The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Proposed amendment to chapter 925 of the General Statutes
- Issued
- 2021-01-12 Jan. 12, 2021
- Effective
- never took effect (read as 2021-01-12)
- End
- died in committee (2021 session)
- In force
- Jan. 12, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- would have applied to businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, the State and its political subdivisions
- Character
- not enacted
- Collection
- Standing duties: Connecticut DUT-CT
Operative words
temporary immunity from civil liability to businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, the state and any of its political subdivisions who, on or after March 10, 2020, acted in substantial compliance with public health guidelines for any loss, damage, injury or death arising from exposure to or transmission of COVID-19..., except in instances of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
Penalty
none (proposed immunity, not enacted)
What it required
Nothing: the bill was never enacted. Its significance is twofold and recorded exactly: (1) Connecticut enacted no general business liability shield for 2020 or 2021, so the ordinary standard of care, informed by the orders, the Sector Rules and the public-health guidance they incorporated, applied to every business in full; (2) the only shield the General Assembly was asked to consider would have been conditioned on having 'acted in substantial compliance with public health guidelines,' the same compliance the Service now calls voluntary. Character as recorded: not_enacted (legislative history; no legal effect).
Retrieval noteBill text is one page. Status (no committee action; not enacted) from the CGA bill status page and the Husch Blackwell and Ogletree 50-State surveys (verified_secondary as to status). The 'Statement of Purpose' reads: 'To protect businesses, nonprofit organizations, schools, the state and its political subdivisions that have safely reopened from civil liability resulting from one's exposure to COVID-19.' The only immunity Connecticut conferred in the period was EO 7U § 1 / EO 7V § 6 for health care professionals and facilities (Exs. DUT-CT-012, CT-014), narrowed by EO 10A § 4 (Ex. CT-036).