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New Legislation

Public Acts Effective January 1, 2025

   by Zigadto, Janet

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=6145

The Connecticut General Assembly has a webpage that lists the public acts effective on January 1, 2025.

Included in some of the new public acts are:

An Act Expanding Paid Sick Days in the State - Public Act 24-8, sections 1-6 - from the summary: "This act expands the state’s paid sick leave law in numerous ways. The prior paid sick leave law generally required certain employers with at least 50 employees to give up to 40 hours of paid sick leave annually to their 'service workers' in certain specified occupations (e.g., food service workers, health care workers, and numerous others). The act expands the law by, among other things: 1. covering nearly all private sector employees and employers with at least 25 employees in 2025, those with at least 11 employees in 2026, and then those with at least one employee in 2027 (the act exempts seasonal employees and certain union construction workers and their employers); 2. broadening the range of family members for whom an employee may use the leave; 3. increasing the rate at which employees accrue leave and changing the waiting period before they may use it; and 4. broadening the reasons employees may use the leave to include events like closures due to a public health emergency and quarantines."

An Act Incentivizing Student Loan Repayment Assistance - Public Act 24-52, section 1 - from the summary: "This act expands the student loan payment tax credit for qualified employers that make eligible student loan payments on a qualified employee’s behalf."

An Act Concerning Coerced Debt - Public Act 24-77 - from the summary: "This act prohibits anyone from knowingly making another individual liable for 'coerced debt' (i.e., generally, certain credit card debt incurred by a domestic violence victim who was coerced into incurring it). The act also imposes specific obligations and responsibilities on coerced debt 'claimants' (e.g., consumer collection agencies)."

An Act Concerning Adoption of the Connecticut Uniform Trust Decanting Act - Public Act No. 24-104 - from the summary - "This act adopts the Connecticut Uniform Trust Decanting Act. Generally, a trust decanting occurs when a trust’s authorized fiduciary (typically, the trustee), in line with authority granted by the trust, modifies the trust’s terms or distributes property from it to another trust. Existing law recognizes decanting but does not set specific procedures or standards for it."

An Act Concerning Business Registrations Filed with the Secretary of the State - Public Act 24-111, sections 1-39, 51 and 53-56 - from the summary: "This act makes various changes in laws that govern certain business entities operating in the state. Among other things, the act also expands the trade name law, expands the authority of the secretary of the state (SOTS), and makes changes to the Connecticut Business Registry."

Lists of previous public acts are available in the Archives.

2024 Major Public Acts

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=5902

The Office of Legislative Research (OLR) has made available its Major Public Acts Report for the 2024 Legislative Session:

"These summaries, composed by the Office of Legislative Research (OLR) with the assistance of the Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA), briefly describe the most significant, far-reaching, and publicly debated acts adopted by the General Assembly in its 2024 regular session. Acts that have been assigned a public act (PA), special act (SA), or resolution act (RA) number are identified by that number; otherwise, we refer to the bill or resolution number. Not all provisions of the acts are included. More detailed summaries can be found at https://cga.ct.gov/olr/. Summaries of the major acts and all other public acts will be provided in our 2024 Public Act Summary Book, which will be available later this year."

2023 Acts Affecting Municipalities

   by Roy, Christopher

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The Office of Legislative Research has published its summary of the 2023 Acts Affecting Municipalities. Selected new acts are listed below.

  • State and Local Enforcement of Blight Violations - (P.A. 23-62, effective October 1, 2023)
  • Negligent Use of Municipal Motor Vehicles - (P.A. 23-83, effective upon passage).
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Violations s (P.A. 23-200, effective October 1, 2023)
  • Tenement Rent Receivership Proceedings (P.A. 23-33, § 9, effective October 1, 2023)
  • Access to Juvenile Delinquency Records (P.A. 23-25, effective July 1, 2023)
  • Animal Control Officers and Temporary Animal Care Expenses (P.A. 23-17, §1, effective upon passage)

2023 Major Public Acts

   by Booth, George

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=5506

The Office of Legislative Research (OLR) has made available its Major Public Acts report for the 2023 legislative session:

These summaries, composed by the Office of Legislative Research (OLR) with the assistance of the Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA), briefly describe the most significant, far-reaching, and publicly debated acts adopted by the General Assembly in its 2023 regular session. Acts that have been assigned a public act (PA), special act (SA), or resolution act (RA) number are identified by that number; otherwise, we refer to the bill or resolution number.

Not all provisions of the acts are included. More detailed summaries can be found at the OLR website.

New Laws on Selected Topics

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=5139

The Office of Legislative Research has a web page with reports summarizing new laws on selected topics. Below are links to the 2022 reports:

Risk Protection Orders and Risk Protection Order Investigations

   by Booth, George

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=5010

The Judicial Branch has published a pamphlet, Risk Protection Orders and Risk Protection Order Investigations, with associated forms to "...satisfy the requirements of General Statutes §§ 29-38c and 46b-15e(a)(2) and Public Act 21-67 §2. It is based on the Connecticut General Statutes and the Judicial Branch procedures in effect at the time the Judicial Branch created this brochure."

A Risk Protection Order is an order that the police can ask the court to issue that prevents a person who is at immediate risk of causing personal injury to themselves or another person from having or getting firearms, deadly weapons, or ammunition. As part of this process, the court can also order the police to take any firearms, deadly weapons, or ammunition that the person at risk has away from them.

The following forms are available:

2022 Major Public Acts

   by Booth, George

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=4985

The Office of Legislative Research (OLR) has made available its Major Public Acts report for the 2022 legislative session:

These summaries, composed by the Office of Legislative Research (OLR) with the assistance of the Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA), briefly describe the most significant, far-reaching, and publicly debated acts adopted by the General Assembly in its 2022 regular session. Acts that the secretary of the state has assigned a public act (PA), special act (SA), or resolution act (RA) number are identified by that number; otherwise, we refer to the bill or resolution number.

Not all provisions of the acts are included. More detailed summaries can be found at the OLR website.

2022 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=4886

The 2022 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut is now available on the Connecticut General Assembly website. The supplement codifies the Public Acts that were enacted by the General Assembly in 2021. There is also an index provided by the Legislative Commissioners' Office.

The 2022 Supplement is intended to be used in conjunction with the 2021 General Statutes.

New Laws Effective October 1, 2021

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=4658

This Connecticut General Assembly web page lists new laws, effective October 1, 2021. In addition, the page states that "New Legislation Effective Dates are typically January 1, July 1, and October 1 and are included in these lists. Laws may also be effective from passage or based on other criteria or dates. For atypical scenarios, you may use our Advanced Document Search."

As previously posted, the Office of Legislative Research (OLR) makes available its Major Public Acts report for the 2021 legislative session as well.

2021 Major Public Acts

   by Booth, George

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=4502

The Office of Legislative Research (OLR) has made available its Major Public Acts report for the 2021 legislative session:

These summaries, composed by the Office of Legislative Research (OLR) with the assistance of the Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA), briefly describe the most significant, far-reaching, and publicly debated acts adopted by the General Assembly in its 2021 regular session and June Special Session. Acts that the secretary of the state has assigned a public act (PA), special act (SA),or resolution act (RA) number are identified by that number; otherwise, we refer to the bill or resolution number.

Not all provisions of the acts are included. More detailed summaries can be found at the OLR website.

General Statutes Amended or Repealed in 2020

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=4325

The Legislative Commissioners' Office has published its reference table listing General Statutes Amended or Repealed in 2020. This table can be used to check whether a statute has been affected by 2020 legislation. The reference tables for 2020 are listed below:

2020 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=3898

The Connecticut General Assembly has posted the 2020 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut. The supplement codifies the Public Acts that were enacted by the General Assembly in 2019. There is also an index provided by the Legislative Commissioners' Office.

The 2020 Supplement is intended to be used with the 2019 revision of the statutes. Law Library Services has created multiple finding aids to assist researchers with locating statutes, which can be found on our Connecticut Statutes web page.

New Laws Effective January 1, 2020

   by Booth, George

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=3809

The Connecticut General Assembly has posted a list of new legislation that is effective on January 1, 2020. Each entry includes links to the full text of the public act, the plain English summary from the Office of Legislative Research, and the bill status page.

In addition, you can view current legislation effective from passage. The Connecticut General Assembly also provides an archive of legislation by effective date going back to October 2007.

General Statutes Amended or Repealed in 2019

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=3791

New Laws Effective October 1, 2019

   by Zigadto, Janet

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=3696

The Connecticut General Assembly has posted a list of new legislation that is effective on October 1, 2019. Each entry includes links to the full text of the public act, the plain English summary from the Office of Legislative Research, and the bill status page.

In addition, you can view current legislation effective from passage. The Connecticut General Assembly also provides an archive of legislation by effective date going back to October 2007.

Reverse Piercing of the Corporate Veil Prohibited

   by Roy, Christopher

 https://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/LawLibNews/Posts/Post.aspx?Id=3679

Our Enforcing Money Judgments Research Guide (Table 9) has been updated to reflect Public Act 19-181, which eliminates Reverse Piercing of the Corporate Veil in Connecticut. In addition, the Public Act Summary states that "[t]his act sets specific conditions that must be met in granting a veil piercing claim to override limitations on a domestic entity interest holder’s liability in connection with the entity’s transactions. (Under the act, a 'domestic entity' is an entity whose internal affairs are governed by Connecticut law.) In doing so, the act generally codifies the 'instrumentality test,' one of two methods Connecticut courts use to determine whether to grant a veil-piercing claim." Below is revised table 9 in the Enforcing Money Judgments Research Guide.

Table 9: Enforcing Money Judgments



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