AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE CONNECTICUT-GROWN FOR CONNECTICUT KIDS PROGRAM.

Plain English Breakdown

The specific dollar amount is left blank ('___ dollars') in the text provided.

Funding for the Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids Program

This bill sets aside an unspecified amount of money from the state's General Fund to support a program that helps local farms and food growers.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates an unspecified dollar amount from the General Fund.
• Sends the funding to the Department of Agriculture for use in fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
• Supports the Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids program.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Connecticut Department of Agriculture
• Local farms and food growers

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact dollar amount to be appropriated is not specified in the bill text.
• Specific details about how incentives for farmers will work are not included.

Official Summary Text

To provide funding to support the Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids program and offer incentives to local farms and food growers.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 957 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5171
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 957

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.
REP. SHAKE, 120th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE CONNECTICUT-GROWN
FOR CONNECTICUT KIDS PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of ___ dollars be appropriated to the Department of 1
Agriculture, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2
2027, for the Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids program. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To provide funding to support the Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut
Kids program and offer incentives to local farms and food growers.