AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONCERNING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES WITH ACCESS TO TAX RECORDS.

Senate
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General Assembly File No. 505
February Session, 2026 Senate Bill No. 486

Senate, April 8, 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 IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONCERNING
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES WITH ACCESS
TO TAX RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 5 -207a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) For each position of employment with the state of Connecticut that 3
involves exposure to federal tax information, the [employing] agency 4
with custody of the federal tax information and [, in the case where the 5
Department of Administrative Services is the provider of human 6
resources services for such employing agency, ] the Department of 7
Administrative Services, shall, subject to the provisions of section 31-51i, 8
require each applicant for, each employee applying for transfer to, and, 9
at least every five years, [or more often if required by the United States 10
Department of the Treasury,] each current employee of such a position, 11
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to (1) state in writing whether such applicant or employee has been 12
convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against 13
such applicant or employee at the time of application for employment 14
or transfer and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such 15
charges are pending, and (2) be fingerprinted and submit to state and 16
national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records 17
checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with 18
section 29-17a. Each employee who has access to federal tax information 19
shall be subject to such criminal history records check at least every five 20
years. 21
(b) If a contractor or subcontractor has a contract with an agency to 22
perform work for the agency that entails such contractor or 23
subcontractor or any employee thereof to access federal tax information, 24
such contractor or subcontractor and any such employee shall be subject 25
to the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this 26
section prior to commencing such work and [as often thereafter as 27
required by subsection (a) of this section ] at least every five years 28
thereafter. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage 5-207a

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, which makes various technical changes regarding criminal
background checks for employees with access to tax records, results in
no fiscal impact to the state.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 486

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONCERNING
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES WITH
ACCESS TO TAX RECORDS.

SUMMARY
Under this bill, w hen state jobs involve access to federal tax
information, the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and the
agency with custody of the federal tax information must require
criminal history record checks (background checks) for (1) job
applicants and transferring employees and, (2) at least every five years,
each current employee, contractor, and subcontractor. (This is needed to
comply with federal requirements.)
Under current law, when state jobs involve access to federal tax
information, the employing agency (and DAS , if it provides human
resources services for the employing agency) must require criminal
history record checks (1) for job applicants and transferring employees
and, (2) at least every five years, or more often if required by federal law,
for each current employee, contractor, and subcontractor.
As under existing law, the bill requires the applicant, transferring or
current employee, contractor, or subcontractor to do the following:
1. state in writing if he or she has been convicted of a crime or has
pending criminal charges, and identify the crime and court for
those charges; and
2. be fingerprinted and submit to state and national criminal history
record checks.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
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COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 18 Nay 0 (03/20/2026)