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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut appropriates $500,000 for state-wide narcotics task force to combat fentanyl
Last action · February 4, 2026: Referred to Joint Committee on AppropriationsSponsors: Paul Cicarella and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Connecticut lawmakers have proposed appropriating $500,000 from the to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the ending June 30, 2027, specifically to fund the state-wide narcotics task force.
Directs state financial resources toward anti-narcotics enforcement operations in designated urban centers.
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 Emergency Services and Public Protection
Receives $500,000 in additional appropriations for the state-wide narcotics task force.
Residents of Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Waterbury
Subject to increased law enforcement operations aimed at combating the illegal manufacturing and sale of fentanyl.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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