Formal Opinions

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• 2024-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the Connecticut constitution allow ranked choice voting in general elections for state office?

• 2024-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the General Assembly have the authority to pass laws changing the budgeting process?

• 2025-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the transfer of interest earned on ARPA funds from the Treasurer’s Interest Credit Program to the General Fund violate Special Act 21-1?

• 2023-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  As a quasi-public agency, when can the Connecticut Port Authority enter into public-private partnerships?

• 2023-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut.

  Are Judicial Branch probation officers bound by the intervention and reporting requirements in 2020’s Police Accountability Act?

• 2023-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the abortion medication mifepristone remain legal and accessible in Connecticut?

• The Honorable James T. Fleming, Department of Consumer Protection, 1999-004 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked whether the state, through the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) and the Occupational trade licensing boards within its jurisdiction, is preempted by federal law from imposing its licensing requirements for contract personnel working at a nuclear power plant facility in Connecticut.

• Hon. Donald Williams, Jr. President Pro Tempore, Hon. James A. Amann Speaker of the House, Hon. Martin Looney Senate Maj. Leader, Hon. Christopher G. Donovan House Majority Leader, Formal Opinion 2008-005, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter responds to your request for an opinion regarding the legality of proposed legislation to extend the State’s ban on smoking in public places to the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos (the “Casinos”).

• Daniel B. Horwitch, Deputy Director, Legal Services, Formal Opinion 2008-016, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your request for a formal legal opinion concerning the interpretation and application of 2008 Conn. Pub. Acts No. 08-32, “An Act Concerning Teenage Drivers.”

• 2015-02 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Questions to the State Marshal Commission concerning laws and regulations regarding the categories of Fees/Service, E-Filing and Lis Pendens.

• Senator George Jepsen, State Capitol, 2001-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In response to your request, this is a formal opinion regarding whether advanced practice registered nurses ("APRNs"), licensed nurse-midwives and physician assistants in Connecticut are authorized to dispense, prescribe and administer the drug mifepristone (brand name "Mifeprex", also known as "RU-486") to women in licensed clinics for the purpose of terminating early pregnancies in a non-surgical manner.

• Senator George Jepsen, State Capitol, 2001-003 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In response to your request, this is a formal opinion regarding whether advanced practice registered nurses ("APRNs"), licensed nurse-midwives and physician assistants in Connecticut are authorized to dispense, prescribe and administer the drug mifepristone (brand name "Mifeprex", also known as "RU-486") to women in licensed clinics for the purpose of terminating early pregnancies in a non-surgical manner.

• Rock Regan, Department of Information Technology, 2001-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  The Auditors of Public Accounts have notified this Office of what they consider to be an irregularity in the delegation of purchasing authority from the Department of Information Technology ("DOIT") to the Department of Social Services ("DSS") in connection with the selection of a contractor to administer and develop a management information system for DSS’s consolidated Child Care Assistance Program. Specifically, the Auditors express the opinion that the delegation of authority in question, if permitted under the Connecticut General Statutes, should have been made in writing, rather than given verbally, as appears to have been the case. The Auditors have asked whether this Office agrees with their position and, if so, they have suggested that we inform you.

• Mitchell R. Harris, State Marshal Commission, 2001-025 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested a formal opinion of the Attorney General as to "whether a former Deputy Sheriff, former High Sheriff or a State Marshal who resigns from his appointment may continue to collect wage executions they had served while acting in their official capacities."

• Honorable Thomas R. Sullivan, Insurance Commissioner, Formal Opinion 2008-015, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked for our opinion on whether the provisions of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a -816(15) apply to out-of-state health care providers who provide health care to Connecticut residents