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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut establishes voluntary payroll tax program and electric bill reduction fund starting in 2027
Last action · April 20, 2026: File Number 698Sponsors: Travis Simms and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Starting January 1, 2027, this bill establishes a voluntary payroll tax program in Connecticut allowing covered employees earning over $50,000 to opt into a reduction paired with employer-paid payroll taxes and retirement contributions, while directing resulting tax efficiencies into a dedicated fund to lower residential electric bills.
Participating workers receive a and employer-funded retirement deposits while changing their wage withholding structure, and residential utility customers eventually see reduced electric bill s once the efficiency fund balance is certified.
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.
covered employees
Eligible workers may elect to participate in a payroll expense reduction program, receive a refundable state income tax credit, and obtain employer-funded retirement contributions.
employers
Covered employers must pay payroll taxes for participating staff, make retirement plan deposits, inform employees about the program, and alter withholding procedures.
residential electric customers
electric distribution companies
Utilities must receive transferred funds from the Treasurer and apply them sequentially to satisfy and retire residential public benefits charges.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 698
- Apr 20, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 429
- Apr 20, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/20/26 12:00 PM
- Apr 1, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
Show 3 earlier actions
- Mar 30, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/27
- Mar 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Version history
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Payroll Tax Revenue Linked to Utility Bill Relief
The legislation establishes a direct structural link where net revenue differences from a voluntary payroll tax are funneled into an account specifically dedicated to reducing residential electric utility public benefits charges.
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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