Connecticut

2024 Legislation

  • House Bill 5287
    • Status: Introduced on February 22 2024 – 25% progression, died in committee
    • Action: 2024-02-23 – Public Hearing 02/27
    • Pending: Joint Veterans’ and Military Affairs Committee
    • Summary: The proposed bill, effective October 1, 2024, aims to reduce the fees paid by veterans and members of the armed forces, including those in the First and Second Company Governor’s Foot Guard and the First Company Governor’s Horse Guard, by 50% for the production of certain veterans’ specialty license plates. This includes plates indicating service during specific wars, Support Our Troops! plates, and other military organization plates. The bill also outlines that the reduced fees will apply to various specialty plates associated with recognized military organizations in Connecticut, ensuring that veterans and service members benefit from more affordable registration options.

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2023 Legislation

  • House Bill 5048
    • Summary: To provide certain veterans’ specialty license plates to veterans for no cost.
    • Status: Engrossed on June 5 2023 – 50% progression
    • Action: 2023-06-05 – Senate Calendar Number 616

4  (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, at the request of any veteran

5  or member of the armed forces or the surviving spouse of such veteran

6  or member, shall register any motor vehicle owned or leased for a period

7  of at least one year by such person and shall issue a special certificate of

8  registration and a set of number plates for each such motor vehicle,

9  including a special certificate of registration and a set of number plates

10  for any motor vehicle used exclusively for farming purposes by any

11  such veteran or member of the armed forces, or the surviving spouse of

12  such veteran or member, who is engaged in agricultural production as

13  a trade or business.

(2) In the case of any veteran, as defined in section 27-103, or member

124  of the armed forces, as defined in said section, who applies for any of

125  the following special number plates and who is eligible to apply for such

126  plate, the fee for such plate shall be equal to fifty per cent of the fee

127  established in any regulation adopted under subdivision (1) of this

128  subsection for such plate and shall be in addition to the fee for

129  registration of the motor vehicle: (A) Connecticut Army National Guard

130  Aviation plate; (B) Disabled American Veterans plate; (C) First

131  Company Governor’s Foot Guard plate; (D) First Company Governor’s

132  Horse Guard plate; (E) Greater Hartford Chapter of the Eighty-Second

133  Airborne plate; (F) Iwo Jima Survivor plate; (G) Korean War Veterans

134  Association plate; (H) Laos Veterans of America plate; (I) Marine Corps

135  League plate; (J) Military Order of the Purple Heart plate; (K) National

136  Guard Association of Connecticut (active) plate; (L) National Guard

137  Association of Connecticut (retired) plate; (M) Pearl Harbor 1941

138  Survivor plate; (N) Second Company Governor’s Foot Guard plate; and

139  (O) United States Submarine Veterans plate.

2022 Legislation

  • House Bill 5370 – Click Here To Read Bill
    • Summary: To increase from fifty to sixty dollars per day the compensation for participation in military funeral honor guard details. Includes State Guard / Foot Guard
    • Status: Introduced on March 3 2022 – 25% progression, died in chamber
    • 2022-04-21 – File Number 570
  • House Bill 5368 – Click here to Read Bill
    • Summary: To revise certain statutes concerning the composition and organizational structure of the Governor’s Guards.
      • Changes the amount of personnel per rank
    • Status: Passed on May 24 2022 – 100% progression
    • Action: 2022-05-24 – Signed by the Governor