Time Item Description Committee Location iCal File Mon 3/22 HB 6448 An Act Expanding Access To Local Government And Modernizing Local PD - PD Download 10:00 Government Operations. Mon 3/22 HB 6638 An Act Concerning Local Government And Employment. PD - PD Download 10:00 Mon 3/22 HB 6639 An Act Establishing A Pilot Program Regarding Building Officials And Resources PD - PD Download 10:00 Related To The Administration Of The State Building Code. Mon 3/22 HB 6641 An Act Concerning The Remote And Online Provision Of Municipal Services. PD - PD Download 10:00 Mon 3/22 HB 6642 An Act Concerning A Study Of Access To Municipal-owned Beaches And Parks PD - PD Download 10:00 Adjacent To Marine Or Tidal Waters. Mon 3/22 HB 6643 An Act Concerning Municipal Taxation Assistance Programs And The Municipal PD - PD Download 10:00 Property Tax Waiver. Mon 3/22 HB 6646 An Act Concerning Crumbling Concrete Foundations. PD - PD Download 10:00 Mon 3/22 HB 6647 An Act Concerning Geographic Information Systems. PD - PD Download 10:00 Mon 3/22 SB 1061 An Act Concerning Municipal Issues And Decisions Of Certain Municipal PD - PD Download 10:00 Agencies. Mon 3/22 SB 1064 An Act Concerning A Waiver Of Interest On Property Tax Payments For Certain PD - PD Download 10:00 Real And Personal Property And The Interest Rate For Certain Taxes And Mon 3/22 SB 1066 An Act Concerning Municipalities And Shared Services. PD - PD Download 10:00 Mon 3/22 SB 1067 An Act Concerning A Study Of Certain Housing In The Town Of South Windsor. PD - PD Download 10:00 Mon 3/22 SB 1068 An Act Concerning Property Taxes And Affordable Housing. PD - PD Download 10:00 Wed 3/24 HB 6443 An Act Concerning Revenue Items To Implement The Governor's Budget. FIN - FIN Download 10:00 Wed 3/24 SB 887 An Act Authorizing And Adjusting Bonds Of The State For Capital FIN - FIN Download 10:00 Improvements, Transportation And Other Purposes. BILL STATUS LIST Bill Number Priority BA Title & Synopsis Sponsors Status Note HB 5005 An Act Concerning The Waiver Of Interest Levied On Delinquent Rep. Tom Delnicki (14) Committees: FIN Property Taxes. Status: To allow municipalities to waive the eighteen per cent interest levied Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, on delinquent property taxes. Revenue and Bonding (1/8) HB 5028 An Act Requiring Background Checks For Youth Sports Coaches, Rep. Greg S. Howard (43) Committees: KID Trainers And Instructors. Status: To require background checks for coaches, trainers and instructors Referred to Joint Committee on Children involved in organized youth sports. (1/11) HB 5046 An Act Extending The Sunset Date For Connecticut Foundation Rep. Tom Delnicki (14) Committees: INS Solutions Indemnity Company, Inc. Status: To extend the sunset date for the captive insurance company Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance established pursuant to section 38a-91vv of the general statutes to and Real Estate (1/11) June 30, 2030. ***CONFIDENTIAL*** 1 CRCOG CT Legislative Weekly Report 3/19/21 Bill Number Priority BA Title & Synopsis Sponsors Status Note HB 5047 An Act Concerning Homeowners Insurance Policies And Coverage Rep. Tom Delnicki (14) Committees: INS For The Peril Of Collapse. Status: To require homeowners insurance policies to provide coverage for Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance the peril of collapse and mitigation undertaken to prevent all or part and Real Estate (1/11) of the covered dwelling from falling down or caving in. HB 5060 An Act Establishing A Payment In Lieu Of Taxes Task Force. Rep. Brian Lanoue (45); Sen. Committees: PD Heather S. Somers (S18) To study and evaluate the PILOT formula as applied to municipalities Status: in which more than fifty per cent of the land in such municipality is Referred to Joint Committee on Planning owned by the state. and Development (1/11) HB 5082 An Act Concerning An Expansion Of Commuter Rail Lines To The Rep. Bill Buckbee (67) Committees: TRA Town Of New Milford. Status: To expand ridership on Connecticut's commuter rails. Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation (1/11) HB 5090 Link An Act Concerning Mortgage Forbearance And Crumbling Concrete Banking Committee Committees: BA Foundations. Status: To require certain residential mortgage loans to include a provision File Number 47 (3/16) requiring the mortgagee to grant a request of a mortgagor for forbearance, provided the mortgagor submits certain documentation to the mortgagee. HB 5100 An Act Authorizing A Property Conveyance Fee For Open Space Rep. Joseph P. Gresko (121) Committees: ENV Purposes. Status: To generate municipal funds for the purchase of open space. Referred to Joint Committee on Environment (1/12) HB 5128 An Act Concerning The Reassessment Of Residential Buildings With Rep. Tom Delnicki (14) Committees: PD Defective Concrete Foundations And Quarry Geological Source Reporting. Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Planning To (1) permit any owner of a residential building with a foundation and Development (1/12) made with defective concrete to obtain a reassessment of such building which shall remain valid until such foundation is repaired or replaced, and (2) require quarries that produce aggregate for use in concrete to annually prepare a geological source report. HB 5129 An Act Concerning The Metropolitan District Of Hartford County. Rep. Tom Delnicki (14) Committees: PD To make several changes relating to the organization and operations Status: of the Metropolitan District of Hartford County. Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development (1/12) ***CONFIDENTIAL*** 2 CRCOG CT Legislative Weekly Report 3/19/21 Bill Number Priority BA Title & Synopsis Sponsors Status Note HB 5133 An Act Concerning A Study Of Water Sampling Requirements Made Rep. Tami Zawistowski (61) Committees: PD Pursuant To The Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems Permitting Process. Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Planning To study statutes and regulations concerning certain municipal and Development (1/12) separate storm sewer systems permitting requirements. HB 5159 An Act Increasing The Prevailing Wage Threshold For Renovations. Rep. Lezlye Zupkus (89) Committees: LAB To increase the prevailing wage threshold for renovations. Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees (1/13) HB 5160 An Act Concerning Binding Arbitration Time Frames. Rep. Lezlye Zupkus (89) Committees: LAB To amend the binding arbitration time frame in Connecticut. Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees (1/13) HB 5161 An Act Concerning The Publication Of Municipal Legal Notices. Rep. Craig C. Fishbein (90) Committees: PD To authorize municipalities to post legal notices on municipal Status: Internet web sites in lieu of publication in newspapers. Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development (1/13) HB 5172 3 An Act Concerning Payments In Lieu Of Taxes To Municipalities For Rep. Gary A. Turco (27) Committees: APP Manufacturing Machinery And Equipment. Status: To assist municipalities with the cost of providing the manufacturing Reserved for Subject Matter Public machinery and equipment exemption, provide property tax relief and Hearing (2/16) encourage growth in manufacturing. HB 5207 An Act Protecting Property Owners Age Fifty And Older From Rep. Edwin Vargas (6) Committees: AGE Foreclosure. Status: To prevent foreclosure for certain delinquent taxpayers age fifty or Referred to Joint Committee on Aging older. (1/22) HB 5208 An Act Reimbursing Towns For The Costs Of The Airport Rep. Tami Zawistowski (61) Committees: APP Development Zone Surrounding Bradley International Airport. Status: To restore funding for the airport development zone surrounding Reserved for Subject Matter Public Bradley International Airport. Hearing (2/16) HB 5212 An Act Concerning The Date Of Adoption For Portions Of The State Rep. Carol Hall (59) Committees: APP Budget Appropriating Aid To Municipalities. Status: To provide predictability to municipalities when determining their Referred to Joint Committee on budget. Appropriations (1/22) HB 5217 An Act Concerning Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Needs. Rep. Mary M. Mushinsky (85) Committees: CE To address the shortage of advanced manufacturing workers in Status: Connecticut. Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce (1/22) ***CONFIDENTIAL*** 3 CRCOG CT Legislative Weekly Report 3/19/21 Bill Number Priority BA Title & Synopsis Sponsors Status Note HB 5218 An Act Concerning Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Training At Rep. Mary M. Mushinsky (85) Committees: CE; HED Gateway Community College. Status: To establish a workforce training program for advanced Change of Reference, Senate to Committee manufacturing at Gateway Community College. on Higher Education and Employment Advancement (2/3) HB 5219 3 An Act Requiring Background Checks For Certain Employees Of Rep. Brian Lanoue (45) Committees: KID Licensed Youth Camps. Status: To require employees of licensed youth camps who are eighteen Referred to Joint Committee on Children years of age or older to submit to comprehensive background checks. (1/22) HB 5224 3 An Act Prohibiting School District Policies That Discriminate Against Rep. Christine Conley (40) Committees: ED Students Based On Natural Hair And Hairstyles. Status: To prohibit local and regional boards of education from adopting Referred to Joint Committee on Education policies that discriminate against students based on natural hair and (1/22) hairstyles. HB 5225 An Act Increasing The Number Of Instructional Learning Hours For Rep. Christie M. Carpino (32) Committees: ED Students During Periods Of Extended Mandated Remote Learning. Status: To provide students with valuable educational learning time during Referred to Joint Committee on Education periods of extended mandated remote learning. (1/22) HB 5238 An Act Increasing Flexibility And Autonomy In The Administration Of Rep. Tammy Nuccio (53) Committees: ED Education In School Districts. Status: To provide more flexibility and autonomy to boards of education in Referred to Joint Committee on Education the administration of education in their school districts.