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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 711
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2093
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COVID -19 RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit insurers that 1
provide unemployment insurance to small businesses with less than one 2
hundred employees from (A) increasing such businesses' insurance 3
premiums due to an increased number of claims as a result of the 4
COVID-19 pandemic, or (B) using such increased number of claims 5
when calculating an experience rating for such businesses, (2) exempt 6
such businesses from the sales tax when purchasing personal protective 7
equipment for use during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (3) require that, 8
when promulgating regulations, agencies develop a small business 9
economic impact statement and an assessment comparing relevant 10
federal regulations to those proposed by such agency and their effect on 11
small businesses and submit such statement and assessment to the 12
standing legislative regulations review committee. 13 Proposed Bill No. 711
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Statement of Purpose:
To provide relief to small businesses affected by the COVID-19
pandemic.