HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The 2014 session of the Connecticut General Assembly at a glance. Some bills still await the governor’s signature or veto:
PASSED:
- Minimum wage increase to $10.10 an hour by 2017
- Wide-ranging proposal that attempts to address and prevent sexual assaults on college campuses
- $400 million tax credit deal with United Technologies Corp. in return for $500 million in promised upgrades at Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky and UTC Aerospace facilities
- $2 million in borrowing to help purchase and protect 1,000 of wooded acreage in Old Saybrook, Westbrook and Essex, known as “The Preserve”
- New rules for guardians ad litem, frequently involved in contentious child custody cases
- $19 billion budget, crafted by the Democrats, for the new fiscal year beginning July 1
- Expanded mandatory use of ignition interlock system for drunken drivers
- Access to birth certificates for people whose adoptions were finalized on or after Oct. 1, 1983
- A temporary moratorium on fracking waste in Connecticut
- Study of new public retirement savings plan for private workers
- Development of concussion education plan for student athletes and parents
FAILED:
- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed $55-per-person tax rebate
- Malloy’s planned additional $100 million payment to the state’s pension fund
- Proposal to allow physicians to prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives
- Plans for the gambling game keno in bars and restaurants
- Proposal by municipal utility companies that would allow them challenge customers who may be abusing the winter no-shut-off rules
- New restrictions on the release of information from homicides
- Coverage of post-traumatic stress disorder under the Worker’s Compensation Law
- Allowing juvenile offenders with lengthy sentences a chance for parole
- Chimpanzee attack victim Charla Nash’s request to sue the state of Connecticut
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