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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires executive branch agencies to develop annual performance plans and regular OPM evaluations starting in 2027
Last action · May 6, 2026: House Calendar Number 577Sponsors: Paul Cicarella and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
To require executive branch state agencies to develop and implement annual performance plans.
The measure establishes new administrative and reporting requirements across state government, backed by an estimated one-time cost of up to $3 million for guideline development and ongoing personnel expenses for OPM oversight.
- The General Assembly is the legislative body of the State of Connecticut responsible for enacting state laws. 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.
state agencies
State agencies must develop annual performance plans, submit progress reports, and participate in OPM performance evaluations.
Office of Policy and Management
OPM must establish plan guidelines, provide training and technical assistance, receive agency reports, and institute biennial performance evaluations.
General Assembly joint standing committees
Committees must receive agency performance reports and hold hearings where agency executive authorities present their plans.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
When do state agencies have to start developing performance plans?
Who reviews the performance plans and progress reports?
Are all state agencies subject to OPM reporting and evaluation?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · on the House floor.
Procedural history
13 actions- May 6, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 577
- May 6, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- May 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyTransmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorSenate Passed
- Apr 2, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 362
- Apr 2, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 249
Show 7 earlier actions
- Apr 2, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 2, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/10
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight
Version history
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Institutionalization of Agency Performance Management
The legislation formalizes statewide executive agency planning by setting statutory deadlines for strategic goal-setting and mandatory biennial evaluations by OPM.
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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