Connecticut 2025 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06849 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 03/18/2025

                     
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 6849  
January Session, 2025 
LCO No. 3952 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT 
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 
 
 
Introduced by:  
(GAE)  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO 
THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS STATUTES.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subdivision (9) of section 3-56a of the general statutes is 1 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 
1, 2025): 3 
(9) "Mineral" means gas; oil; other gaseous, liquid [,] and solid 4 
hydrocarbons; oil shale; cement material; sand and gravel; road 5 
material; building stone; chemical raw material; gemstone; fissionable 6 
and nonfissionable ores; colloidal and other clay; steam and other 7 
geothermal resource; or any other substance defined as a mineral by the 8 
law of this state; 9 
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4-8 of the general statutes is repealed 10 
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 11 
(c) Each department head may appoint such deputies as may be 12  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department. 13 
Each department head shall designate one deputy who shall, in the 14 
absence or disqualification of the department head or upon the 15 
department head's death, exercise the powers and duties of the 16 
department head until the department head resumes his or her duties 17 
or the vacancy is filled, as applicable. Such deputies shall serve at the 18 
pleasure of the department head. Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, 19 
each department head shall appoint such other employees as may be 20 
necessary for the discharge of the department head's duties. 21 
Sec. 3. Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-4a of the general 22 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 23 
(Effective October 1, 2025): 24 
(2) The name, party affiliation and contact information of each 25 
candidate who is nominated or qualifies as a petitioning candidate for 26 
election to the office of President of the United States, Vice-President of 27 
the United States, senator in Congress, representative in Congress, 28 
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, 29 
State Comptroller, Secretary of the State, state senator or state 30 
representative at the state election. As used in this section, "contact 31 
information" means any or all of the following information received by 32 
the Secretary of the State in the course of the secretary's elections duties 33 
or by the Federal Election Commission: A candidate's campaign mailing 34 
address, telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address 35 
and web site. The voter guide may provide contact information for a 36 
candidate for the office of President of the United States, Vice-President 37 
of the United States, senator in Congress or representative in Congress 38 
by an electronic link to such information on the Federal Election 39 
Commission's Internet web site; 40 
Sec. 4. Subdivision (6) of subsection (b) of section 9-31l of the general 41 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 42 
(Effective October 1, 2025): 43 
(6) The decision of the commission shall determine the person's right 44  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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to be or remain an elector. If any such decision is adverse to such 45 
individual's right, the commission shall order both registrars to remove 46 
the elector's name from the town's active and inactive registry list and 47 
any enrollment list. Any person whose name has been so removed may 48 
reapply for admission as an elector with the registrars of voters of the 49 
same town at any time. If such application is made within four years 50 
after the commission's decision, both registrars may approve such 51 
application only after they find that there has been a substantial change 52 
in the circumstances that provided the basis for the commission's 53 
decision and that the individual is eligible to be an elector. Registrars 54 
who approve an individual's application for admission within this time 55 
period without a substantial change in circumstances may be subject to 56 
a civil penalty imposed by the commission in accordance with 57 
subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b if the commission 58 
determines, following a written complaint filed with the commission 59 
pursuant to [said] section 9-7b, that the registrars' action was without 60 
good cause and constitutes a wilful violation of a prior order of the 61 
commission. 62 
Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 9-32 of the general statutes is repealed 63 
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 64 
(b) No elector's name shall be removed from the registry list, 65 
pursuant to section 9-35, unless (1) the elector confirms in writing that 66 
the elector has moved out of the municipality, or (2) the elector has been 67 
sent, by forwardable mail, a notice and a postage prepaid preaddressed 68 
return card in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 69 
1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, four years prior to 70 
removal from the registry list and such elector has failed to respond and 71 
has not restored the elector's name to the active registry list under 72 
section 9-42 or voted in an election or primary in the municipality 73 
during the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending four 74 
years later. If a registrar or a registrar's designee conducts a telephone 75 
canvass, a telephone call by any such person shall constitute an attempt 76 
to contact the elector only if the elector's household has a published 77 
telephone number and the telephone is in operating order. If a registrar, 78  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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or a registrar's designee, during a telephone canvass contacts a 79 
telecommunication device for the deaf in an elector's household, such 80 
call shall not constitute an attempt to contact the elector unless the 81 
registrar, or the registrar's designee, uses a similar device or uses a 82 
message relay center. No elector's name shall be removed from the 83 
active registry list pursuant to [said] section 9-35 as a result of 84 
information obtained during a telephone canvass, unless the registrar 85 
believes such information is reliable and sufficient to enable the registrar 86 
to determine if the elector is entitled to remain on the list under the 87 
provisions of this chapter.  88 
Sec. 6. Section 9-35c of the general statutes is repealed and the 89 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 90 
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-238, 9-406 and 9-436 91 
and other provisions of the general statutes, the names of electors on the 92 
inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35 shall not be counted 93 
for purposes of computing the number of petition signatures required. 94 
Each elector on such inactive registry list who, in the determination of 95 
the registrars, has signed a petition pursuant to the general statutes, 96 
giving the same address as appears on the inactive registry list, shall 97 
forthwith be placed on the active registry list compiled under [said] 98 
section 9-35. Each such elector shall be counted for purposes of future 99 
computations of the number of signatures required on future petitions 100 
issued for other electoral events. The names of electors on the inactive 101 
registry list compiled pursuant to section 9-35 shall not be counted for 102 
purposes of computing the minimum percentage of the number of 103 
electors required in any charter or special act, if such charter or special 104 
act requires approval of a referendum by a minimum percentage of 105 
electors qualified on the last-completed registry list or has a similar 106 
requirement. 107 
Sec. 7. Section 9-153a of the general statutes is repealed and the 108 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 109 
The form of absentee ballot application provided by any federal 110  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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department or agency, referred to in section 9-140, may be used only by 111 
a person in any one of the following categories who is eligible to vote 112 
and who expects to be unable to appear at his proper polling place for 113 
any reason specified in section 9-135: (1) Members of the armed forces, 114 
(2) the spouses and dependents of such members, (3) members of 115 
religious groups or welfare agencies assisting members of the armed 116 
forces, who are officially attached to and serving with the armed forces, 117 
and their spouses and dependents, (4) civilian employees of the United 118 
States in all categories serving outside the territorial limits of the several 119 
states of the United States and the District of Columbia and their 120 
spouses and dependents when residing with or accompanying them, 121 
whether or not the employee is subject to the civil service laws and the 122 
Federal Classification Act of 1949, and whether or not paid from funds 123 
appropriated by the Congress, (5) citizens of the United States 124 
temporarily residing outside of the territorial limits of the several states 125 
of the United States and the District of Columbia and (6) overseas 126 
citizens qualified to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 127 
Absentee Voting Act, 100 Stat. 924, 42 USC 1973ff et seq., as amended 128 
from time to time. Any such person may apply for an absentee ballot in 129 
the manner provided in [said] section 9-140, either on the form 130 
prescribed by the Secretary of the State under [said] section 9-140, or on 131 
the application form provided by any federal department or agency 132 
hereinbefore referred to. 133 
Sec. 8. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-158c of the general 134 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 135 
(Effective October 1, 2025): 136 
(a) (1) Not earlier than forty-five days before the election and not later 137 
than the close of the polls on election day, each former resident who 138 
desires to vote in a presidential election under sections 9-158a to 9-158m, 139 
inclusive, may apply for a "presidential ballot" to the municipal clerk of 140 
the town in which such former resident is qualified to vote on the form 141 
prescribed in section 9-158d. Application for a "presidential ballot" may 142 
be made in person or absentee, in the manner provided for applying for 143 
an absentee ballot under section 9-140, except as provided in [said] 144  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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sections 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive. 145 
Sec. 9. Subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 9-163k of the general 146 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 147 
(Effective October 1, 2025): 148 
(3) For a municipal election, each registrar of voters shall appoint at 149 
least one absentee ballot coordinator for each two hundred persons who 150 
voted by absentee ballot in the most recent municipal election. For a 151 
municipal primary, each registrar of voters shall appoint at least one 152 
absentee ballot coordinator for each two hundred persons who voted by 153 
absentee ballot in the most recent municipal primary. [A registrar of 154 
voter's] The appointment of an absentee ballot coordinator by a registrar 155 
of voters shall not be effective until the registrar files the appointment 156 
with the municipal clerk; 157 
Sec. 10. Section 9-264 of the general statutes is repealed and the 158 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 159 
An elector who requires assistance to vote, by reason of blindness, 160 
disability or inability to write or to read the ballot, may be given 161 
assistance by a person of the elector's choice, other than (1) the elector's 162 
employer, (2) an agent of such employer, (3) an officer or agent of the 163 
elector's union, or (4) a candidate for any office on the ballot, unless the 164 
elector is a member of the immediate family of such candidate. The 165 
person assisting the elector may accompany the elector into the voting 166 
booth at the polling place, the location designated for same-day election 167 
registration or the location designated for the conduct of early voting, 168 
as applicable. Such person shall register such elector's vote upon the 169 
ballot as such elector directs. Any person accompanying an elector into 170 
the voting booth at the polling place or the location designated for 171 
election day registration who deceives any elector in registering the 172 
elector's vote under this section or seeks to influence any elector while 173 
in the act of voting, or who registers any vote for any elector or on any 174 
question other than as requested by such elector, or who gives 175 
information to any person as to what person or persons such elector 176  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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voted for, or how such elector voted on any question, shall be guilty of 177 
a class D felony. As used in this section, "immediate family" [means 178 
"immediate family" as defined] has the same meaning as provided in 179 
section 9-140b. 180 
Sec. 11. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 9-311 of the general statutes 181 
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 182 
October 1, 2025): 183 
(a) If, within three days after an election, it appears to the moderator 184 
that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any voting district, such 185 
moderator shall forthwith within said period summon, by written 186 
notice delivered personally, the recanvass officials, consisting of at least 187 
two checkers of different political parties and at least two absentee ballot 188 
counters of different political parties who served at such election, and 189 
the registrars of voters of the municipality in which the election was 190 
held and such other officials as may be required to conduct such 191 
recanvass. Such written notice shall require the clerk or registrars of 192 
voters, as the case may be, to bring with them the depository envelopes 193 
required by section 9-150a, the package of write-in ballots provided for 194 
in section 9-310, the absentee ballot applications, the list of absentee 195 
ballot applications, the registry list and the moderators' returns and 196 
shall require such recanvass officials to meet at a specified time not later 197 
than the fifth business day after such election to recanvass the returns of 198 
a voting tabulator or voting tabulators or absentee ballots or write-in 199 
ballots used in such district in such election. If any of such recanvass 200 
officials are unavailable at the time of the recanvass, the registrar of 201 
voters of the same political party as that of the recanvass official unable 202 
to attend shall designate another elector having previous training and 203 
experience in the conduct of elections to take [his] such recanvass 204 
official's place. Before such recanvass is made, such moderator shall give 205 
notice, in writing, to the chairperson of the town committee of each 206 
political party which nominated candidates for the election, and, in the 207 
case of a state election, not later than twenty-four hours after a 208 
determination is made regarding the need for a recanvass to the 209 
Secretary of the State, of the time and place where such recanvass is to 210  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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be made; and each such chairperson may send party representatives to 211 
be present at such recanvass. Such party representatives may observe, 212 
but no one other than a recanvass official may take part in the recanvass. 213 
If [any irregularity in the recanvass procedure is noted by such a party 214 
representative, he] a party representative notes any irregularity in the 215 
recanvass procedure, such party representative shall be permitted to 216 
present evidence of such irregularity in any contest relating to the 217 
election. 218 
(b) The moderator shall determine the place or places where the 219 
recanvass shall be conducted and, if such recanvass is held before the 220 
tabulators are boxed and collected in the manner required by section 9-221 
266, the moderator may [either] require that such recanvass of such 222 
tabulators be conducted in each place where the tabulators are located, 223 
or [he] the moderator may require that [they] such tabulators be 224 
removed to one central place [,] where such recanvass shall be 225 
conducted. All recanvassing procedures shall be open to public 226 
observation, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. 227 
Such recanvass officials shall, in the presence of such moderator and 228 
registrars of voters, make a record of the number on the seal and the 229 
number on the protective counter, if one is provided, on each voting 230 
tabulator specified by such moderator. Such registrars of voters in the 231 
presence of such moderator shall turn over the keys of each such 232 
tabulator to such recanvass officials, and such recanvass officials, in the 233 
presence of such registrars of voters and moderator, shall immediately 234 
proceed to recanvass the vote cast thereon, and shall then open the 235 
package of absentee ballots and recanvass the vote cast thereon. In the 236 
course of the recanvass of the absentee ballot vote the recanvass officials 237 
shall check all outer envelopes for absentee ballots against the inner 238 
envelopes for such ballots and against the registry list to verify 239 
postmarks, addresses and registry list markings and also to determine 240 
whether the number of envelopes from which absentee ballots have 241 
been removed is the same as the number of persons checked as having 242 
voted by absentee ballot. The write-in ballots shall also be recanvassed 243 
at this time. Any party representative present shall have a right to view 244  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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each ballot as it is being recanvassed by the recanvass officials, so as to 245 
be able to discern the markings on such ballot. All of the recanvass 246 
officials shall use the same forms for tallies and returns as were used at 247 
the original canvass and the absentee ballot counters shall also sign the 248 
tallies. 249 
Sec. 12. Section 9-311a of the general statutes is repealed and the 250 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 251 
For purposes of this section, state, district and municipal offices shall 252 
be as defined in section 9-372 except that the office of presidential elector 253 
shall be deemed a state office. Forthwith after a regular or special 254 
election for municipal office, or forthwith upon tabulation of the vote 255 
for state and district offices by the Secretary of the State, when at any 256 
such election the plurality of an elected candidate for an office over the 257 
vote for a defeated candidate receiving the next highest number of votes 258 
was either (1) less than a vote equivalent to one-half of one per cent of 259 
the total number of votes cast for the office but not more than two 260 
thousand votes, or (2) less than twenty votes, there shall be a recanvass 261 
of the returns of the voting tabulator or voting tabulators and absentee 262 
ballots used in such election for such office unless such defeated 263 
candidate or defeated candidates, as the case may be, for such office file 264 
a written statement waiving this right to such canvass with the 265 
municipal clerk in the case of a municipal office, or with the Secretary of 266 
the State in the case of a state or district office. In the case of state and 267 
district offices, the Secretary of the State upon tabulation of the votes for 268 
such offices shall notify the town clerks in the state or district, as the case 269 
may be, of the state and district offices which qualify for an automatic 270 
recanvass and shall also notify each candidate for any such office. When 271 
a recanvass is to be held, the municipal clerk shall promptly notify the 272 
moderator, as defined in section 9-311, as amended by this act, who shall 273 
proceed forthwith to cause a recanvass of such returns of the office in 274 
question in the same manner as is provided in [said] section 9-311, as 275 
amended by this act. In addition to the notice required under section 9-276 
311, as amended by this act, the moderator shall before such recanvass 277 
is made give notice in writing of the time when, and place where, such 278  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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recanvass is to be made to each candidate for a municipal office which 279 
qualifies for an automatic recanvass under this section. Nothing in this 280 
section shall preclude the right to judicial proceedings on behalf of a 281 
candidate under any provision of chapter 149. For the purposes of this 282 
section, "the total number of votes cast for the office" means, in the case 283 
of multiple openings for the same office, the total number of electors 284 
checked as having voted in the state, district, municipality or political 285 
subdivision, as the case may be. When a recanvass of the returns for an 286 
office for which there are multiple openings is required by the 287 
provisions of this section, the returns for all candidates for all openings 288 
for the office shall be recanvassed. No one other than a recanvass official 289 
shall take part in the recanvass. If [any irregularity in the recanvass 290 
procedure is noted by a candidate, he] a candidate notes any irregularity 291 
in the recanvass procedure, such candidate shall be permitted to present 292 
evidence of such irregularity in any contest relating to the election. 293 
Sec. 13. Subsection (b) of section 9-404c of the general statutes is 294 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 295 
1, 2025): 296 
(b) Upon the filing of all pages of a petition, the Secretary shall reject 297 
any page of the petition which does not contain the certifications 298 
required in section 9-404b or which the Secretary determines to have 299 
been circulated in violation of any provision of said section, [9-404b,] 300 
and shall immediately cause the number of certified signatures to be 301 
tabulated. Petitions filed with the Secretary shall be preserved for a 302 
period of three years and then may be destroyed. 303 
Sec. 14. Subparagraph (C) of subdivision (33) of section 9-601 of the 304 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 305 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 306 
(C) A firm, partnership, corporation, association, organization or 307 
other entity: 308 
(i) With respect to which a foreign owner or a person described in 309 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision holds, owns, controls or 310  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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otherwise has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership of at least five 311 
per cent of such entity's total equity or outstanding voting shares; 312 
(ii) With respect to which two or more, in combination, foreign 313 
owners or persons described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this 314 
subdivision hold, own, control or otherwise have a direct or indirect 315 
beneficial ownership of at least twenty per cent of such entity's total 316 
equity or outstanding voting shares, excluding interests held in a widely 317 
held, diversified fund; 318 
(iii) With respect to which a foreign owner or individual described in 319 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, as applicable, [of this 320 
subdivision] participates directly or indirectly in decisions to engage in 321 
any activity subject to the provisions of chapter 155 or 157; or 322 
(iv) That is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the 323 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 324 
internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to 325 
time, and with respect to which at least twenty per cent of the income 326 
received by such entity in the most recent taxable year derives from one 327 
or more foreign owners. 328 
Sec. 15. Subsection (a) of section 9-601d of the general statutes is 329 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 330 
1, 2025): 331 
(a) Any person, as defined in section 9-601, as amended by this act, 332 
may, unless otherwise restricted or prohibited by law, including, but not 333 
limited to, any provision of this chapter or chapter 157, make unlimited 334 
independent expenditures, as defined in section 9-601c, and accept 335 
unlimited covered transfers, as defined in [said] section 9-601, as 336 
amended by this act. Except as provided pursuant to this section, any 337 
such person who makes or obligates to make an independent 338 
expenditure or expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars, in the 339 
aggregate, shall file statements according to the same schedule and in 340 
the same manner as is required of a treasurer of a candidate committee 341 
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Sec. 16. Section 9-750 of the general statutes, as amended by section 343 
188 of public act 23-205, is repealed and the following is substituted in 344 
lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 345 
If, (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or any fiscal year 346 
thereafter, the amount of funds available under section 3-69a for deposit 347 
in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 is less than the 348 
amount of funds required under [said] section 3-69a to be deposited in 349 
said fund, resulting in an insufficiency in the amount of the deposit, or 350 
(2) during an election cycle the amount of funds in the Citizens' Election 351 
Fund is less than the amount of funds required to provide grants to each 352 
qualified candidate committee pursuant to the provisions of this 353 
chapter, resulting in an insufficiency in said fund, a portion of the 354 
revenues from the tax imposed under chapter 208, equal to the amount 355 
of any insufficiency described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section, 356 
shall be deposited in said fund to allow for the payment of grants 357 
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 358 
Sec. 17. Subsection (b) of section 12-107e of the general statutes is 359 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 360 
1, 2025): 361 
(b) An owner of land included in any area designated as open space 362 
land upon any plan as finally adopted may apply for its classification as 363 
open space land on any grand list of a municipality by filing a written 364 
application for such classification with the assessor thereof not earlier 365 
than thirty days before or later than thirty days after the assessment 366 
date, provided in a year in which a revaluation of all real property in 367 
accordance with section 12-62 becomes effective such application may 368 
be filed not later than ninety days after such assessment date. The 369 
assessor shall determine whether there has been any change in the area 370 
designated as an area of open space land upon the plan of development 371 
which adversely affects its essential character as an area of open space 372 
land and, if the assessor determines that there has been no such change, 373 
said assessor shall classify such land as open space land and include it 374 
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space land shall be made upon a form prescribed by the Commissioner 376 
of Agriculture and shall set forth a description of the land, a general 377 
description of the use to which it is being put, a statement of the 378 
potential liability for tax under the provisions of [section] sections 12-379 
504a to 12-504f, inclusive, and such other information as the assessor 380 
may require to aid in determining whether such land qualifies for such 381 
classification. Any advisory opinion issued by the Commissioner of 382 
Agriculture pursuant to section 22-4c, stating that such land constitutes 383 
open space land, shall be prima facie evidence that such land is classified 384 
as open space land for purposes of this section. 385 
Sec. 18. Subsection (b) of section 21a-7 of the general statutes is 386 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 387 
1, 2025): 388 
(b) With the exception of the Liquor Control Commission, each board 389 
or commission within the Department of Consumer Protection under 390 
section 21a-6 that makes a proposed final decision that is adverse to a 391 
party, as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, 392 
shall submit such proposed final decision to the Commissioner of 393 
Consumer Protection. Not later than thirty calendar days after receipt of 394 
any such proposed final decision, the Commissioner of Consumer 395 
Protection shall notify such board or commission that the commissioner 396 
shall render the final decision concerning such matter. Not later than 397 
thirty days after receipt of any such proposed final decision, the 398 
commissioner shall approve, modify or reject the proposed final 399 
decision or remand the proposed final decision for further review or for 400 
the taking of additional evidence. The commissioner shall notify the 401 
board or commission in writing of the commissioner's decision and 402 
include in such notification the rationale for such decision. The decision 403 
of the commissioner shall be the final decision in accordance with 404 
section 4-180 for purposes of reconsideration in accordance with section 405 
4-181a or appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with section 4-183. 406 
Sec. 19. Subsection (a) of section 25-156 of the general statutes is 407 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 408  Raised Bill No. 6849 
 
 
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1, 2025): 409 
(a) There is established the Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc., a 410 
nonstock, nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of the state 411 
of Connecticut as a state chartered foundation. The Long Island Sound 412 
Foundation, Inc. shall be a successor organization to the Long Island 413 
Sound Assembly established under section 25-155 of the general 414 
statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2023. 415 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 October 1, 2025 3-56a(9) 
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-8(c) 
Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 9-4a(b)(2) 
Sec. 4 October 1, 2025 9-31l(b)(6) 
Sec. 5 October 1, 2025 9-32(b) 
Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 9-35c 
Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 9-153a 
Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 9-158c(a)(1) 
Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 9-163k(c)(3) 
Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 9-264 
Sec. 11 October 1, 2025 9-311(a) and (b) 
Sec. 12 October 1, 2025 9-311a 
Sec. 13 October 1, 2025 9-404c(b) 
Sec. 14 October 1, 2025 9-601(33)(C) 
Sec. 15 October 1, 2025 9-601d(a) 
Sec. 16 July 1, 2025 9-750 
Sec. 17 October 1, 2025 12-107e(b) 
Sec. 18 October 1, 2025 21a-7(b) 
Sec. 19 October 1, 2025 25-156(a) 
 
GAE Joint Favorable