Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 686 — AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

Last action — REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Housing

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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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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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

42 added · 8 removed

42 line(s) added, 8 removed.

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1890 Referred to Committee on HOUSING Introduced by:
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(HSG) AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1.
(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an adult resident of assisted housing shall seek vocational, educational or literacy training for not less than one hour per month.
The resident service coordinator of each housing authority shall make available information regarding existing vocational, educational or literacy programs to any adult resident of assisted housing who is not exempt under subsection (b) of this section.
Any such resident shall meet with the resident service coordinator not less than once every six months to review opportunities for such resident to participate in existing vocational, educational or literacy programs at no cost to such resident.
(b) The following persons are exempt from the requirement in subsection (a) of this act:
(1) A person who is sixty-two years of age or older;
(2) a person who is blind, physically disabled or who has a mental disability, as those terms are defined in section 46a-51 of the general statutes, or an intellectual disability, as defined in section 1-1g LCO No.
5337 1 of 2 Committee Bill No.
686 of the general statutes, or who is a primary caretaker for such a person;
or (3) a person who is engaged in activity such as employment, a work experience program, on-the-job training program, job readiness assistance program, vocational educational training or educational study program.
(c) For purposes of this section, "adult resident of assisted housing" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older, receiving rental assistance under chapter 138a of the general statutes or 42 USC 1437f(o) and living in assisted housing, as defined in section 8-30g of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section Statement of Purpose:
To encourage certain recipients of housing assistance to seek vocational or other educational training.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, 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:
AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
686 LCO No.
That title 8 of the general statutes be amended to require recipients of housing assistance to seek vocational or other educational training.
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Statement of Purpose:
To require recipients of housing assistance to seek vocational or other educational training.
LCO No.
1890 1 of 1
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Action History

  1. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Housing

  2. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  3. Vote to Draft

  4. PUBLIC HEARING 0214

  5. Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing

  6. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Housing

Sponsors

  • Dennis A. Bradley · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 186 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Bradley, Dennis A.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (186)

186 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Who sponsors SB 686?
SB 686 is sponsored by Bradley, Dennis A..
What is the current status of SB 686?
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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