AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT AND DRUG RECOGNITION TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.

Senate
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General Assembly File No. 303
February Session, 2026 Substitute Senate Bill No. 405

Senate, April 1, 2026

The Committee on Public Safety and Security reported through
SEN. GASTON of the 23rd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee
on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
AND DRUG RECOGNITION TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement" has the same 2
meaning as provided in section 7-294kk of the general statutes; 3
(2) "Drug recognition expert" has the same meaning as provided in 4
section 7-294kk of the general statutes; and 5
(3) "Police officer" has the same meaning as provided in section 7 -6
294a of the general statutes. 7
(b) There is established an account to be known as the "i mpaired 8
driving enforcement and drug recognition training account", which 9
shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall contain any 10
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 11
account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 12
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Management for the purposes of providing grants pursuant to 13
subsection (c) of this section. 14
(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 15
administer the impaired driving enforcement and drug recognition 16
training grant program. Pursuant to such program, the secretary shall 17
provide grants-in-aid to reimburse or provide funding to municipalities 18
and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the 19
costs associated with providing training to police officers who receive 20
advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training or drug 21
recognition expert training. Such grants -in-aid may be provided to 22
municipalities or the department to (1) reimburse costs incurred from 23
having provided such training, provided such training occurred on or 24
after July 1, 2026, or (2) fund such training to be provided by a 25
municipality or the department. A municipality or the department may 26
submit an application for a grant under this section in a form and 27
manner prescribed by the secretary. 28
(d) Not later than January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the 29
secretary shall submit a report on the impaired driving enforcement and 30
drug recognition training grant program to the joint standing committee 31
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 32
safety and security in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 33
the general statutes. 34
Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 12-330ll of the 2026 supplement to the 35
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 36
thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 37
(i) The tax received by the state under this section shall be deposited 38
as follows: 39
(1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, in the 40
cannabis regulatory and investment account established under section 41
21a-420f of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 42
2025; 43
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(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, sixty 44
per cent of such tax received in the Cannabis Social Equity and 45
Innovation Fund established under section 21a -420f of the general 46
statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2025, twenty-five per cent 47
of such tax received in the Cannabis Prevention and Recovery Services 48
Fund established under section 21a-420f of the general statutes, revision 49
of 1958, revised to January 1, 2025, and fifteen per cent in the General 50
Fund; 51
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, sixty per cent of such tax 52
received in the social equity and innovation account established under 53
section 21a -420f, twenty -five per cent of such tax received in the 54
Cannabis Prevention and Recovery Services Fund established under 55
section 21a-420f and fifteen per cent in the General Fund; 56
(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, [sixty-57
five] sixty per cent of such tax received in the social equity and 58
innovation account established under section 21a -420f, twenty-five per 59
cent of such tax received in the Cannabis Prevention and Recovery 60
Services Fund established under section 21a -420f, [and] ten per cent of 61
such tax received in the General Fund and five per cent of such tax 62
received in the impaired driving enforcement and drug recognition 63
training account established under section 1 of this act; and 64
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, and each fiscal year 65
thereafter, [seventy-five] seventy per cent of such tax received in the 66
social equity and innovation account established under section 21a-420f, 67
[and] twenty-five per cent of such tax received in the Cannabis 68
Prevention and Recovery Services Fund established under section 21a -69
420f and five per cent of such tax received in the impaired driving 70
enforcement and drug recognition training account established under 71
section 1 of this act. 72
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section
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Sec. 2 July 1, 2026 12-330ll(i)

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 2(i)(4), " of such tax received " was inserted before "in the
General Fund" for statutory consistency.

PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO

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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:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $
Policy & Mgmt., Off. GF – Cost 92,900 90,770
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits1
GF – Cost 37,700 37,700
Social Equity Council SEIA - Revenue
Loss
1.3 million 1.4 million
Policy & Mgmt., Off. Impaired driving
enforcement and
drug recognition
training account -
Revenue Gain
1.3 million 1.4 million
Emergency Services and Public
Protection, Dept.
GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
Potential See Below
Note: SEIA=Social Equity and Innovation Account; GF=General Fund

Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $
All Municipalities Potential
Revenue
Gain
Potential See Below

Explanation
The bill results the following fiscal impacts associated with the
impaired driving enforcement and drug recognition training grant
program established under the bill.

1The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts
administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost
associated with most personnel changes is 41.82% of payroll in FY 27.
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Office of and Policy and Management Cost
The bill results in a cost of $92,900 in FY 27 and an annual cost of
$90,770 beginning in FY 28 to the Office of Policy and Management
(OPM) for a Fiscal Administrative Officer and an annual corresponding
fringe benefit cost of $37,700 to administer an imp aired driving
enforcement and drug recognition training grant program.
Cannabis Excise Tax Redistribution
The bill results in a revenue loss of $1.3 million in FY 27 and $1.4
million in FY 28 to the social equity and innovation account (SEIA) and
a corresponding revenue gain to the "impaired driving enforcement and
drug recognition training account" established under the bill by
redistributing a portion of the tax from the SEIA to the new account.
Revenue Gain to DESPP and Municipalities
The bill also results in a corresponding potential revenue gain in FY
27 and a revenue gain beginning in FY 28 to municipalities and the
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) to
the extent grants are administered for costs associat ed with providing
training to certain police officers. Any revenue gain is dependent on the
cost of the training providing, the amount of the grant awarded, and the
funds available in the account.2
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to inflation.

2 Only training that occurs beginning in FY 27 will qualify for grants from this account.
FY 27 grants will be dependent on the time it takes for OPM to establish the account
and for funds to accumulate.
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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 405

AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
AND DRUG RECOGNITION TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.

SUMMARY
This bill requires the Office of Policy and Management (OPM)
secretary to administer an impaired driving enforcement and drug
recognition training program. Under the program, the secretary must
provide grants to municipalities and the Department of Emergency
Services and Public Protection (DESPP) to fund or reimburse them for
providing training to police officers who receive advanced roadside
impaired driving enforcement (ARIDE) training or drug recognition
expert (DRE) training (see BACKGROUND — ARIDE and DRE Police
Training).
More specifically, the OPM secretary may provide grants to
municipalities or DESPP to (1) reimburse costs for providing the
training, so long as it occurred no earlier than July 1, 2026, or (2) pay for
future trainings. Municipalities and DESPP may apply for a grant in a
way the secretary sets.
Relatedly, the bill establishes a separate, non-lapsing impaired
driving enforcement and drug recognition training account and
requires the OPM secretary to use the account funds to administer the
grant program. The account must contain any money s required by law
to be deposited in it, and starting in FY 27, the bill allocates 5% of the tax
received on retail cannabis sales into the account . It correspondingly
reduces, by 5%, the amount of tax revenue the social equity and
innovation account receives under current law (from 65% to 60% in FYs
27 and 28 and from 75% to 70% starting in FY 29).
Lastly, the bill requires the OPM secretary to annually report, starting
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by January 1, 2028, on the grant program to the Public Safety and
Security Committee.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2026
BACKGROUND
ARIDE and DRE Police Training
By law, a DRE is someone certified by the International Association
of Chiefs of Police (IACP) as having met all requirements of the
International Drug Evaluation and Classification Program. DREs
conduct drug influence evaluations to enforce alcohol - and d rug-
impaired driving laws. ARIDE is a program developed by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration with the IACP and the Technical
Advisory Panel that focuses on impaired driving enforcement education
for police officers.
Social Equity and Innovation Account
The social equity and innovation account’s money must be allocated
by the OPM s ecretary for purposes that the Social Equity Council
determines further the principles of equity and may include providing
(1) access to capital for businesses in any industry, (2) technical
assistance for the start -up and operation of a business in any in dustry,
(3) funding for workforce education in any industry, (4) funding
community investments, and (5) funding investments in
disproportionately impacted areas.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Safety and Security Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 29 Nay 0 (03/17/2026)