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-General Assembly File No. 195
-February Session, 2026 Substitute House Bill No. 5347
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-House of Representatives, March 26, 2026
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-The Committee on Government Administration and Elections
-reported through REP. BLUMENTHAL of the 147th Dist.,
-Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the
-substitute bill ought to pass.
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- AN ACT REQUIRING A PLAN FOR THE TRANSLATION AND REVIEW
-OF FORMS AND APPLICATIONS REQUIRED TO ACCESS STATE
-AGENCY SERVICES OR BENEFITS BY LIMITED-ENGLISH
-PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS.
-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
-Assembly convened:
-
-Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
-"individual with limited -English proficiency" means an individual 2
-whose primary and preferred language is not English, and who has a 3
-limited ability to read, speak, write or understand English, (2) "vital 4
-records" has the same meaning as provided in section 7-36 of the general 5
-statutes, and (3) "identification document" means a document that can 6
-be used to verify the holder's identity, including, but not limited to, a 7
-driver's license. 8
-(b) Not later than January 1, 2027, the Commissioner of 9
-Administrative Services shall develop a plan for the review and 10
-translation of all printed or electronic forms or applications required to 11
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-access services or benefits provided by executive branch state agencies, 12
-including, but not limited to, forms or applications necessary to access 13
-vital records or to obtain identification documents, into the twelve most 14
-common non -English languages spoken by individuals with limited -15
-English proficiency in the state based on the data in the most recent 16
-American Community Survey published by the United States Census 17
-Bureau. Thereafter, the commissioner shall update such plan as 18
-necessary, but not less than every two years. 19
-(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, each state agency in the executive 20
-branch shall (1) adopt and implement the plan developed under 21
-subsection (b) of this section and update such plan every two years 22
-thereafter, and (2) designate a language access coordinator to work with 23
-the Department of Administrative Services to ensure compliance with 24
-such plan. 25
-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
-sections:
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-Section 1 from passage New section
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-Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
-In Section 1(a)(2), "vital record" was changed to "vital records", for
-consistency.
-
-GAE 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.
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-OFA Fiscal Note
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-State Impact:
-Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $
-Various State Agencies App Fund - Cost 5,000,000 None
-Department of Administrative
-Services
-GF - Cost 780,000 530,000
-State Comptroller - Fringe
-Benefits1
-GF - Cost 96,186 96,186
-Note: GF=General Fund; App Fund=All Appropriated Funds
-
-Municipal Impact: None
-Explanation
-The bill creates various requirements relating to the development and
-adoption of a plan to translate all printed or electronic forms or
-applications required to access executive branch state agency services or
-benefits into the twelve most common language s spoken in the state
-besides English. The requirements include (1) the development of a plan
-by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) by January 1, 2027,
-(2) the adoption of the plan by each executive agency by February 1,
-2027, and (3) the desi gnation of a language access coordinator to work
-with DAS to ensure compliance with the plan.
-Developing the plan results in a one -time cost to DAS of $250,000 in
-FY 27 to hire a consultant with the necessary expertise to develop the
-plan. Requiring each executive branch agency to translate and
-reproduce each of the approximately 1,500 applications  result in
-
-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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-onetime costs of up to $5 million to various agencies in FY 27. These
-costs are primarily attributed to technological updates to administrative
-systems and producing the non -web-based versions of these
-applications and forms. The requirement to ensure compliance with the
-plan requires two new employees within DAS with a total cost of
-$326,186 ($230,000 in salary and $96,186 for fringe) and an additional
-cost of $300,000 per year in consultant fees.
-The Out Years
-The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
-continue into the future subject to inflation. In addition, the bill requires
-the plan to be updated as necessary which results in potential future
-one-time costs to accommodate changes to applications and forms.
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 years and (2) designate a language access coordinator to work with DAS
 to ensure compliance with the plan.
 EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
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