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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut expands Auditors of Public Accounts authority to enforce standards and conduct site visits
Last action · April 2, 2026: File Number 346Sponsors: Rob Sampson and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The bill expands the authority of the Auditors of Public Accounts to establish performance standards for state and quasi-public agencies with contract violations, require site visits for certain housing and human services providers, and request contract compliance before renewal.
State agencies and private housing and human services providers receiving state funds face new mandatory site visits, performance standards, and contract renewal contingencies linked to prior audit findings.
- The Auditors of Public Accounts are an independent legislative agency in Connecticut responsible for auditing the receipts and expenditures of state departments, institutions, and quasi-public bodies. 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.
Auditors of Public Accounts
They gain expanded statutory authority to mandate performance standards, conduct site visits, and review contractor information.
State and quasi-public agencies
They may be required to meet new performance standards before renewing contracts and must report on corrective actions following audit violations.
Housing and human services providers receiving state funds
Providers receiving at least $250,000 annually are subject to mandatory principal office site visits by auditors during audits.
Key Facts
- The Auditors of Public Accounts may establish performance and accountability standards for state or quasi-public agencies that have substantial contract-related violations found in an audit.
- Auditors may require agencies to meet established performance standards before renewing relevant contracts.
- Auditors must conduct physical site visits to the principal office of any private entity receiving $250,000 or more in state funds annually to provide housing or human services, unless exempt.
- Auditors must submit a proposed annual schedule of planned audits to the General Assembly's government oversight committee by July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter.
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- Auditors must report unauthorized, illegal, or irregular expenditures to the Governor, State Comptroller, legislative clerks, the oversight committee, and the Attorney General.
- State agencies and quasi-public agencies with statutory or regulatory violations in audit reports must report on corrective action status within six months.
- Auditors may retain independent auditors and must keep all audit reports for at least five years while filing copies with the State Librarian.
- Private special education service providers being audited must provide any information deemed necessary by the auditors.
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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 346
- Apr 2, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 232
- 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 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight
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Expansion of Audit Enforcement Powers
The legislation moves the Auditors of Public Accounts from purely advisory and reporting roles into an enforcement posture regarding contract renewals and performance standards.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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