Connecticut2026Passed Legislature
HB05247
Test Bed Technologies Program Act
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 6:19 AM
In one sentence
This law creates an online portal for businesses to apply to test new technologies in state agencies that could lower costs.
What it does
- Requires the Governor to direct the Commissioner of Administrative Services to create an online portal by January 1, 2027, for testing technologies in state agencies.
- Allows the commissioner to recommend a temporary pilot test if a technology is safe, feasible, and likely to reduce operational costs without harming agency operations.
- Requires businesses applying for tests to prove their product will not affect safety and is available or can be sold within two years after the test ends.
- Limits participation to businesses certified as small contractors or minority business enterprises that did not develop the technology through existing state programs under section 32-39e.
- Requires applicants, not taxpayers, to pay for all costs related to buying and using the technology during pilot tests.
- Sets a rule that any selected applicant can only participate in one test program with one state agency at a time.
Who it affects
- State agencies that may temporarily use new technologies or processes to see if they save money.
- Businesses seeking to prove their products reduce costs through testing, provided they meet specific certification and safety requirements.
- The Commissioner of Administrative Services, who manages the portal, evaluates applications, and recommends tests.
Limits and unknowns
- The portal must be established using only money already available in the budget.
- Pilot tests must last between thirty and sixty days, with the exact length decided by the agency commissioner.
- It is not yet known which specific technologies will be selected for testing or how many agencies will join.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Pilot test
- A temporary trial run of a new technology or process to see if it works before full adoption.
- Operational cost reduction
- Lowering the amount of money an agency spends on its daily work and activities.
- Minority business enterprise
- A company certified by the state as a minority-owned business eligible for this program.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
To (1) facilitate the consideration of cost-saving technology by evaluating testing such technology by state agencies, and (2) amend eligibility criteria for the JobsCT tax rebate program.
Official activity
Bill history
- Signed by the Governor
- Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- Public Act 26-131LCO
- Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
- Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 474
- File Number 731LCO
- House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 4405
- House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- Immediate Transmittal to the Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- House Calendar Number 263
- File Number 377LCO
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 5:00 PMLCO
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
- Joint FavorableET