The words “State of Connecticut” shall be printed at the head of each bill and document printed by order of the General Assembly, or either house thereof, and on its title page or cover, if any. Before printed, electronic or photographic copies of an original bill are made, the bill shall be endorsed with (1) the date of its introduction; (2) its number; (3) the name of the member or committee introducing it; and (4) the name of the committee to which it was referred. Copies of bills or resolutions printed or produced electronically after favorable report by a committee or reprinted or produced electronically after amendment on the third reading, i.e., files, shall bear the file number of such bill or resolution, placed conspicuously at the head of the same, which file number shall be assigned by the Legislative Commissioners’ Office in the order printed or produced, the number and title of the bill, the name of the committee to which it was referred, the date and nature of the committee’s report, in any case where the bill, if passed, would require the expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal revenue, a fiscal note, including an estimate of the cost or of the revenue impact shall be appended thereto, and, in any case where the bill, if passed, would have a financial impact on electric ratepayers, a ratepayer impact statement, as described in subsection (b) of section 2-24a. When a bill or resolution is accompanied with a report of a committee, other than a recommendation that it ought or ought not to pass, it shall then have an additional endorsement, as follows: “Accompanied by special report, No.-”. Bills shall be designated in the calendar of each house by their file numbers, as well as by the titles and numbers of the bills.
(1949 Rev., S. 21, 22; 1953, S. 9d; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 4; P.A. 74-108, S. 1; P.A. 78-176, S. 1, 4; P.A. 11-150, S. 3; P.A. 17-144, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 74-108 required fiscal notes on bills affecting state revenue; P.A. 78-176 further required fiscal notes on bills affecting municipal revenue; P.A. 11-150 added references to electronic production of bills or resolutions, replaced reference to “printer” with “Legislative Commissioners’ Office” re assigning of file number and deleted “printed” re calendar of each house, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 17-144 added provision re ratepayer impact statement, effective July 1, 2017.
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