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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill proposes funding to hire 50 new Department of Revenue Services auditors
Last action · February 11, 2026: Referred to Joint Committee on AppropriationsSponsors: Kate Farrar and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
To increase appropriation to hire auditors to work for the Department of Revenue Services.
The measure directs state funds toward expanding tax enforcement staff to increase state revenue collections.
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.
Department of Revenue Services
Receives an appropriation of funds and expands its staff by fifty additional in-house auditors.
State taxpayers
Subject to increased tax auditing, collections, and penalty assessments by the Department of Revenue Services.
Key Facts
- Appropriates an unspecified sum from the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
- Allocates funding specifically for hiring fifty additional in-house auditors at the Department of Revenue Services.
- Aims to close the state's tax gap by collecting uncollected taxes and assessing penalties and interest.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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