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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut directs Legislative Management to study reestablishing the Program Review and Investigations Committee
Last action · May 5, 2026: On Consent CalendarSponsors: Paul Cicarella and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The is required to conduct a feasibility study on reestablishing the duties, responsibilities, and staffing of the former Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee within the Government Oversight Committee, with a report due by January 1, 2027.
Determines whether the legislature will revive a dedicated investigative and program review body and what resources or structural changes would be necessary to support it.
- The Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee was a bipartisan statutory committee of the Connecticut General Assembly that was terminated in 2017. 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.
Office of Legislative Management
Must conduct the feasibility study, assess associated costs and staffing needs, and submit a formal report by January 1, 2027.
Government Oversight Committee
Receives the study report and any recommendations for legislation regarding the committee's reestablishment.
Key Facts
- The Office of Legislative Management must study the feasibility of reestablishing the duties, responsibilities, and staffing of the former Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee within the Government Oversight Committee.
- The study must evaluate what additional staffing would be required, the costs associated with providing additional resources, and any potential benefits of reestablishing the committee.
- The executive director of the Office of Legislative Management must submit a report containing study findings and legislative recommendations to the Government Oversight Committee no later than January 1, 2027.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate.
Procedural history
11 actions- May 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyOn Consent Calendar
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorSenate Passed
- Apr 1, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 288
- Apr 1, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 199
- Apr 1, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 1, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
Show 5 earlier actions
- Mar 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/24
- Feb 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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