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Reply (Shutterstock / DreamcatcherDiana) ESSEX, CT — State Senator Norm Needleman recently helped lead the passage of Senate Bill 999, "An Act Concerning A Just Transition To Climate-Protective Energy Production and Community Investment," which will strengthen green energy worker rights in Connecticut, benefitting not only the states continued increased adoption of green and renewable energy but ensuring that industrys workers are compensated fairly. Needleman wrote in a recent Facebook post ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On May 10, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law “An Act Concerning Telehealth” (the “ Act”). The Act extends, until June 30, 2023, many of the COVID-19 related telehealth expansions issued by Governor Lamont through executive orders. A press release from the Governor’s Office expressed the Act’s purpose to extend the duration of the expansion of telehealth services permitted by Executive Order 7G (for our...

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Reply As of Friday, the Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed 14 bills of the 2021 Regular Session. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — As the 2021 Regular Session in Hartford winds down, a number of bills are hitting Gov. Ned Lamonts in search of his signature. The governor signed Senate Bill 263, "An Act Reestablishing Club and Nonprofit Club Permits," into law on Thursday. The new legislation was crafted to reduce permit fees for non-profit clubs that been raised by the overhaul of the states li...

In addition to bills described in our last post, the General Assembly’s Education Committee approved and advanced out of committee the following funding-related and “omnibus” bills, including bills reaffirming the Committee’s affinity for “task forces” and “studies.”  Here is a summary of these bills (which now await action by the full General Assembly):   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS H.B. No. 6617 (“ An Act Concerning Authorization Of State Grant Commitments For School Building ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 19, 2021, Colorado State Senators Richard Rodriguez (D) and Paul Lundeen (R) introduced Senate Bill 21-190 as part of a bipartisan effort to make Colorado the latest state to implement comprehensive legislation establishing certain consumer data privacy rights. Dubbed "A Bill for an Act Concerning Additional Protection of Data Relating to Personal Privacy," SB 21-190 largely follows ...

UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 9:39 am ET Replies(58) Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed two bills into law this past week. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont signed two bills into law this week, including one that gives employers a break on their unemployment insurance taxes. The governor signed House Bill 5377, "An Act Concerning the Removal of COVID-19 Related Layoffs from the Unemployment Compensation Experience Account" on Monday. Once it goes into effect, the state will disregar...

Our two prior blog posts, found here and here, covered the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee.  In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a brief summary of other bills approved by the Committee (and which now await action by the full General Assembly).  OSHA H.B. No. 6477 (“ An Act Concerning Volunteer Fire Departments And Ambulance Companies And The Definition Of...

Reply April 29, 2021 Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal were joined by Mayor Justin Elicker, and local advocates in a roundtable discussion on how legislation introduced at the state and federal levels to create "Baby Bonds," would help narrow wealth disparities and generate economic growth that will help break the cycle of poverty and benefit Connecticuts economy in the long-term. Subscribe "By affording children with access to opportunities they ...

The Maryland congressional delegation is pushing legislation to protect and enhance the natural resources throughout Southern Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay area with new federal park and heritage designations. Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, both of Maryland, and Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Towson, have mounted a bicameral effort to form a working group that would explore designating the Chesapeake Bay region as a national recreation area. This group would be made up of lawmakers ...