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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut extends portal-to-portal workers' compensation coverage to public works employees under specific conditions
Last action · April 2, 2026: File Number 352Sponsors: Nicholas Menapace and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill extends portal-to-portal workers' compensation coverage to state and municipal public works department employees when commuting under emergency call-in terms, direct orders during non-essential closures, or following consecutive mandatory overtime shifts, effective October 1, 2026.
Expands financial and medical protection for state and municipal public works personnel injured while commuting under specific emergency or high-demand conditions, creating potential costs for state agencies and self-insured municipalities.
- Portal-to-portal workers' compensation coverage in Connecticut previously applied to police officers, firefighters, telecommunicators, and Department of Correction employees under specific conditions, but excluded public works personnel. context
- The Labor and Public Employees Committee reported the bill favorably on March 17, 2026, with a 9-4 vote. 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.
Public works department employees
Eligible for workers' compensation benefits for injuries sustained during commutes under specific emergency, closure, or overtime conditions.
Department of Administrative Services
Faces potential cost impacts for state-level workers' compensation claims beginning in fiscal year 27.
Various Municipalities
Self-insured municipalities face potential cost increases due to the state mandate expanding workers' compensation liabilities.
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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- Apr 2, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 352
- Apr 2, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 238
- 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 18, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Version history
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Identical Companion Measure
The OLR bill analysis notes that sHB 5003, section 8, reported favorably by the same committee, is identical to this bill.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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