On May 9, the Connecticut legislature unanimously passed into law the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA). With the increasing use of arbitration as a means of resolving disputes throughout the state and at the federal level, this is a positive step toward revising and modernizing arbitration procedures.

Historically, Connecticut was one of the first colonies to adopt an arbitration act. That act, dating back to 1753, was titled “An Act for the More Easy and Effective Finishing of Controversies by the Use of Arbitration.” As the use of arbitration grew nationally, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws first promulgated a Uniform Arbitration Act in 1956. In response to ever-increasing popularity of arbitration in virtually all states, the commissioners enacted the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA) in 2000. Prior to 2018, 19 states had adopted the RUAA—but Connecticut did not.