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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut establishes Fallen Officer and Investigator Fund providing $100,000 lump sum death benefits and health insurance to families of correction officers and investigators killed in the line of duty
Last action · April 2, 2026: File Number 368Sponsors: Kaitlyn Shake and 6 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Effective July 1, 2026, Connecticut creates the Fallen Officer and Investigator Fund to pay a $100,000 tax-exempt lump sum death benefit to surviving family members or beneficiaries of Department of Correction officers and specific judicial investigators . The legislation also guarantees access to state group health insurance plans for qualifying surviving spouses and ren, and exempts these death benefit payments from the state income tax.
Provides dedicated financial assistance and healthcare coverage access to families of state safety personnel who die while performing official duties, backed by a new non-lapsing state fund and annual reporting requirements.
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.
Correction Officers and Investigators
Their designated beneficiaries and surviving family members become eligible for a $100,000 tax-exempt lump sum death benefit and health insurance coverage if killed in the line of duty.
Surviving Family Members
Receive eligibility for lump-sum death benefits, state group health insurance plans, and state income tax exemptions on the payouts.
State Comptroller
Must administer the fund, disburse payments, arrange group health insurance plans, submit annual legislative reports, and adopt implementing regulations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 2, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 368
- Apr 2, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 255
- 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 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/10
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Version history
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Expansion of Fallen Hero Benefits
Extends the financial support and health insurance framework previously established for first responders under the Fallen Hero Fund to correction officers and specific judicial and legal investigators.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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