Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6523: AN ACT PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN STUDIES DURING PERMITTING AND APPROVAL PROCESSES.
Status: Introduced, January 24, 2025
What the bill says
An act PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN STUDIES DURING PERMITTING AND APPROVAL PROCESSES. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the state or municipalities from considering any study concerning environmental, health, traffic or economic impacts produced in a permitting or project approval process, unless the party submitting such study discloses (1) the author of the study, (2) the entity that will pay for the work in question, (3) the cost of the study, and (4) any conflict of interest. Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the state or municipalities from consid.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN STUDIES DURING PERMITTING AND APPROVAL PROCESSES. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the state or municipalities from considering any study concerning environmental, health, traffic or economic impacts produced in a permitting or project approval process, unless the party submitting such study discloses (1) the author of the study, (2) the entity that will pay for the work in question, (3) the cost of the study, and (4) any conflict of interest. Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the state or municipalities from considering any study concerning environmental, health, traffic or economic impacts produced in a permitting or project approval process, unless the party submitting such study discloses certain information. LCO No. 2688 1 of
Sponsors
- Liz Linehan (D, 103) · primary sponsor
- Kaitlyn Shake (D, 120)
Latest actions
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development