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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut exempts veterans from the Passport to the Parks motor vehicle registration fee starting October 2026
Last action · March 12, 2026: Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on EnvironmentSponsors: Rob Sampson and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
To exempt veterans from payment of the Passport to the Parks motor vehicle registration fee.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Veterans
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
The commissioner and authorized representatives must review and accept veteran documentation to grant the fee exemption.
Key Facts
- Veterans who present satisfactory documentation of veteran status to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles are exempt from the Passport to the Parks fee.
- The fee exemption applies to passenger, motorcycle, motor home, combination, or antique vehicle registrations.
- The regular fee is twenty-four dollars for a triennial period, sixteen dollars for a biennial period, or eight dollars for certain annual registrations for individuals sixty-five or older.
- Vehicle registrations that are not self-propelled or are otherwise exempted from registration fees do not fall under this subsection.
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- Payments collected from the fee are deposited into the Passport to the Parks account established under section 23-15h.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 12, 2026HouseFavorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Environment
- Mar 12, 2026SenateFavorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Environment
- Mar 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Change of Reference Environment
- Feb 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/24
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- Feb 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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