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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 249
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1431
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
(GOS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PENSION REVOCATION OR REDUCTION
FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND STATE OR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
CONVICTED OF CRIMES RELATED TO STATE OR MUNICIPAL
OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 1 -110 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2
As used in sections 1-110 to 1-110d, inclusive: 3
(1) "Public official" means public official, as defined in section 1-79, a 4
judge of any court either elected or appointed, and any elected or 5
appointed municipal official; 6
(2) "State or municipal employee" means state employee, as defined 7
in section 5-154, and includes an employee of any quasi -public agency, 8
as defined in section 1-120, or any person, whether appointed or under 9
contract, who provides services for a [city, town or other political 10
subdivision of the state ] municipality for which a pension is provided; 11
[and] 12
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(3) "Crime related to state or municipal office" means any of the 13
following criminal offenses committed by a person while serving as a 14
public official or state or municipal employee: 15
(A) The committing, aiding or abetting of an embezzlement of public 16
funds from the state, a municipality or a quasi-public agency; 17
(B) The committing, aiding or abetting of any felonious theft from the 18
state, including any agency of state government, a municipality or a 19
quasi-public agency; 20
(C) Bribery in connection with service as a public official or state or 21
municipal employee; or 22
(D) The committing of any felony by such person who, [wilfully and] 23
with the intent to [defraud] deprive a person of money or property , 24
knowingly realizes or obtains, or knowingly attempts to realize or 25
obtain, a profit, gain or advantage for himself or herself or for some 26
other person, through the use or attempted use of the power, rights, 27
privileges or duties of his or her position as a public official or state or 28
municipal employee; 29
(4) "Municipality" means any city, town or other political subdivision 30
of the state and includes any local or regional board of education that 31
receives funds from the state or a municipality; 32
(5) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability 33
company, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust or 34
other legal entity, including the state, a municipality or a quasi -public 35
agency; 36
(6) "Revoke" or "revocation" means to completely deprive a public 37
official or state or municipal employee of an otherwise vested publicly 38
funded retirement benefit; and 39
(7) "Reduce" or "reduction" means to partially deprive a public official 40
or state or municipal employee of an otherwise vested publicly funded 41
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retirement benefit by a fixed percentage for the duration of the receipt 42
of the publicly funded retirement benefit. 43
Sec. 2. Section 1 -110a of the general statutes is repealed and the 44
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 45
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on or after 46
October 1, 2008, if any public official or state or municipal employee is 47
convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any crime related to 48
state or municipal office in state criminal or federal criminal court, the 49
Attorney General shall apply to the Superior Court for an order to 50
revoke or reduce the pension of any kind to which such public official 51
or state or municipal employee is otherwise entitled under the general 52
statutes for service as a public official or state or municipal employee. 53
(b) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, in any civil 54
action brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this section on or 55
after July 1, 2026, the Superior Court shall presume that: 56
(1) Revocation of the pension is the most appropriate remedy if the 57
Superior Court finds that the defendant was a public official when the 58
defendant committed a crime related to state or municipal office; and 59
(2) Reduction of the pension is the most appropriate remedy if the 60
Superior Court finds that the defendant was a state or municipal 61
employee when the defendant committed a crime related to state or 62
municipal office. 63
(c) The presumptions in subsection (b) of this section may be rebutted 64
if a party to the civil action proves specific facts that support findings 65
related to the factors set forth in subsection (d) of this section. 66
(d) In determining whether the pension shall be revoked or reduced, 67
the Superior Court shall , if requested by a party in a civil action, 68
consider and make findings on the following factors: 69
(1) The severity of the crime related to state or municipal office for 70
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which the public official or state or municipal employee has been 71
convicted or to which the public official or state or municipal employee 72
has pled guilty or nolo contendere; 73
(2) The amount of monetary loss suffered by the state, a municipality 74
or a quasi-public agency or by any other person as a result of the crime 75
related to state or municipal office; 76
(3) The degree of public trust reposed in the public official or state or 77
municipal employee by virtue of the person's position as a public official 78
or state or municipal employee; 79
(4) If the crime related to state or municipal office was part of a 80
fraudulent scheme against the state or a municipality, the role of the 81
public official or state or municipal employee in the fraudulent scheme 82
against the state or a municipality; [and] 83
(5) The extent to which a remedy other than revocation or reduction 84
serves the interest of the state, a municipality or other victim of the crime 85
related to state or municipal office in obtaining restitution that has been 86
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to be paid by the public 87
official or the state or municipal employee; and 88
[(5)] (6) Any such other factors as, in the judgment of the Superior 89
Court, justice may require , provided if the court considers the wealth, 90
income or economic circumstances of the public official or state or 91
municipal employee in rendering the court's decision, the court shall 92
consider the wealth, income or economic circumstances of the public 93
official or state or municipal employee at the time such official or 94
employee committed the crime related to state or municipal office, in 95
addition to or in lieu of the wealth, income or economic circumstances 96
of the public official or state or municipal employee at the time the court 97
renders its decision. 98
[(c)] (e) If the court determines, or the Attorney General certifies, that 99
a public official or state or municipal employee, who was convicted of 100
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or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a crime related to state or municipal 101
office, voluntarily provided information to the Attorney General, the 102
Auditors of Public Accounts or any state, federal or local law 103
enforcement official concerning the commission of such crime related to 104
state or municipal office by another public official or state or municipal 105
employee who had a greater degree of culpability for such crime than 106
the public official or state or municipal employee providing such 107
information, the court shall not [reduce or] revoke the pension of such 108
public official or state or municipal employee, provided such public 109
official or state or municipal employee voluntarily provided such 110
information prior to learning of a criminal investigation into such crime 111
related to state or municipal office. The court may reduce the pension of 112
such public official or state or municipal employee after considering and 113
making findings based upon the factors set forth in subsection (d) of this 114
section. 115
[(d)] (f) If the Superior Court determines that the pension of a public 116
official or state or municipal employee should be reduced, it may, after 117
taking into consideration the financial needs and resources of any 118
innocent spouse, dependents and designated beneficiaries of the public 119
official or state or municipal employee, order that some or all of the 120
reduced pension be paid to any such innocent spouse, dependent or 121
beneficiary as justice may require. 122
[(e)] (g) If the Superior Court determines that the pension of such 123
public official or state or municipal employee should not be revoked or 124
reduced, it shall order that the retirement or other benefit or payment 125
be made to such public official or state or municipal employee. 126
[(f)] (h) In all criminal proceedings in state court in which the 127
defendant is a public official or a state or municipal employee who is 128
charged with a crime related to state or municipal office, the state 129
prosecutor shall notify the Attorney General of such proceedings and 130
the Attorney General shall pursue remedies under the pension 131
revocation statute, including the possibility that any fine, restitution or 132
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other monetary order made by the court be paid from such official's or 133
employee's pension. 134
[(g)] (i) If any provision, clause or phrase of this section or of any 135
order or any action of the Attorney General hereunder is adjudged by 136
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or if the applicability 137
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such judgment 138
shall not invalidate the remainder of this section or such order or action, 139
and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall 140
not be affected thereby. 141
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2026 1-110
Sec. 2 July 1, 2026 1-110a
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a rebuttable presumption of pension revocation for public
officials and pension reduction for state or municipal employees when
such official or employee commits a crime related to state or municipal
office and to modify what factors the court can consider when
determining whether to reduce or revoke the pension of such official or
employee.
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that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]