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SB00464 • 2026

AN ACT STUDYING COMPENSATION OF ELECTION WORKERS DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIODS PRECEDING AND ON THE DAY OF ELECTIONS, PRIMARIES AND REFERENDA.

AN ACT STUDYING COMPENSATION OF ELECTION WORKERS DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIODS PRECEDING AND ON THE DAY OF ELECTIONS, PRIMARIES AND REFERENDA.

Elections Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Last action
2026-04-09
Official status
File Number 571
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the composition and responsibilities of the task force beyond what is mentioned.

Act to Study Election Worker Pay

This act creates a task force to study the pay for election workers during early voting periods and on election days, primaries, and referenda.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a task force to look at how much money election workers get paid during early voting times and on election day, primaries, and referenda.
  • Lists who gets to choose the members of this task force, including leaders from both chambers of the legislature.
  • Sets up rules for when the first meeting should happen and who will run it.
  • Requires the task force to write a report with their findings by January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Election workers like registrars of voters, town clerks, and other local election officials.
  • The members of the General Assembly who will appoint people to the task force.

Terms To Know

Task Force
A group set up by the government to look into a specific issue or problem.
Early Voting Periods
Times before an election when people can vote, usually at special locations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money the task force will get to do its work.
  • It is unclear what specific recommendations the task force might make about pay for election workers.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-04-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  3. 2026-04-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 337

  4. 2026-04-09 LCO

    File Number 571

  5. 2026-04-02 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 5:00 PM

  6. 2026-03-23 GAE

    Joint Favorable

  7. 2026-03-23 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  8. 2026-03-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/13

  9. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

Official Summary Text

To study the compensation of registrars of voters, town clerks and other local election workers during the early voting periods preceding and on the days of elections, primaries and referenda.

Current Bill Text

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Senate
SB464 / File No. 571 1

General Assembly File No. 571
February Session, 2026 Senate Bill No. 464

Senate, April 9, 2026

The Committee on Government Administration and Elections
reported through SEN. FLEXER of the 29th Dist., Chairperson
of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to
pass.

AN ACT STUDYING COMPENSATION OF ELECTION WORKERS
DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIODS PRECEDING AND ON THE
DAY OF ELECTIONS, PRIMARIES AND REFERENDA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study the compensation of registrars of voters, town clerks, persons 2
appointed by registrars of voters or town clerks and any other local 3
election officials during the early voting periods at elections, primaries 4
and referenda and on the days of such elections, primaries and 5
referenda. 6
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7
(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 8
(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 9
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 10
Representatives; 11
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(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 12
(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 13
Representatives; and 14
(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 15
(c) Any member of the task force may be a member of the General 16
Assembly. 17
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 18
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 19
be filled by the appointing authority. 20
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 21
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 22
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 23
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 24
days after the effective date of this section. 25
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 26
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections 27
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 28
(g) Not later than January 1, 2027, the task force shall submit a report 29
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 30
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 31
elections, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 -4a of the 32
general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 33
submits such report or January 1, 2027, whichever is later. 34
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

GAE Joint Favorable

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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: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill establishes a task force to study the compensation of election
workers during the early voting period, resulting in no fiscal impact to
the state or municipalities. It is anticipated that the task force members
will have sufficient expertise to meet the requirements of the bill.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 464

AN ACT STUDYING COMPENSATION OF ELECTION WORKERS
DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIODS PRECEDING AND ON THE
DAY OF ELECTIONS, PRIMARIES AND REFERENDA.

SUMMARY
The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 19 Nay 0 (03/23/2026)