Establishes the Governor's Blue-Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education Funding and Accountability

Establishes the Connecticut Career Pathways Commission

Implements a procedure to improve the processes and response times Connecticut residents and businesses face when applying for and renewing state licenses, certifications, and permits, with the goal of making it easier and faster to interact and complete such transactions with state government.

Honoring the life and service of President Jimmy Carter.

Takes emergency actions in response to recent fire weather conditions, providing volunteer fire departments with additional time to apply for compensation for services rendered during the emergency.

Directs the establishment of the Connecticut Office of Equity and Opportunity – a new state office responsible for leading Connecticut’s efforts to ensure that state government is a leader in equity and inclusion with the goals of eliminating institutional and systemic barriers and creating opportunity and access for all those it serves and employs.

Takes emergency actions in response to severe weather conditions that significantly increased the water levels in the Yantic River, requiring emergency work at the Fitchville Pond Dam in Bozrah.

Establishes the Connecticut Blue-Ribbon Panel on Child Care and tasks the group with creating a strategic plan to design the next generation of child care in Connecticut.

Establishes the Connecticut Semiquincentennial Commission to plan for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

Repeals Governor Malloy's Executive Order No. 52 regarding state-funded travel to North Carolina.