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SB00307 - An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage Of Biomarker Testing.
Human Services, Jeffrey Gordon, Christine Palm
Last updated 4 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
To improve outcomes for Medicaid enrollees afflicted with cancer and other diseases by utilizing biomarker testing to help guide treatment.
STATUS
Passed
HB05422 - An Act Concerning Hate And Bias Crimes.
Judiciary, Maryam Khan, Susan M. Johnson
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
To mandate for any person convicted of a hate or bias crime, participation in an anti-bias or diversity awareness program or in a program of community service designed to remedy damage caused by the commission of a bias crime or otherwise related to the defendant's violation, adjust the membership of the State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council and require the council to examine and recommend legislative changes to the intent elements of hate crime statutes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB05239 - An Act Establishing The Path Program And Amending The Connecticut Collegiate Awareness And Preparation Program.
Higher Education and Employment Advancement, Geraldo C. Reyes, Hilda E. Santiago
Last updated 4 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
To (1) make nonprofit organizations that provide collegiate awareness and preparation programs eligible for grants, (2) establish an earlier application deadline and a one-year award period, and (3) increase funding for the Connecticut collegiate awareness and preparation program.
STATUS
Passed
HB05308 - An Act Concerning Absentee Voting For Certain Patients Of Nursing Homes.
Government Administration and Elections, Bob Godfrey, Eleni Kavros DeGraw
Last updated 4 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
To allow an absentee ballot applicant, who is a patient in a nursing home within six days immediately preceding the close of the polls at an election, primary or referendum, to designate someone to deliver an absentee ballot to such applicant.
STATUS
Passed
HB05457 - An Act Concerning Nursing Home Waiting Lists.
Human Services, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Kara Rochelle
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
To implement working group recommendations regarding waiting list requirements for nursing homes.
STATUS
Passed
HB05491 - An Act Establishing A Property Tax Exemption For Veterans Who Have A Service-connected Permanent And Total Disability Rating.
Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Anthony L. Nolan, Jennifer Leeper
Last updated 4 months ago
118 Co-Sponsors
To establish a property tax exemption for veterans who have a service-connected permanent and total disability rating as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
STATUS
Passed
HB05434 - An Act Concerning The Community Economic Development Fund.
Commerce, Saud Anwar, Heather S. Bond Somers
Last updated 4 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
To authorize the Community and Economic Development Fund to conduct business outside the state.
STATUS
Passed
HB05300 - An Act Concerning The Invest Ct Fund Program.
Commerce, Joseph P. Gresko, Fred Gee
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
To authorize the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to consider certain businesses that do not have their principal business operations in Connecticut to be eligible businesses under the invest CT fund program.
STATUS
Passed
HB05225 - An Act Concerning The Recommendations Of The Invasive Plants Council.
Environment, Joseph P. Gresko, Aundre Bumgardner
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
To implement the recent recommendations of the Invasive Plants Council by prohibiting the sale and cultivation of certain plants determined to be invasive or potentially invasive.
STATUS
Passed
HB05467 - An Act Concerning Firearms Background Checks.
Judiciary, Donna Veach, Bob Godfrey
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
To ensure employees and authorized agents of municipal, state or federal agencies involved in evaluating the proposed transfer of a firearm to a person under age twenty-one in this state or any other state have access to records of cases of juvenile matters involving delinquency proceedings.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Connecticut district SD-003
COMMITTEES
Connecticut Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Dr. Saud Anwar is a physician and state senator in Connecticut. He serves as the Deputy President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and is a member of the Public Health Committee. Dr. Anwar was elected to represent the people of Connecticut's 3rd Senate District in 2018. He is the first Muslim senator elected in Connecticut. Dr. Anwar is a graduate of the Aga Khan University Medical College and completed his residency training at Saint Francis Hospital.read less
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Connecticut Senate from Connecticut
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