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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5314
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3376
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RELEASE OF HELIUM BA LLOONS INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 26-25c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) No person, nonprofit organization, firm or corporation, 3
including the state and its political subdivisions, shall knowingly 4
release, organize the release of or intentionally cause to be released 5
into the atmosphere [within a twenty-four-hour period ten or more] 6
helium or other lighter-than-air gas balloons in the state. 7
(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an 8
infraction. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 26-25c
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Statement of Purpose:
To address the environmental harm caused to Long Island Sound and
other waterways from the intentional release of helium balloons.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HAINES, 34th Dist.; REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
H.B. 5314