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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut adjusts state budget to authorize $28.8 billion in net appropriations for fiscal year 2027
Last action · April 16, 2026: File Number 661Sponsors: REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 9 and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The General Assembly adjusts the state budget for the ending June 30, 2027, authorizing $28.8 billion in net across the General Fund, Special Transportation Fund, and six other appropriated funds for FY 2027. The measure modifies agency allocations, alters certain municipal grants and collective bargaining terms, adjusts intermediate care facility reimbursement rates, and carries forward unexpended funds for specific capital and grant programs.
Changes state agency operational budgets, municipal aid levels, and specific grant allocations totaling billions of dollars, directly impacting state operations, municipal revenue streams, and specialized social or educational programs across Connecticut.
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 receive revised operational funding allocations and account adjustments for FY 2027.
Municipalities
Municipalities receive adjusted state grants, PILOT payments, and revenue sharing funds.
Legislative employees
Legislative employees receive salary and employment terms consistent with the CEUI collective bargaining agreement.
State-recognized tribes
The Schaghticoke, Paucatuck Eastern Pequot, and Golden Hill Paugussett tribes receive specific grant funds for reservation cleanup and license fees.
Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Facilities receive rate adjustments under revised direct care inflation cost limitation waivers for FY 2027.
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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
16 actions- Apr 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 661
- Apr 16, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 436
- Apr 16, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- Apr 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 31, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
Show 10 earlier actions
- Mar 31, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Feb 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/23
- Feb 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/20
- Feb 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/19
- Feb 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/18
- Feb 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/17
- Feb 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/13
- Feb 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/10
- Feb 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/11
- Feb 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
Version history
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Suspension of Probate Fund Transfer
The legislature suspended the routine transfer from the Probate Court Administration Fund to the General Fund, retaining approximately $25 million within the probate fund for FY 2027.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 95)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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