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SB00370 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HOURLY COMPENSATION FOR ADJUNCT FIRE INSTRUCTORS.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HOURLY COMPENSATION FOR ADJUNCT FIRE INSTRUCTORS.

Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Public Safety and Security Committee
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is July 1, 2026, but no specific dollar amounts or percentages are defined in the text.

Adjusting Pay for Adjunct Fire Instructors

This law requires that hourly pay for adjunct fire instructors at the Connecticut Fire Academy increases by the same percentage as general wage and cost-of-living adjustments in state employee agreements.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Commissioner of Administrative Services to adjust hourly compensation starting July 1, 2026.
  • Mandates that pay changes happen each fiscal year after the start date.
  • Sets the adjustment rate equal to general wage increases and cost-of-living adjustments in agreements between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Adjunct fire instructors employed by the Connecticut Fire Academy
  • The Commissioner of Administrative Services

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify the exact dollar amount or percentage of future increases.
  • Pay changes depend on agreements that have not been made yet between the state and employee representatives.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-05-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  3. 2026-05-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  4. 2026-05-20 LCO

    Public Act 26-115

  5. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  6. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  7. 2026-04-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  8. 2026-04-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 382

  9. 2026-04-08 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  10. 2026-04-01 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  11. 2026-04-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  12. 2026-04-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 208

  13. 2026-04-01 LCO

    File Number 298

  14. 2026-03-26 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PM

  15. 2026-03-17 PS

    Joint Favorable

  16. 2026-03-17 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/03

  18. 2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security

Official Summary Text

To require the hourly compensation for adjunct fire instructors to be adjusted at the same percentage rate as any general wage increase and cost-of-living adjustment included within the most recently ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Senate Bill No. 370

Public Act No. 26-115

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HOURLY COMPENSATION FOR
ADJUNCT FIRE INSTRUCTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) Commencing July 1, 2026, and
each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services
shall adjust the hourly compensation for adjunct fire instructors
employed by the Connecticut Fire Academy at the same percentage rate
as any general wa ge increase and cost -of-living adjustment included
within the most recently ratified agreement between the state and the
State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition.