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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 1179  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 3090 
 
 
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY 
MAKERSPACE INITIATIVE PROGRAM. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department 1 
of Economic and Community Development to establish the Connecticut 2 
Community Makerspace Initiative program to support 3 
entrepreneurship in the state by promoting and expanding access to the 4 
industrial-grade tools, resources and training provided by Connecticut's 5 
nonprofit community, and (2) allocate funds for the operation of such 6 
program. 7 
Statement of Purpose:   
To establish the Connecticut Community Makerspace Initiative 
program to support entrepreneurship, innovation and economic 
opportunity in the state.