Resource Library
2023 Testimony
CLCC annually contributes testimony and comments related to land conservation laws, policies, programs, and funding, as well as other priorities central to the health and wellbeing of Connecticut’s communities, environment, economy, and quality of life.
Click on the links below to see some of the testimony and comments that CLCC presented or submitted during the 2023 session.
Appropriations Committee
Environment Committee
- Testimony on Climate Reserve Fund HB 6479 1.30.23
- Testimony on Ban on Intentional Release of Certain Helium Balloons HB 6481 1.30.23
- Testimony on Bonding for Recreational Trails and Greenways Grant Program HB 6482 1.30.23
- Testimony on Bonding for Open Space & Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program HB 6483 1.30.23
- Testimony on Replanting Trees in Public Areas Cleared by Utility Companies SB 122 1.30.22
- General Comments, An Act Concerning Natural Organic Reduction and Green Burials HB 6485 1.30.23
- General Comments, An Act Concerning Tree Removal on Properties Under the Control of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection SB 896 1.30.23
- Testimony on Preservation of Stone Walls HB 5400 2.15.23
- Testimony on Decommission Bonds for Certain Solar Facilities HB 5608 2.15.23
- Testimony on Declaration of Climate Emergency (Zero Carbon Emissions) HB 6397 2.15.23
- Testimony on No-Net-Loss of Forests HB 6610 2.15.23
- Testimony on Polystyrene and Plastic Straws H.B. 6606 and H.B. 6608 2.15.23
- Testimony on Climate Equity Urban Forestry SB 979 (Section 7) 2.27.23
- Testimony on All-Terrain Wheelchairs at State Parks SB 301 2.27.23
- Testimony on DoAg Program Revisions HB 6725 2.27.23
- Testimony on Environmental Rights Amendment HJ 37 2.27.23
- Testimony on Revisions to Inland Wetlands/Watercourses Act HB 5616 2.27.23
- Testimony on Negative Emissions SB 1145 3.10.23
- Testimony on Technical Corrections to OSWA Statute SB 1146 3.10.23
- Testimony on DEEP Environmental Justice Program SB 1147 3.10.23
- Comments on Upper Farmington River Watershed Lands HB 5214 3.10.23
- Testimony on Streamside Buffers HB 6809 3.10.23
Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Miscellaneous
- Letter to the CT General Assembly re: Community Investment Act 2.7.23
- Comments To CT DEEP re: Draft Energy Procurement RFP 4.12.23
Planning and Development Committee
- Testimony regarding statewide on-line land database HB 6648 2.15.23
- Testimony on Tax Abatement for Certain Conservation Easements S.B.998 2.17.23
- Testimony on Open Space Set-Asides H.B. 6294 2.17.23
Transportation Committee
- Testimony on DOT Tree Removal HB 6744 2.27.23
- Testimony on Trespass on Watershed Land HB 6748 (Section 2) 2.27.23