KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Connecticut

HB05423 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVES.

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVES.

Budget Children
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Appropriations Committee
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
File Number 630
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Report on Expanding Court Support Services

This law requires the executive director of the Court Support Services Division to submit a report by July 1, 2026, detailing service usage from the previous fiscal year and recommending ways to expand these services.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the executive director of the Court Support Services Division to write a report.
  • Sets a deadline of July 1, 2026, for submitting this report.
  • Asks the report to cover how court support services were used in the previous fiscal year.
  • Requests recommendations on ways to expand these services.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The executive director of the Court Support Services Division
  • The Judicial Branch
  • State legislative committees handling judiciary and budget matters

Terms To Know

Court Support Services Division
A part of the state court system that provides support services to people involved in legal cases.
Fiscal year
The 12-month period used by the government for budgeting and accounting, which may not match the calendar year.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law only requires a report; it does not provide new funding or immediately change services.
  • The text does not specify exactly what types of community support services will be discussed in detail.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  3. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 422

  4. 2026-04-14 LCO

    File Number 630

  5. 2026-04-08 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 5:00 PM

  6. 2026-04-02 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  7. 2026-04-01 APP

    Joint Favorable

  8. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/12

  9. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations

Official Summary Text

To require a report by the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch on the expansion of community support services.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
House of Representatives
HB5423 / File No. 630 1

General Assembly File No. 630
February Session, 2026 House Bill No. 5423

House of Representatives, April 14, 2026

The Committee on Appropriations reported through REP.
WALKER of the 93rd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on
the part of the House, that the bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) Not later than July 1, 2026, the 1
executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial 2
Branch shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 -4a 3
of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General 4
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and 5
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the usage of court 6
support services for the previous fiscal year and recommendations for 7
expansion of such services. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

APP Joint Favorable

HB5423 File No. 630

HB5423 / File No. 630 2

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 requires the executive director of the Court Support Services
Division (CSSD) of the Judicial Branch to report on the expansion of
community support services, resulting in no fiscal impact because CSSD
has the expertise and resources to complete the report.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

HB5423 File No. 630

HB5423 / File No. 630 3

OFA Bill Analysis
HB 5423

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVES.

SUMMARY
This bill requires the executive director of the Court Support Services
Division of the Judicial Branch , by 7/1/2026, to submit a report to
Judiciary and Appropriations Committees on the usage of court support
services for the previous fiscal year and recommendations for expansion
of these services.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
COMMITTEE ACTION
Appropriations Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 49 Nay 2 (4/1/2026)