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--- version:File No. 362+++ version:(document, no version)@@ -1,132 +1,4 @@-Senate-sSB425 / File No. 362 1--General Assembly File No. 362-February Session, 2026 Substitute Senate Bill No. 425--Senate, April 2, 2026--The Committee on Government Oversight reported through-SEN. GADKAR-WILCOX of the 22nd Dist., Chairperson of the-Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill-ought to pass.-- AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL STATE AGENCY PERFORMANCE-PLANS.-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General-Assembly convened:--Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section, 1-"state agency" means any department, board, council, commission, 2-institution or other agency in the executive branch of state government, 3-including, but not limited to, each constituent unit. 4-(b) Not later than July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, each state 5-agency shall develop and implement an annual performance plan that 6-outlines the state agency's strategic and operational goals. The Office of 7-Policy and Management shall establish guidelines for the performance 8-plans and shall provide training and technical assistance in performance 9-plan development and implementation to state agencies upon request. 10-(c) Not later than January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, each state 11-agency shall report on the state agency's performance plan and its 12-sSB425 File No. 362--sSB425 / File No. 362 2--progress in attaining the strategic and operational goals outlined in the 13-state agency's performance plan from the prior year to the Office of 14-Policy and Management, and shall concomitantly submit a copy of such 15-report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 16-cognizance of such agency, in accordance with the provisions of section 17-11-4a of the general statutes, except in the case of the Office of State 18-Ethics, Freedom of Information Commission, State Elections 19-Enforcement Commission, State Contracting Standards Board, Office of 20-Governmental Accountability and Public Utilities Regulatory 21-Authority, such report shall only be submitted to such committee and 22-not to said office . The Office of Policy and Management shall institute 23-regular performance evaluations of state agencies other than the Office 24-of State Ethics, Freedom of Information Commission, State Elections 25-Enforcement Commission, State Contracting Standards Board, Office of 26-Governmental Accountability and Public Utilities Regulatory 27-Authority, concerning their progress toward attaining the goals 28-outlined in their performance plans and such evaluations shall occur not 29-less than every two years. 30-(d) After receipt of a report submitted under subsection (c) of this 31-section, each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 32-cognizance of any state agency that issued a report under subsection (c) 33-of this section shall hold a hearing wh ere the executive authority, as 34-defined in section 4-37e of the general statutes, of the state agency shall 35-present the state agency's performance plan. 36-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following-sections:--Section 1 October 1, 2026 New section--Statement of Legislative Commissioners:-In Subsec. (b), references to "plan" were changed to "performance plan"-for consistency, and Subsec. (c) was reworded for clarity.--GOS Joint Favorable Subst.--sSB425 File No. 362--sSB425 / File No. 362 3--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 $-Various State Agencies GF - Potential-Cost-See Below See Below-Policy & Mgmt., Off. GF - Cost Up to 3.16-million-157,500-State Comptroller - Fringe-Benefits1-GF - Cost 65,650 65,650-Note: GF=General Fund--Municipal Impact: None-Explanation-The bill requires (1) all state agencies to develop and implement-annual performance plans by July 1, 2027, and submit a report by-January 1, 2028, and (2) the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to-establish strategic plan guidelines and assist in plan development upon-request. This results in a potential cost to state agencies associated with-developing this plan and submitting a report and a one -time cost of up-to $3 million to OPM in FY 27 that is dependent on costs associated with-developing the guidelines and which s tate agencies request assistance-with plan development.2 Any potential costs to state agencies may shift-to OPM to the extent assistance is requested.-This bill also requires OPM to institute regular performance--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.-2 This analysis assumes an average cost of approximately $100,000 per state agency.-sSB425 File No. 362--sSB425 / File No. 362 4--evaluations at least every two years for certain state agencies beginning-January 1, 2028. This results in a cost of $159,600 in FY 27 and an annual-cost of $157,500 beginning in FY 28 to OPM for a Division Director-position and corresponding fringe benefit costs to the Office of the State-Comptroller.-The Out Years-The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would-continue into the future subject to inflation.--sSB425 File No. 362--sSB425 / File No. 362 5+Researcher: SP Page 1 4/2/26OLR Bill AnalysissSB 425@@ -159,11 +31,11 @@For agencies required to report to OPM, the bill requires OPM toinstitute regular performance evaluations of their progress at least everytwo years.-sSB425 File No. 362+EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2026+2026SB-00425-R000362-BA.DOCX-sSB425 / File No. 362 6+Researcher: SP Page 2 4/2/26-EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2026COMMITTEE ACTIONGovernment Oversight CommitteeJoint Favorable Substitute
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