Connecticut SB 1179: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY MAKERSPACE INITIATIVE PROGRAM.

Status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (as of 2025-07-01)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2025 · Bill: SB 1179

Subjects: Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund, Economic and Community Development, Department of, Entrepreneurs, Grants by the state, Nonprofit organizations, Occupational training, Pilots, Reports, State funds

Bill Text

LCO No. 3090 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1179
January Session, 2025 LCO No. 3090

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE

Introduced by:
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY
MAKERSPACE INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department 1
of Economic and Community Development to establish the Connecticut 2
Community Makerspace Initiative program to support 3
entrepreneurship in the state by promoting and expanding access to the 4
industrial-grade tools, resources and training provided by Connecticut's 5
nonprofit community, and (2) allocate funds for the operation of such 6
program. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To establish the Connecticut Community Makerspace Initiative
program to support entrepreneurship, innovation and economic
opportunity in the state.

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