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SB00442 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF RETIREMENT HEALTH BENEFITS FOR PARAEDUCATORS.

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF RETIREMENT HEALTH BENEFITS FOR PARAEDUCATORS.

Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Labor and Public Employees Committee
Last action
2026-04-20
Official status
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Study on Retirement Health Benefits for Paraeducators

This law requires the state Comptroller to study current retirement health benefits for paraeducators and report findings with possible improvements.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Comptroller to conduct a study on retirement health benefits for paraeducators.
  • Directs the Comptroller to work with organizations that represent paraeducator units during the study.
  • Asks the study to list any current retirement health benefits that paraeducators receive.
  • Requests recommendations in the report about how laws could improve these benefits.
  • Sets a deadline of January 1, 2027, for submitting the final report.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The state Comptroller
  • Paraeducators and their representative organizations
  • The General Assembly committee that handles labor and public employee matters

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only orders a study and does not change any benefits right now.
  • It does not say what the final recommendations will be until the report is finished.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-20 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-04-20 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  3. 2026-04-20 Connecticut General Assembly

    No New File by Committee on Appropriations

  4. 2026-04-20 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  5. 2026-04-17 APP

    Joint Favorable

  6. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4069

  7. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations

  8. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Immediate Transmittal

  9. 2026-04-01 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  10. 2026-04-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  11. 2026-04-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 222

  12. 2026-04-01 LCO

    File Number 312

  13. 2026-03-26 LCO

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

  14. 2026-03-18 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  15. 2026-03-17 LAB

    Joint Favorable

  16. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/10

  17. 2026-03-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees

Official Summary Text

To require the Comptroller to study retirement health benefits for paraeducators.

Current Bill Text

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LCO 2623 1 of 2

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 442
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2623

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF RETIREMENT HEALTH
BENEFITS FOR PARAEDUCATORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) The Comptroller, in consultation 1
with organizations designated as the exclusive representative of a 2
paraeducator unit, shall conduct a study on retirement health benefits 3
for paraeducators. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, 4
(1) what, if any, retirement health benefits paraeducators currently 5
receive, and (2) any recommendations for legislation concerning the 6
improvement of retirement health benefits for paraeducators. Not later 7
than January 1, 2027, the Comptroller shall submit a report of the results 8
of such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 9
having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees, in 10
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section
Raised Bill No. 442

LCO 2623 2 of 2

LAB Joint Favorable
APP Joint Favorable