AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is listed as 'from passage' in the text, but no specific calendar date for final enactment is provided in the metadata.

Study of Department Programs

This law requires state officials to study how the Department of Economic and Community Development runs its programs.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Commissioner to look at department programs from the last three years.
• Asks for data on participation in each program.
• Reviews rules that check if programs are working well.
• Looks at money spent compared to how much the programs were used.
• Checks total funding and spending by account.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development
• The Department of Economic and Community Development
• The joint standing committee on commerce in the General Assembly

Terms To Know

Commissioner

The top official who runs a state department.

General Assembly

The group of elected officials that makes laws for the state.

Limits and Unknowns

• This law only orders a study and does not change how programs work right now.
• The report must be finished by January 1, 2027.
• The text does not say what will happen after the report is submitted.

Official Summary Text

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study programs administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 2228 1 of 2

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 304
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2228

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE

Introduced by:
(CE)

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Economic and 1
Community Development shall conduct a study of programs 2
administered by the Department of Economic and Community 3
Development. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) 4
information for the previous t hree-year period on participation in each 5
department program, (2) program quality controls in place, (3) program 6
expenditures in relation to program utilization, and (4) department 7
funding and expenditures by account . Not later than January 1, 202 7, 8
the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the 9
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the results of such 10
study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 11
cognizance of matters relating to commerce. 12
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Raised Bill No. 304

LCO No. 2228 2 of 2

Section 1 from passage New section

Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development to study programs administered by the Department of
Economic and Community Development.

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