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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires municipal aging agents to certify conflict-free status and allows joint town appointments
Last action · March 19, 2026: File Number 68Sponsors: Jane Garibay and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 124 prohibits municipalities from appointing aging agents with real or perceived conflicts of interest, requires a written conflict-free certification starting July 1, 2026, and allows towns to jointly share agents and expenses.
Municipalities gain the option to share administrative expenses for aging services across town lines, while appointed agents must submit written conflict disclosures to the state department.
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.
Municipal agents for aging
Must submit written conflict certifications upon appointment and immediately report any conflicts that arise during their term.
Older adults
Receive services and benefits assistance from municipal agents subject to new conflict-of-interest protections.
Municipalities
Gains the authority to jointly appoint agents and share expenses, and must handle conflict-of-interest reporting determinations.
Key Facts
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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- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 68
- Mar 19, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 68
- Mar 19, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/19
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Aging
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 40)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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