Connecticut transportation laws
What Connecticut has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Connecticut is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
5 new Connecticut laws take effect in 2027
- Bills in scope
- 14bills in scope
- Past committee
- 6past committee
- Most recent action
- 11 May 2026most recent action
Transportation laws enacted in Connecticut
One transportation law enacted in the Connecticut Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
- SB 519AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND TO THE BRIDGEPORT PORT AUTHORITY.Enacted 11 May 2026
What it requires: The Commissioner of Transportation shall convey approximately 1.008 acres of state land in Bridgeport to the Bridgeport Port Authority at administrative cost. The Bridgeport Port Authority must use the parcel for economic development or waterfront purposes, and any sale or lease must be for one hundred nineteen thousand dollars, with proceeds transferred to the State Treasurer.
Ports, maritime and freight corridors
Transportation in Connecticut, by topic
Ports, maritime and freight corridors
3 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 10 states.
Truck size, weight and road use
3 bills. Enacted in 17 states.
Warehouses and delivery
3 bills. Enacted in 5 states.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
2 bills. Enacted in 34 states.
Transportation bills in Connecticut
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
1Enacted
1Cleared both chambers
4Past committee
8Introduced or inactive
14 bills in scope
Cleared both chambers
1
What it would do: Requires warehouse distribution centers with 100+ employees at one location or 1,000+ statewide to provide written quota descriptions, prohibits quotas interfering with meal breaks or bathroom use, requires record-keeping of work speed data, and allows employees to request and inspect quota and performance records.
Past committee
4
What it would do: Eliminates the fee for issuing and renewing marine pilot licenses under Connecticut General Statutes section 15-13, effective October 1, 2026, and removes marine pilot license fees from the definition of license, permit and fee revenues.
What it would do: Establishes the Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Account to fund commercial driver's license and manufacturing workforce training, prioritizing women's participation, with income-based repayment obligations and wraparound supports. Requires regional workforce boards and community colleges to recruit and counsel women in manufacturing training programs.
What it would do: Requires the Connecticut Port Authority to establish a competitive grant program providing funding to municipalities and private entities for small harbor improvement projects, including dredging and maritime infrastructure, funded by a $20 million bond authorization.
What it would do: Requires warehouse employers with 250+ employees at one location or 1,000+ statewide to provide written quota descriptions, ensure quotas do not interfere with meal periods or bathroom use, maintain work speed data records, and prohibits retaliation for requesting quota information or filing complaints.
Introduced or inactive
8
What it would do: Establishes protections for warehouse workers by requiring employers with 250+ employees at one facility to provide written quota descriptions, prohibit quotas that interfere with meal periods or bathroom use, maintain work speed records, and prohibit retaliation for requesting data or filing complaints.
What it would do: Amends chapter 248 of the general statutes to implement weigh-in-motion systems for commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities.
What it would do: Amends chapter 248 of the general statutes to prohibit officers from assessing fines against commercial motor vehicle owners or operators for parking on highway shoulders or operating overweight vehicles until weigh stations are open and parking is available.
What it would do: Amends Connecticut general statutes to create protections for warehouse workers against unreasonable quotas imposed by employers.
What it would do: Amends section 14-298 to allow local traffic authorities to regulate through truck traffic on streets and highways without prior state approval, provided they meet criteria established by the Office of the State Traffic Administration regarding residential protection, air quality, school proximity, and safety.
What it would do: Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt regulations restricting engine compression brake devices, identify and mark affected areas with signs, and coordinate with law enforcement on enforcement.
What it would do: Increases to more than seventy-five thousand dollars the sales price threshold for motor vehicles subject to the seven and three-fourths percent sales and use tax rate, and exempts commercial vehicles from the higher sales and use tax rate.
What it would do: Amends section 14-267a of the general statutes to increase the gross vehicle weight limit for vehicles or combination vehicles hauling recyclables.
Bill titles link to the Connecticut Legislature's own page.
What counts as transportation legislation
In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.
Questions
Does Connecticut have a transportation law?
Yes. Connecticut enacted 1 transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 519. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
Which transportation bills are moving in Connecticut?
5 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 8 (vetoed), HB 5461 (passed committee) and SB 1260 (passed chamber).
What does Connecticut legislate on most in transportation?
Ports, maritime and freight corridors (3 bills), Truck size, weight and road use (3 bills) and Warehouses and delivery (3 bills).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Transportation legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Congress101
- New Jersey72
- Texas61
- New York49
- Missouri39
- Iowa34
- Oklahoma33
- California30
- Massachusetts30
- Louisiana25
- Illinois24
- Pennsylvania24
- Kentucky21
- Utah21
- Hawaii20
- Mississippi20
- Montana20
- Nebraska19
- Virginia18
- Maryland17
- Washington17
- New Mexico16
- Arizona15
- Tennessee15
- West Virginia14
- Minnesota13
- Oregon11
- Florida10
- Michigan10
- Rhode Island10
- South Dakota9
- Arkansas8
- Colorado7
- Georgia7
- Kansas7
- Maine7
- North Carolina7
- Wisconsin7
- South Carolina6
- Alaska5
- District of Columbia5
- Delaware5
- Wyoming5
- Indiana4
- New Hampshire4
- Nevada4
- Vermont4
- Alabama3
- North Dakota3
- Idaho2
- Puerto Rico2
- Ohio1
Know when Connecticut's transportation law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.