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SB00370

Adjusting Pay for Adjunct Fire Instructors

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In one sentence

This law requires that hourly pay for adjunct fire instructors at the Connecticut Fire Academy increases by the same percentage as general wage and cost-of-living adjustments in state employee agreements.

What it does

  • Requires the Commissioner of Administrative Services to adjust hourly compensation starting July 1, 2026.
  • Mandates that pay changes happen each fiscal year after the start date.
  • Sets the adjustment rate equal to general wage increases and cost-of-living adjustments in agreements between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.

Who it affects

  • Adjunct fire instructors employed by the Connecticut Fire Academy
  • The Commissioner of Administrative Services

Limits and unknowns

  • The law does not specify the exact dollar amount or percentage of future increases.
  • Pay changes depend on agreements that have not been made yet between the state and employee representatives.

Official record

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Official summary

To require the hourly compensation for adjunct fire instructors to be adjusted at the same percentage rate as any general wage increase and cost-of-living adjustment included within the most recently ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Transmitted to the Secretary of State
  3. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
  4. Public Act 26-115LCO
  5. House Passed
  6. In Concurrence
  7. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
  8. House Calendar Number 382
  9. Senate Passed
  10. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  11. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
  12. Senate Calendar Number 208
  13. File Number 298LCO
  14. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PMLCO
  15. Joint FavorablePS
  16. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  17. Public Hearing 03/03
  18. Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security