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HB05315 • 2026

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY CONSUMER FRAUD AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SUCH FRAUD.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY CONSUMER FRAUD AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SUCH FRAUD.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Banking Committee
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
File Number 99
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is listed as 'from passage,' but the specific calendar day of enactment is not provided in the text.

Creating a Group to Study Consumer Fraud

This law creates a working group made of government officials and experts to study consumer fraud and submit a report with recommendations by January 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes a new working group to study consumer fraud and ways to protect people from it.
  • Requires the chairs of the Banking Committee to schedule the first meeting within sixty days after the law takes effect.
  • Mandates that the group select two cochairpersons from its own membership.
  • Orders the group to submit a final report with findings and recommendations by January 1, 2027.
  • States that the working group will end on the date it submits its report or on January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The chairs of the Banking Committee
  • State officials including the Banking Commissioner and the Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner
  • Representatives from financial institutions, credit unions, consumer groups, senior citizen organizations, and elder law attorneys

Terms To Know

Working Group
A temporary team of people created to study a specific topic and make suggestions.
Designee
A person chosen by an official to act on their behalf if they cannot attend or perform the duty themselves.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify a budget, noting that there is no fiscal impact because members already have expertise.
  • The specific topics of fraud to study are broad and depend on what the group decides to focus on during its meetings.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-03-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  3. 2026-03-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 91

  4. 2026-03-19 LCO

    File Number 99

  5. 2026-03-13 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/26 5:00 PM

  6. 2026-03-10 BA

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  7. 2026-03-10 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  8. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/03

  9. 2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Banking

Official Summary Text

To (1) establish a working group to study consumer fraud and protections against such fraud, and (2) require such working group to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking.

Current Bill Text

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General Assembly File No. 99
February Session, 2026 Substitute House Bill No. 5315

House of Representatives, March 19, 2026

The Committee on Banking reported through REP. DOUCETTE
of the 13th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of
the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY
CONSUMER FRAUD AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SUCH FRAUD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) (a) The chairpersons of the joint 1
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 2
matters relating to banking shall convene a working group to study 3
consumer fraud and protections against such fraud. 4
(b) The working group shall include, but need not be limited to, the 5
following members: 6
(1) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing 7
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 8
relating to banking, or their designees; 9
(2) The Banking Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 10
(3) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 11
or the commissioner's designee; 12
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(4) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, 13
Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee; 14
(5) An elder law attorney who represents senior citizens in the state; 15
(6) A representative of an association that represents financial 16
institutions in the state; 17
(7) A representative of an organization that represents credit unions 18
in the state; 19
(8) A representative of an organization that represents consumers in 20
the state; 21
(9) A representative of an organization that represents senior citizens 22
in the state; 23
(10) Three members of an association that represents financial 24
institutions in the state, who shall be appointed by such association; and 25
(11) Three members of an organization that represents credit unions 26
in the state, who shall be appointed by such organization. 27
(c) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 28
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking shall: 29
(1) Appoint the members described in subdivisions (5) to (9), 30
inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section; 31
(2) Select the association and organization described in subdivisions 32
(10) and (11) of subsection (b) of this section, respectively, for the 33
purpose of making the appointments described in said subdivisions; 34
and 35
(3) Schedule the first meeting of the working group, which shall be 36
held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 37
(d) The members of the working group shall select two 38
cochairpersons from among the members of the working group. 39
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(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 40
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking 41
shall serve as administrative staff of the working group. 42
(f) Not later than January 1, 2027, the working group shall submit a 43
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 44
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 45
relating to banking, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 -4a 46
of the general statutes. The working group shall terminate on the date 47
that it submits such report or January 1, 2027, whichever is later. 48
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

BA Joint Favorable Subst.

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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill establishes a working group to study consumer protections
against consumer fraud. There is no fiscal impact to the state as the
working group members have expertise in the subject area. The
administrative staff of the Banking Committee will serve as
administrative staff for the group.

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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5315

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY
CONSUMER FRAUD AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SUCH FRAUD.

SUMMARY
The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Banking Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 13 Nay 0 (03/10/2026)