SB00276 • 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING MUNICIPALITIES TO POST MONTHLY REPORTS CONCERNING REVENUE AND CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Planning and Development Committee
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Public Hearing 02/27
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text states it takes effect October 1, 2026, but the first report is due January 15, 2027; no explanation for this gap is provided in the source.

Monthly Revenue and Spending Reports for Municipalities

This law requires municipalities to post monthly reports on their websites showing revenue and certain spending details from the previous month.

What This Bill Does

Requires each municipality to post a report by the 15th of every month covering revenue and expenditures from the prior month, starting January 15, 2027.
Mandates that reports include budget allocations for each municipal department or office for the preceding month.
Requires reports to list actual spending by each municipal department or office in the preceding month.
Asks cities to show both projected revenue and actual revenue received based on line items from their adopted annual budget.
States that all posted files must be available in two specific digital formats: PDF and CSV.
Orders municipalities to keep these reports online for at least three years after posting.

Who It Names or Affects

Municipalities, as defined by state law

Terms To Know

Portable document format (PDF): A file type with the same meaning provided in section 52-50a of the general statutes.
Comma-separated value format (CSV): An electronic file that separates data fields using specific characters so computers can easily search them.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify penalties or enforcement actions if a municipality fails to post the reports.
The definition of 'municipality' refers readers to another state statute for details on which towns and cities are included.

Bill History

2026-02-20 Connecticut General Assembly
Public Hearing 02/27
2026-02-19 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development

Official Summary Text

To require that municipalities post monthly reports concerning revenue and expenditure data on the municipality's Internet web site.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 276
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Introduced by:
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AN ACT REQUIRING MUNICIPALITIES TO POST MONTHLY
REPORTS CONCERNING REVENUE AND CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Municipality" has the same meaning as provided in section 7-148 2
of the general statutes; 3
(2) "Portable document format" has the same meaning as provided in 4
section 52-50a of the general statutes; and 5
(3) "Comma-separated value format" means an electronic file format 6
that separates data fields containing numeric or textual values using one 7
or more specific characters such that the document may be easily 8
searched by electronic means. 9
(b) Not later than January 15, 2027, and on or before the fifteenth day 10
of each month thereafter, each municipality shall post a report 11
concerning the revenue and expenditures of the municipality in the 12
preceding month on the municipality's Internet web site. Such report 13

Raised Bill No. 276

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shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The budget allocation for 14
each municipal department or office in the preceding month, (2) the 15
expenditures of each municipal department or office in the preceding 16
month, (3) any revenue that was projected to be received by the 17
municipality in the preceding month that is attributable to any line item 18
in the budget adopted by the municipality for the current fiscal year, 19
and (4) any revenue received by the municipality in the preceding 20
month that is attributable to any such line item. 21
(c) Any report posted by a municipality pursuant to this section shall 22
be (1) in both a portable document format and a comma-separated value 23
format, and (2) maintained on the Internet web site of the municipality 24
for not less than three years from the date of such posting. 25
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 New section

Statement of Purpose:
To require that municipalities post monthly reports concerning revenue
and expenditure data on the municipality's Internet web site.

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