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-House of Representatives
-sHB5458 / File No. 330  1
+OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
+Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
+Hartford, CT 06106  (860) 240-0200
+http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa
+sHB-5458
+AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AND
+MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM ACCEPTING
+CERTAIN FEDERAL GRANTS RELATED TO CANNABIS GROWN
+ON PRIVATE LAND.
 
-General Assembly File No. 330
-February Session, 2026 Substitute House Bill No. 5458
-
-House of Representatives, April 1, 2026
-
-The Committee on Public Safety and Security reported through
-REP. BOYD of the 50th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on
-the part of the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
-
- AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AND
-MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM ACCEPTING CERTAIN
-FEDERAL GRANTS RELATED TO CANNABIS GROWN ON PRIVATE
-LAND.
-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
-Assembly convened:
-
-Section 1. Section 21a -420b of the general statutes is amended by 1
-adding subsection (f) as follows (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
-(NEW) (f) Neither the Division of State Police within the Department 3
-of Emergency Services and Public Protection nor any municipal police 4
-department shall accept a federal grant to conduct any program related 5
-to the surveillance of, search for or destruction of cannabis grown on 6
-private land. 7
-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
-sections:
-
-Section 1 October 1, 2026 21a-420b(f)
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-Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
-Subsec. (f) was rewritten for clarity.
-
-PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
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-sHB5458 / File No. 330  3
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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.
+Primary Analyst: PM 3/30/26
+Contributing Analyst(s):
+Reviewer: MM
 
 OFA Fiscal Note
 
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 The Out Years
 State Impact: None
 Municipal Impact: None
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-sHB5458 / File No. 330  4
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-OLR Bill Analysis
-HB 5458
-
-AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AND
-MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM ACCEPTING CERTAIN
-FEDERAL GRANTS RELATED TO CANNABIS GROWN ON
-PRIVATE LAND.
-
-SUMMARY
-This bill bans the State Police and municipal police departments from
-accepting federal grants to conduct any program related to surveilling,
-searching for, or destroying cannabis grown on private land.
-Existing law prohibits state and local law enforcement officers from
-expending state or local resources in certain actions related to cannabis.
-This includes using the officer’s time; making certain arrests or seizures,
-or conducting investigations solely based on an activity that they believe
-constitutes a federal law violation ; and providing  information or
-logistical support to a federal law enforcement authority for an activity
-they believe is a violation of federal but not state law.
-EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2026
-COMMITTEE ACTION
-Public Safety and Security Committee
-Joint Favorable
-Yea 29 Nay 0 (03/17/2026)