Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee 11 D cosponsors

SB 588 — AN ACT PROHIBITING OFF-SHORE DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS IN CONNECTICUT.

Last action — HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 691

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This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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General Assembly Proposed Bill No.
General Assembly Committee Bill No.
2871 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by:
5722 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by:
(ENV) AN ACT PROHIBITING OFF-SHORE DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS IN CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1.
Section 22a-473 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):
(a) No person may engage in exploratory drilling for oil or gas until the regulations required by section 22a-472 are adopted.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no person shall engage in drilling for oil or gas, exploratory or otherwise, in the territorial waters of the state.
No state agency or department, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall issue or approve any permit, lease, contract or conveyance for, or relating to, the drilling for oil or gas in the territorial waters of the state.
(c) No person shall engage in the practice of seismic mapping in the territorial waters of the state.
No state agency or department, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy and LCO No.
5722 1 of 2 Committee Bill No.
588 Environmental Protection, shall issue or approve any permit, lease, contract or conveyance for, or relating to, seismic mapping in the territorial waters of the state.
For the purposes of this section, "seismic mapping" means the use of sound wave technology to locate and map rocks and other geological formations below the Earth's surface that may contain oil or gas.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 22a-473 Statement of Purpose:
To minimize adverse environmental and tourism impacts from off- shore oil and gas drilling.
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:
LOONEY, 11th Dist.
LOONEY, 11th Dist.;
MARONEY, 14th Dist.
SEN.
OSTEN, 19th Dist.
MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.;
MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
CASSANO, 4th Dist.
MOORE, 22nd Dist.
LESSER, 9th Dist.;
CASSANO, 4th Dist.
COHEN, 12th Dist.
KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
ABRAMS, 13th Dist.;
LESSER, 9th Dist.
MARONEY, 14th Dist.
HASKELL, 26th Dist.
OSTEN, 19th Dist.;
COHEN, 12th Dist.
MOORE, 22nd Dist.
FLEXER, 29th Dist.
KUSHNER, 24th Dist.;
ABRAMS, 13th Dist.
HASKELL, 26th Dist.
FLEXER, 29th Dist.;
SEN.
AN ACT PROHIBITING OFF-SHORE DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS IN CONNECTICUT.
REP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
RYAN, 139th Dist.
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit off-shore drilling for oil and gas off the state coastline in the territorial waters of the state.
S.B.
Statement of Purpose:
588 LCO No.
To minimize adverse environmental and tourism impacts from off- shore oil and gas drilling.
5722 2 of 2
LCO No.
2871 1 of 1
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Action History

  1. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 691

  2. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER

  3. ON CONSENT CALENDAR

  4. SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  5. SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  6. FILE NO. 659

  7. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 318

  8. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  9. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  10. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/19

  11. FILED WITH LCO

  12. Joint Favorable Substitute

  13. PUBLIC HEARING 0318

  14. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment

  15. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  16. Vote to Draft

  17. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment

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Sponsors (29)

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Not signed on (158)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 588?
SB 588 is sponsored by Hennessy, John "Jack" F., Marilyn Moore, Winkler, Michael A., Haskell, Will, Ryan, Kevin, Borer, Dorinda, Mushinsky, Mary M., Dillon, Patricia A., Michel, David, Palm, Christine, Rose, Kim, Cassano, Steve, Allie-Brennan, Raghib, Dathan, Lucy, Daugherty Abrams, Mary, Rotella, Kate, Altobello, Emil "Buddy", Hampton, John K., Douglas McCrory (Democratic), Norman Needleman (Democratic), Bob Duff (Democratic), Rick Lopes (Democratic), Julie Kushner (Democratic), Mae Flexer (Democratic), Christine Cohen (Democratic), Catherine A. Osten (Democratic), James J. Maroney (Democratic), Martin M. Looney (Democratic), and Matthew L. Lesser (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 588?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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