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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut creates Office of Government Oversight and Efficiency and requires state agencies to notify public of legal changes
Last action · April 2, 2026: File Number 350Sponsors: Geraldo Reyes and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Substitute Senate Bill 324 establishes the independent Office of Government Oversight and Efficiency to investigate waste and fraud, creates two legislative working groups on taxpayer waste and program evaluation, and mandates that state agencies notify affected residents via email of substantial law changes within 30 days starting October 1, 2026.
- The General Assembly regularly considers measures to enhance government transparency, combat fraud, and streamline auditing procedures across state and quasi-public agencies. 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.
State agencies and quasi-public agencies
State and quasi-public agencies must submit internal audit programs for OGOE approval, allow OGOE access to records, and email residents regarding material changes in law.
State employees
State employees are subject to OGOE inquiries and protections under whistleblower provisions when disclosing waste or corruption.
Large state contractors
Large state contractors are subject to OGOE audits, investigations, and civil penalties of up to $5,000 per offense for whistleblower retaliation.
Key Facts
- The bill establishes the independent Office of Government Oversight and Efficiency (OGOE) under the Joint Committee on Legislative Management for administrative purposes only, effective October 1, 2026.
- The OGOE executive director is appointed to a five-year term by legislative leaders from a list of three candidates, subject to legislative confirmation.
- The OGOE executive director may apply to the Superior Court for a subpoena to compel witnesses or document production when information is otherwise unavailable.
- State agencies and quasi-public agencies must notify all persons for whom they have an email address of any material and substantial change in law within 30 days of passage or adoption.
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- A working group on preventing waste of taxpayer dollars is established upon passage, consisting of specified state officials and eight appointed members, to report its findings by December 31, 2026.
- A Results-Based Accountability Working Group is established starting July 1, 2026, to evaluate state agency missions and programs, submitting annual reports starting January 1, 2027.
- Fiscal notes estimate OGOE operating costs at $455,000 in FY 2027 and $590,000 in FY 2028, plus active employee fringe benefits.
- Joint public hearings by the Appropriations and Government Oversight committees are required for audit reports with adverse financial implications of $500,000 or more.
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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 350
- Apr 2, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 236
- 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 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight
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Discoveries
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Consolidation of State Oversight
The bill shifts several reporting and investigative functions previously handled exclusively by the Auditors of Public Accounts to the newly created Office of Government Oversight and Efficiency.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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