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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut establishes climate superfund to hold fossil fuel businesses liable for past greenhouse gas emissions
Last action · March 23, 2026: File Number 104Sponsors: Saud Anwar and 33 others
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What This Bill Proposed
To establish a climate change superfund to be used to fund certain adaptive infrastructure projects.
Major fossil fuel companies and refiners face and mandatory financial assessments totaling millions of dollars based on their historical emissions, creating a dedicated funding stream for state and municipal resilience projects.
- The General Assembly considers state-level climate adaptation measures to address rising sea levels, severe weather events, and aging public infrastructure. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Fossil fuel businesses and crude oil refiners
Entities meeting the emissions threshold are strictly liable for proportional cost recovery demands and mandatory payments.
Environmental justice communities
At least 40% of program expenditures must be allocated to climate adaptive projects that directly benefit these communities.
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
The department is tasked with establishing regulations, issuing notices, conducting assessments, maintaining registries, and administering the fund.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who qualifies as a responsible party under the climate superfund program?
How are the cost recovery demands calculated for responsible companies?
Can companies pay their cost recovery demands over time?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 104
- Mar 23, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 98
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 12:00 PM
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/20
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Environment
Version history
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Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Retroactive Emissions Liability
The legislation introduces a retrospective cost recovery model covering emissions spanning a 30-year period from 1995 through 2024.
Connected Entities
Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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