LCO 3952 1 of 14 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 Subdivision (9) of section 3-56a of the general statutes is 1 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 1, 2025): 3 (9) "Mineral" means gas; oil; other gaseous, liquid [,] and solid 4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 Subsection (c) of section 4-8 of the general statutes is repealed 10 and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 11 (c) Each department head may appoint such deputies as may be 12 Raised Bill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 LCO 3952 2 of 14 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 Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-4a of the general 22 statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 23 (Effective October 1, 2025): 24 (2) The name, party affiliation and contact information of each 25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 LCO 3952 3 of 14 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 LCO 3952 4 of 14 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 LCO 3952 5 of 14 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 LCO 3952 6 of 14 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 LCO 3952 7 of 14 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 LCO 3952 8 of 14 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 LCO 3952 9 of 14 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 LCO 3952 10 of 14 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 LCO 3952 11 of 14 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 pursuant to section 9-608. 342 Raised Bill No. 6849 LCO 3952 12 of 14 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 as such on the grand list. An application for classification of land as open 375 Raised Bill No. 6849 LCO 3952 13 of 14 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 LCO 3952 14 of 14 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