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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut establishes refundable child tax credit, funds free school meals, and restricts residences for certain convicted persons
Last action · April 21, 2026: File Number 705Sponsors: Martin Looney and 42 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The General Assembly introduced substitute Senate Bill 6, which creates a refundable state child tax credit of up to $600 per child starting in the 2026 tax year, requires eligible school districts to offer free breakfast and lunch for certain students in FY 27, and prohibits individuals convicted of specified crimes against children from living with minor children.
Resident taxpayers with dependent children may receive state tax relief depending on their income level, participating school districts must provide no-cost meals to students backed by a state grant, and individuals convicted of certain offenses face housing restrictions and increased interagency notification upon release.
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.
Resident taxpayers with dependent children
Eligible taxpayers may receive a refundable tax credit of up to $600 per child subject to income phase-outs.
Eligible school districts and students
Non-CEP participating schools must offer free breakfasts and free lunches for eligible students, funded by state grants.
Department of Revenue Services
Incurs revenue losses and requires one-time programming updates to administer the tax credit.
Department of Children and Families
Receives release notifications for specific offenders and must review case files if an offender's release address matches a child under protective supervision.
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This bill did not become law - Tabled in the Senate.
Procedural history
20 actions- Apr 21, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 705
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 21, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyNew File by Committee on Appropriations
- Apr 21, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/21/26 5:00 PM
- Apr 14, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Apr 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Apr 8, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyImmediate Transmittal to Committee on Appropriations
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 118
- Mar 23, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 91
- Mar 23, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 12:00 PM
- Mar 9, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Children
- Feb 25, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyDrafted by Committee
- Feb 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyVote to Draft
- Feb 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Children
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Discoveries
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Consolidation of Unrelated Child and Family Provisions
The bill combines fiscal supports (tax credits and school meals) with criminal justice restrictions and administrative data system renaming under a single omnibus vehicle concerning supports for children and families.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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