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	3	+	LCO No. 10303 1 of 9
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	5	+	General Assembly Bill No. 7001
	6	+	September 26 Special Session, 2023
	7	+	LCO No. 10303
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on No Committee
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	REP. RITTER M., 1
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	17	+	SEN. LOONEY, 11
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	19	+	Dist.
	20	+	REP. ROJAS, 9
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	22	+	Dist.
	23	+	SEN. DUFF, 25
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4		-	House Bill No. 7001
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6		-	September 26 Special Session, Public Act No. 23-1
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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE
10		-	BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL AND
11		-	~~PROVISIONS~~ RELATED TO ELECTIONS.
	31	+	AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE BY
	32	+	EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL AND PROVISIONS
	33	+	RELATED TO ELECTIONS.
12	34		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	35		Assembly convened:
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15		-	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-164 of the general statutes is
16		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
17		-	1, 2023):
18		-	(a) (1) (A) On and after January 1, 2022, and notwithstanding any
19		-	contrary provision of law, there shall be held in each municipality,
20		-	biennially, a municipal election on the Tuesday after the first Monday
21		-	of November of the odd-numbered years, except that such municipal
22		-	election may be held on the first Monday of May of the odd-numbered
23		-	years if the legislative body of such municipality so determines by a
24		-	three-fourths vote.
25		-	(B) In any municipality where the legislative body determines to hold
26		-	its municipal election on the first Monday of May of the odd-numbered
27		-	years in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this
28		-	subdivision, such legislative body may subsequently determine by a
29		-	majority vote to hold such municipal election on the Tuesday after the
30		-	first Monday of November of the odd-numbered years. House Bill No. 7001
	37	+	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-164 of the general statutes is 1
	38	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
	39	+	1, 2023): 3
	40	+	(a) (1) (A) On and after January 1, 2022, and notwithstanding any 4
	41	+	contrary provision of law, there shall be held in each municipality, 5
	42	+	biennially, a municipal election on the Tuesday after the first Monday 6
	43	+	of November of the odd-numbered years, except that such municipal 7
	44	+	election may be held on the first Monday of May of the odd-numbered 8
	45	+	years if the legislative body of such municipality so determines by a 9
	46	+	three-fourths vote. 10
	47	+	(B) In any municipality where the legislative body determines to hold 11 Bill No.
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34		-	(2) In any municipality where the term of any incumbent municipal
35		-	elected official would expire prior to the next regular election held
36		-	under the provisions of this section, the term of such official shall be
37		-	extended to [the date of such election] conform to the beginning of the
38		-	succeeding term under section 9-187a.
39		-	Sec. 2. Section 9-464 of the general statutes is repealed and the
40		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023):
41		-	On the [last] first Tuesday in April of each year in which the President
42		-	of the United States is to be elected, each party shall conduct a primary
43		-	in each town if the names of two or more candidates are to be placed on
44		-	such party's ballot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
45		-	Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 9-238 of the general statutes is
46		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
47		-	2025):
48		-	(a) Except as provided in section 9-272, voting tabulators shall be
49		-	used at all elections held in any municipality, or in any part thereof, for
50		-	voting and registering and counting votes cast at such elections for
51		-	officers, and upon all questions or amendments submitted at such
52		-	elections. The board of selectmen of each town, the common council of
53		-	each city and the warden and burgesses of each borough shall purchase
54		-	or lease, or otherwise provide, for use at elections in each such
55		-	municipality a number of voting tabulators approved by the Secretary
56		-	of the State. Different voting tabulators may be provided for different
57		-	voting districts in the same municipality. Notwithstanding any
58		-	provision of this subsection, [to the contrary,] the registrars of voters of
59		-	a municipality [may determine the number of voting tabulators that
60		-	shall be provided for use at any special election in such municipality,
61		-	provided the registrars shall provide at least one voting tabulator in the
62		-	municipality or, in a municipality divided into voting districts, at least
63		-	one voting tabulator in each such district] shall ensure that each voting House Bill No. 7001
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67		-	district at any such election uses a dedicated voting tabulator or
68		-	tabulators that only registers and counts votes cast for such voting
69		-	district. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the counting
70		-	of ballots at a central location designated for such purpose or to the
71		-	conduct of a recanvass.
72		-	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2024) The Secretary of the State shall
73		-	develop an instructional training video on recanvass procedures, based
74		-	on the most recent Recanvass Procedure Manual published on the
75		-	Internet web site of the office of the Secretary of the State. Whenever a
76		-	recanvass is required to be conducted, the Secretary shall distribute such
77		-	instructional training video to the recanvass officials and such recanvass
78		-	officials shall view such instructional training video immediately before
79		-	commencing such recanvass.
80		-	Sec. 5. Section 9-311 of the general statutes, as amended by section 27
81		-	of public act 23-22, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
82		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023):
83		-	(a) If, within three days after an election, it appears to the moderator
84		-	that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any voting district, such
85		-	moderator shall forthwith within said period summon, by written
86		-	notice delivered personally, the recanvass officials, consisting of at least
87		-	two checkers of different political parties and at least two absentee ballot
88		-	counters of different political parties who served at such election, and
89		-	the registrars of voters of the municipality in which the election was
90		-	held and such other officials as may be required to conduct such
91		-	recanvass. Such written notice shall require the clerk or registrars of
92		-	voters, as the case may be, to bring with them the depository envelopes
93		-	required by section 9-150a, the package of write-in ballots provided for
94		-	in section 9-310, the absentee ballot applications, the list of absentee
95		-	ballot applications, the registry list and the moderators' returns and
96		-	shall require such recanvass officials to meet at a specified time not later
97		-	than the fifth business day after such election to recanvass the returns of House Bill No. 7001
	53	+	its municipal election on the first Monday of May of the odd-numbered 12
	54	+	years in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this 13
	55	+	subdivision, such legislative body may subsequently determine by a 14
	56	+	majority vote to hold such municipal election on the Tuesday after the 15
	57	+	first Monday of November of the odd-numbered years. 16
	58	+	(2) In any municipality where the term of any incumbent municipal 17
	59	+	elected official would expire prior to the next regular election held 18
	60	+	under the provisions of this section, the term of such official shall be 19
	61	+	extended to [the date of such election] conform to the beginning of the 20
	62	+	succeeding term under section 9-187a. 21
	63	+	Sec. 2. Section 9-464 of the general statutes is repealed and the 22
	64	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 23
	65	+	On the [last] first Tuesday in April of each year in which the President 24
	66	+	of the United States is to be elected, each party shall conduct a primary 25
	67	+	in each town if the names of two or more candidates are to be placed on 26
	68	+	such party's ballot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 27
	69	+	Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 9-238 of the general statutes is 28
	70	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 29
	71	+	2025): 30
	72	+	(a) Except as provided in section 9-272, voting tabulators shall be 31
	73	+	used at all elections held in any municipality, or in any part thereof, for 32
	74	+	voting and registering and counting votes cast at such elections for 33
	75	+	officers, and upon all questions or amendments submitted at such 34
	76	+	elections. The board of selectmen of each town, the common council of 35
	77	+	each city and the warden and burgesses of each borough shall purchase 36
	78	+	or lease, or otherwise provide, for use at elections in each such 37
	79	+	municipality a number of voting tabulators approved by the Secretary 38
	80	+	of the State. Different voting tabulators may be provided for different 39
	81	+	voting districts in the same municipality. Notwithstanding any 40
	82	+	provision of this subsection, [to the contrary,] the registrars of voters of 41
	83	+	a municipality [may determine the number of voting tabulators that 42
	84	+	shall be provided for use at any special election in such municipality, 43 Bill No.
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101		-	a voting tabulator or voting tabulators or absentee ballots or write-in
102		-	ballots used in such district in such election. If any of such recanvass
103		-	officials are unavailable at the time of the recanvass, the registrar of
104		-	voters of the same political party as that of the recanvass official unable
105		-	to attend shall designate another elector having previous training and
106		-	experience in the conduct of elections to take his place. Before such
107		-	recanvass is made, such moderator shall give notice, in writing, to the
108		-	[chairman] chairperson of the town committee of each political party
109		-	which nominated candidates for the election, and, in the case of a state
110		-	election, not later than twenty-four hours after a determination is made
111		-	regarding the need for a recanvass to the Secretary of the State, of the
112		-	time and place where such recanvass is to be made; and each such
113		-	[chairman] chairperson may send party representatives to be present at
114		-	such recanvass. Such party representatives may observe, but no one
115		-	other than a recanvass official may take part in the recanvass. If any
116		-	irregularity in the recanvass procedure is noted by such a party
117		-	representative, he shall be permitted to present evidence of such
118		-	irregularity in any contest relating to the election.
119		-	(b) The moderator shall determine the place or places where the
120		-	recanvass shall be conducted and, if such recanvass is held before the
121		-	tabulators are boxed and collected in the manner required by section 9-
122		-	266, the moderator may either require that such recanvass of such
123		-	tabulators be conducted in each place where the tabulators are located,
124		-	or he may require that they be removed to one central place, where such
125		-	recanvass shall be conducted. All recanvassing procedures shall be open
126		-	to public observation, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this
127		-	section. Such recanvass officials shall, in the presence of such moderator
128		-	and registrars of voters, make a record of the number on the seal and
129		-	the number on the protective counter, if one is provided, on each voting
130		-	tabulator specified by such moderator. Such registrars of voters in the
131		-	presence of such moderator shall turn over the keys of each such
132		-	tabulator to such recanvass officials, and such recanvass officials, in the House Bill No. 7001
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136		-	presence of such registrars of voters and moderator, shall immediately
137		-	proceed to recanvass the vote cast thereon, and shall then open the
138		-	package of absentee ballots and recanvass the vote cast thereon. In the
139		-	course of the recanvass of the absentee ballot vote the recanvass officials
140		-	shall check all outer envelopes for absentee ballots against the inner
141		-	envelopes for such ballots and against the registry list to verify
142		-	postmarks, addresses and registry list markings and also to determine
143		-	whether the number of envelopes from which absentee ballots have
144		-	been removed is the same as the number of persons checked as having
145		-	voted by absentee ballot. The write-in ballots shall also be recanvassed
146		-	at this time. Any party representative present shall have a right to view
147		-	each ballot as it is being recanvassed by the recanvass officials, so as to
148		-	be able to discern the markings on such ballot. All of the recanvass
149		-	officials shall use the same forms for tallies and returns as were used at
150		-	the original canvass and the absentee ballot counters shall also sign the
151		-	tallies.
152		-	(c) The votes shall be announced and recorded in the manner
153		-	prescribed in section 9-309, as amended by [this act] public act 23-22, on
154		-	return forms provided by the registrars of voters and appended thereto
155		-	shall be a statement signed by the moderator indicating the time and
156		-	place of the recanvass and the names, addresses, titles and party
157		-	affiliations of the recanvass officials. The write-in ballots shall be
158		-	replaced in a properly secured sealed package. Upon the completion of
159		-	such recanvass, any tabulator used in such recanvass shall be locked and
160		-	sealed, the keys thereof shall immediately be returned to such registrars
161		-	of voters and such tabulator shall remain so locked until the expiration
162		-	of fourteen days after such election or for such longer period as is
163		-	ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. The absentee ballots shall
164		-	be replaced in their wrappers and be resealed by the moderator in the
165		-	presence of the recanvass officials. Upon the completion of such
166		-	recanvass, such moderator and at least two of the recanvass officials of
167		-	different political parties shall forthwith prepare and sign such return House Bill No. 7001
	90	+	provided the registrars shall provide at least one voting tabulator in the 44
	91	+	municipality or, in a municipality divided into voting districts, at least 45
	92	+	one voting tabulator in each such district] shall ensure that each voting 46
	93	+	district at any such election uses a dedicated voting tabulator or 47
	94	+	tabulators that only registers and counts votes cast for such voting 48
	95	+	district. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the counting 49
	96	+	of ballots at a central location designated for such purpose or to the 50
	97	+	conduct of a recanvass. 51
	98	+	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2024) The Secretary of the State shall 52
	99	+	develop an instructional training video on recanvass procedures, based 53
	100	+	on the most recent Recanvass Procedure Manual published on the 54
	101	+	Internet web site of the office of the Secretary of the State. Whenever a 55
	102	+	recanvass is required to be conducted, the Secretary shall distribute such 56
	103	+	instructional training video to the recanvass officials and such recanvass 57
	104	+	officials shall view such instructional training video immediately before 58
	105	+	commencing such recanvass. 59
	106	+	Sec. 5. Section 9-311 of the general statutes, as amended by section 27 60
	107	+	of public act 23-22, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 61
	108	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 62
	109	+	(a) If, within three days after an election, it appears to the moderator 63
	110	+	that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any voting district, such 64
	111	+	moderator shall forthwith within said period summon, by written 65
	112	+	notice delivered personally, the recanvass officials, consisting of at least 66
	113	+	two checkers of different political parties and at least two absentee ballot 67
	114	+	counters of different political parties who served at such election, and 68
	115	+	the registrars of voters of the municipality in which the election was 69
	116	+	held and such other officials as may be required to conduct such 70
	117	+	recanvass. Such written notice shall require the clerk or registrars of 71
	118	+	voters, as the case may be, to bring with them the depository envelopes 72
	119	+	required by section 9-150a, the package of write-in ballots provided for 73
	120	+	in section 9-310, the absentee ballot applications, the list of absentee 74
	121	+	ballot applications, the registry list and the moderators' returns and 75
	122	+	shall require such recanvass officials to meet at a specified time not later 76 Bill No.
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171		-	forms which shall contain a written statement giving the result of such
172		-	recanvass for each tabulator and each package of absentee ballots whose
173		-	returns were so recanvassed, setting forth whether or not the original
174		-	canvass was correctly made and stating whether or not the discrepancy
175		-	still remains unaccounted for. Such return forms containing such
176		-	statement shall forthwith be filed by the moderator in the office of such
177		-	clerk. If such recanvass reveals that the original canvass of returns was
178		-	not correctly made, such return forms containing such statement so filed
179		-	with the clerk shall constitute a corrected return. In the case of a state
180		-	election, a recanvass return shall be made in duplicate on a form
181		-	prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State, and the
182		-	moderator shall file one copy with the Secretary of the State and one
183		-	copy with the town clerk not later than ten days after the election. Such
184		-	recanvass return shall be substituted for the original return and shall
185		-	have the same force and effect as an original return.
186		-	(d) The moderator may, when any disorder arises that interferes with
187		-	the conduct of a recanvass, including any attempt by a person other than
188		-	a recanvass official to take part in such recanvass or by such a person to
189		-	communicate with a recanvass official other than the moderator, and the
190		-	offender refuses to submit to the moderator's lawful authority, order
191		-	that the offender be removed by the recanvass officials from such
192		-	recanvass until the offender conforms to order or, if need be, until such
193		-	recanvass is completed.
194		-	[(d)] (e) As used in this section, (1) "moderator" means, in the case of
195		-	municipalities not divided into voting districts, the moderator of the
196		-	election and, in the case of municipalities divided into voting districts,
197		-	the head moderator of the election, and (2) "registrars of voters", in a
198		-	municipality where there are different registrars of voters for different
199		-	voting districts, means the registrars of voters in the voting district in
200		-	which, at the last-preceding election, the presiding officer for the
201		-	purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole municipality was House Bill No. 7001
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205		-	moderator.
206		-	Sec. 6. Section 19a-197a of the general statutes, as amended by section
207		-	42 of public act 23-97, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
208		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023):
209		-	(a) As used in this section, "emergency medical services personnel"
210		-	means (1) any class of emergency medical technician certified pursuant
211		-	to sections 20-206ll and 20-206mm, including, but not limited to, any
212		-	advanced emergency medical technician, (2) any paramedic licensed
213		-	pursuant to sections 20-206ll and 20-206mm, and (3) any emergency
214		-	medical responder certified pursuant to sections 20-206ll and 20-
215		-	206mm.
216		-	(b) Any emergency medical services personnel who has been trained,
217		-	in accordance with national standards recognized by the Commissioner
218		-	of Public Health, in the administration of epinephrine using automatic
219		-	prefilled cartridge injectors, similar automatic injectable equipment or
220		-	[by] prefilled vial and syringe and who functions in accordance with
221		-	written protocols and the standing orders of a licensed physician
222		-	serving as an emergency department director may administer, on or
223		-	before June 30, 2024, and shall administer, on and after July 1, 2024,
224		-	epinephrine using such injectors, equipment or prefilled vial and
225		-	syringe when the use of epinephrine is deemed necessary by the
226		-	emergency medical services personnel for the treatment of a patient. All
227		-	emergency medical services personnel shall receive such training from
228		-	an organization designated by the commissioner.
229		-	(c) All licensed or certified ambulances shall be equipped with
230		-	epinephrine in such injectors, equipment or prefilled vials and syringes
231		-	[that the emergency medical services personnel shall administer] to be
232		-	administered as described in subsection (b) of this section and in
233		-	accordance with written protocols and standing orders of a licensed
234		-	physician serving as an emergency department director. House Bill No. 7001
	128	+	than the fifth business day after such election to recanvass the returns of 77
	129	+	a voting tabulator or voting tabulators or absentee ballots or write-in 78
	130	+	ballots used in such district in such election. If any of such recanvass 79
	131	+	officials are unavailable at the time of the recanvass, the registrar of 80
	132	+	voters of the same political party as that of the recanvass official unable 81
	133	+	to attend shall designate another elector having previous training and 82
	134	+	experience in the conduct of elections to take his place. Before such 83
	135	+	recanvass is made, such moderator shall give notice, in writing, to the 84
	136	+	[chairman] chairperson of the town committee of each political party 85
	137	+	which nominated candidates for the election, and, in the case of a state 86
	138	+	election, not later than twenty-four hours after a determination is made 87
	139	+	regarding the need for a recanvass to the Secretary of the State, of the 88
	140	+	time and place where such recanvass is to be made; and each such 89
	141	+	[chairman] chairperson may send party representatives to be present at 90
	142	+	such recanvass. Such party representatives may observe, but no one 91
	143	+	other than a recanvass official may take part in the recanvass. If any 92
	144	+	irregularity in the recanvass procedure is noted by such a party 93
	145	+	representative, he shall be permitted to present evidence of such 94
	146	+	irregularity in any contest relating to the election. 95
	147	+	(b) The moderator shall determine the place or places where the 96
	148	+	recanvass shall be conducted and, if such recanvass is held before the 97
	149	+	tabulators are boxed and collected in the manner required by section 9-98
	150	+	266, the moderator may either require that such recanvass of such 99
	151	+	tabulators be conducted in each place where the tabulators are located, 100
	152	+	or he may require that they be removed to one central place, where such 101
	153	+	recanvass shall be conducted. All recanvassing procedures shall be open 102
	154	+	to public observation, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this 103
	155	+	section. Such recanvass officials shall, in the presence of such moderator 104
	156	+	and registrars of voters, make a record of the number on the seal and 105
	157	+	the number on the protective counter, if one is provided, on each voting 106
	158	+	tabulator specified by such moderator. Such registrars of voters in the 107
	159	+	presence of such moderator shall turn over the keys of each such 108
	160	+	tabulator to such recanvass officials, and such recanvass officials, in the 109
	161	+	presence of such registrars of voters and moderator, shall immediately 110 Bill No.
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238		-	Sec. 7. (Effective from passage) (a) There shall be, in any municipality
239		-	with a population of at least one hundred forty thousand, an election
240		-	monitor for the municipal election in 2023 and the state election in 2024
241		-	to detect and prevent irregularity and impropriety in the management
242		-	of election administration procedures and the conduct of said elections
243		-	in such municipality. The office of the Secretary of the State shall
244		-	contract with an individual to serve in such capacity as election monitor
245		-	until December 31, 2024, unless such contract is terminated for any
246		-	reason by the Secretary of the State prior to said date. Such election
247		-	monitor shall: (1) Not be considered a state employee; (2) be
248		-	compensated in accordance with such contract; and (3) be reimbursed
249		-	for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
250		-	Costs related to the service of such election monitor shall be paid from
251		-	moneys appropriated to the Secretary for such purpose. Such
252		-	municipality shall provide for such election monitor any office space,
253		-	supplies, equipment and services necessary to properly carry out the
254		-	duties and responsibilities of the position. As used in this section,
255		-	"population" means the estimated number of people according to the
256		-	most recent version of the State Register and Manual prepared pursuant
257		-	to section 3-90 of the general statutes.
258		-	(b) An election monitor appointed under subsection (a) of this section
259		-	shall: (1) Conduct inspections, inquiries and investigations relating to
260		-	any duty or responsibility under title 9 of the general statutes to be
261		-	carried out by any official of the municipality or appointee of such
262		-	official; (2) have access to all records, data and material maintained by
263		-	or available to any such official or appointee; and (3) immediately report
264		-	to the Secretary of the State any irregularity or impropriety in the
265		-	performance of any duty or responsibility described in subdivision (1)
266		-	of this subsection. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
267		-	the State Elections Enforcement Commission from taking any action
268		-	authorized under section 9-7b of the general statutes. House Bill No. 7001
269	164
270		-	~~Sept. 26 Sp. Sess., 2023, Public Act~~ No. ~~23-1~~ 9 of 9
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271	166
272		-	Sec. 8. (Effective from passage) The sum of $150,000 of the amount
273		-	appropriated in section 1 of public act 23-204, to the Elections
274		-	Enforcement Commission, for Elections Enforcement Commission, for
275		-	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, shall be transferred to the Secretary
276		-	of the State, for Other Expenses, and made available during said fiscal
277		-	year to support the cost of one election monitor position for the city of
278		-	Bridgeport.
279		-	Approved October 3, 2023
	167	+	proceed to recanvass the vote cast thereon, and shall then open the 111
	168	+	package of absentee ballots and recanvass the vote cast thereon. In the 112
	169	+	course of the recanvass of the absentee ballot vote the recanvass officials 113
	170	+	shall check all outer envelopes for absentee ballots against the inner 114
	171	+	envelopes for such ballots and against the registry list to verify 115
	172	+	postmarks, addresses and registry list markings and also to determine 116
	173	+	whether the number of envelopes from which absentee ballots have 117
	174	+	been removed is the same as the number of persons checked as having 118
	175	+	voted by absentee ballot. The write-in ballots shall also be recanvassed 119
	176	+	at this time. Any party representative present shall have a right to view 120
	177	+	each ballot as it is being recanvassed by the recanvass officials, so as to 121
	178	+	be able to discern the markings on such ballot. All of the recanvass 122
	179	+	officials shall use the same forms for tallies and returns as were used at 123
	180	+	the original canvass and the absentee ballot counters shall also sign the 124
	181	+	tallies. 125
	182	+	(c) The votes shall be announced and recorded in the manner 126
	183	+	prescribed in section 9-309, as amended by [this act] public act 23-22, on 127
	184	+	return forms provided by the registrars of voters and appended thereto 128
	185	+	shall be a statement signed by the moderator indicating the time and 129
	186	+	place of the recanvass and the names, addresses, titles and party 130
	187	+	affiliations of the recanvass officials. The write-in ballots shall be 131
	188	+	replaced in a properly secured sealed package. Upon the completion of 132
	189	+	such recanvass, any tabulator used in such recanvass shall be locked and 133
	190	+	sealed, the keys thereof shall immediately be returned to such registrars 134
	191	+	of voters and such tabulator shall remain so locked until the expiration 135
	192	+	of fourteen days after such election or for such longer period as is 136
	193	+	ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. The absentee ballots shall 137
	194	+	be replaced in their wrappers and be resealed by the moderator in the 138
	195	+	presence of the recanvass officials. Upon the completion of such 139
	196	+	recanvass, such moderator and at least two of the recanvass officials of 140
	197	+	different political parties shall forthwith prepare and sign such return 141
	198	+	forms which shall contain a written statement giving the result of such 142
	199	+	recanvass for each tabulator and each package of absentee ballots whose 143
	200	+	returns were so recanvassed, setting forth whether or not the original 144 Bill No.
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	206	+	canvass was correctly made and stating whether or not the discrepancy 145
	207	+	still remains unaccounted for. Such return forms containing such 146
	208	+	statement shall forthwith be filed by the moderator in the office of such 147
	209	+	clerk. If such recanvass reveals that the original canvass of returns was 148
	210	+	not correctly made, such return forms containing such statement so filed 149
	211	+	with the clerk shall constitute a corrected return. In the case of a state 150
	212	+	election, a recanvass return shall be made in duplicate on a form 151
	213	+	prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State, and the 152
	214	+	moderator shall file one copy with the Secretary of the State and one 153
	215	+	copy with the town clerk not later than ten days after the election. Such 154
	216	+	recanvass return shall be substituted for the original return and shall 155
	217	+	have the same force and effect as an original return. 156
	218	+	(d) The moderator may, when any disorder arises that interferes with 157
	219	+	the conduct of a recanvass, including any attempt by a person other than 158
	220	+	a recanvass official to take part in such recanvass or by such a person to 159
	221	+	communicate with a recanvass official other than the moderator, and the 160
	222	+	offender refuses to submit to the moderator's lawful authority, order 161
	223	+	that the offender be removed by the recanvass officials from such 162
	224	+	recanvass until the offender conforms to order or, if need be, until such 163
	225	+	recanvass is completed. 164
	226	+	[(d)] (e) As used in this section, (1) "moderator" means, in the case of 165
	227	+	municipalities not divided into voting districts, the moderator of the 166
	228	+	election and, in the case of municipalities divided into voting districts, 167
	229	+	the head moderator of the election, and (2) "registrars of voters", in a 168
	230	+	municipality where there are different registrars of voters for different 169
	231	+	voting districts, means the registrars of voters in the voting district in 170
	232	+	which, at the last-preceding election, the presiding officer for the 171
	233	+	purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole municipality was 172
	234	+	moderator. 173
	235	+	Sec. 6. Section 19a-197a of the general statutes, as amended by section 174
	236	+	42 of public act 23-97, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 175
	237	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 176 Bill No.
	238	+
	239	+
	240	+
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	242	+
	243	+	(a) As used in this section, "emergency medical services personnel" 177
	244	+	means (1) any class of emergency medical technician certified pursuant 178
	245	+	to sections 20-206ll and 20-206mm, including, but not limited to, any 179
	246	+	advanced emergency medical technician, (2) any paramedic licensed 180
	247	+	pursuant to sections 20-206ll and 20-206mm, and (3) any emergency 181
	248	+	medical responder certified pursuant to sections 20-206ll and 20-182
	249	+	206mm. 183
	250	+	(b) Any emergency medical services personnel who has been trained, 184
	251	+	in accordance with national standards recognized by the Commissioner 185
	252	+	of Public Health, in the administration of epinephrine using automatic 186
	253	+	prefilled cartridge injectors, similar automatic injectable equipment or 187
	254	+	[by] prefilled vial and syringe and who functions in accordance with 188
	255	+	written protocols and the standing orders of a licensed physician 189
	256	+	serving as an emergency department director may administer, on or 190
	257	+	before June 30, 2024, and shall administer, on and after July 1, 2024, 191
	258	+	epinephrine using such injectors, equipment or prefilled vial and 192
	259	+	syringe when the use of epinephrine is deemed necessary by the 193
	260	+	emergency medical services personnel for the treatment of a patient. All 194
	261	+	emergency medical services personnel shall receive such training from 195
	262	+	an organization designated by the commissioner. 196
	263	+	(c) All licensed or certified ambulances shall be equipped with 197
	264	+	epinephrine in such injectors, equipment or prefilled vials and syringes 198
	265	+	[that the emergency medical services personnel shall administer] to be 199
	266	+	administered as described in subsection (b) of this section and in 200
	267	+	accordance with written protocols and standing orders of a licensed 201
	268	+	physician serving as an emergency department director. 202
	269	+	Sec. 7. (Effective from passage) (a) There shall be, in any municipality 203
	270	+	with a population of at least one hundred forty thousand, an election 204
	271	+	monitor for the municipal election in 2023 and the state election in 2024 205
	272	+	to detect and prevent irregularity and impropriety in the management 206
	273	+	of election administration procedures and the conduct of said elections 207
	274	+	in such municipality. The office of the Secretary of the State shall 208
	275	+	contract with an individual to serve in such capacity as election monitor 209 Bill No.
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	280	+
	281	+	until December 31, 2024, unless such contract is terminated for any 210
	282	+	reason by the Secretary of the State prior to said date. Such election 211
	283	+	monitor shall: (1) Not be considered a state employee; (2) be 212
	284	+	compensated in accordance with such contract; and (3) be reimbursed 213
	285	+	for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties. 214
	286	+	Costs related to the service of such election monitor shall be paid from 215
	287	+	moneys appropriated to the Secretary for such purpose. Such 216
	288	+	municipality shall provide for such election monitor any office space, 217
	289	+	supplies, equipment and services necessary to properly carry out the 218
	290	+	duties and responsibilities of the position. As used in this section, 219
	291	+	"population" means the estimated number of people according to the 220
	292	+	most recent version of the State Register and Manual prepared pursuant 221
	293	+	to section 3-90 of the general statutes. 222
	294	+	(b) An election monitor appointed under subsection (a) of this section 223
	295	+	shall: (1) Conduct inspections, inquiries and investigations relating to 224
	296	+	any duty or responsibility under title 9 of the general statutes to be 225
	297	+	carried out by any official of the municipality or appointee of such 226
	298	+	official; (2) have access to all records, data and material maintained by 227
	299	+	or available to any such official or appointee; and (3) immediately report 228
	300	+	to the Secretary of the State any irregularity or impropriety in the 229
	301	+	performance of any duty or responsibility described in subdivision (1) 230
	302	+	of this subsection. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 231
	303	+	the State Elections Enforcement Commission from taking any action 232
	304	+	authorized under section 9-7b of the general statutes. 233
	305	+	Sec. 8. (Effective from passage) The sum of $150,000 of the amount 234
	306	+	appropriated in section 1 of public act 23-204, to the Elections 235
	307	+	Enforcement Commission, for Elections Enforcement Commission, for 236
	308	+	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, shall be transferred to the Secretary 237
	309	+	of the State, for Other Expenses, and made available during said fiscal 238
	310	+	year to support the cost of one election monitor position for the city of 239
	311	+	Bridgeport. 240 Bill No.
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	316	+
	317	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	318	+	sections:
	319	+
	320	+	Section 1 October 1, 2023 9-164(a)
	321	+	Sec. 2 October 1, 2023 9-464
	322	+	Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 9-238(a)
	323	+	Sec. 4 January 1, 2024 New section
	324	+	Sec. 5 October 1, 2023 9-311
	325	+	Sec. 6 October 1, 2023 19a-197a
	326	+	Sec. 7 from passage New section
	327	+	Sec. 8 from passage New section
	328	+