Connecticut HB 5113: AN ACT CONCERNING SUBSTANCE-FREE HOUSING AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5113
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2340

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
(FIN)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION
FOR THE AMOUNT OF CANCELLED DEBT AND DEBT RELIEF
RECEIVED BY A TAXPAYER FOR STUDENT LOANS, MEDICAL DEBT
AND CREDIT CARD DEBT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of subdivision (20) of subsection (a) of 1
section 12-701 of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed 2
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2027, 3
and applicable to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2027): 4
(B) There shall be subtracted therefrom: 5
(i) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 6
income tax purposes, any income with respect to which taxation by any 7
state is prohibited by federal law; 8
(ii) To the extent allowable under section 12-718, exempt dividends 9
paid by a regulated investment company; 10
(iii) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 11

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income tax purposes, the amount of any refund or credit for 12
overpayment of income taxes imposed by this state, or any other state 13
of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, or the District of 14
Columbia; 15
(iv) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 16
income tax purposes and not otherwise subtracted from federal 17
adjusted gross income pursuant to clause (x) of this subparagraph in 18
computing Connecticut adjusted gross income, any tier 1 railroad 19
retirement benefits; 20
(v) To the extent any additional allowance for depreciation under 21
Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code for property placed in 22
service after September 27, 2017, was added to federal adjusted gross 23
income pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ix) of this subdivision in 24
computing Connecticut adjusted gross income, twenty-five per cent of 25
such additional allowance for depreciation in each of the four 26
succeeding taxable years; 27
(vi) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 28
income tax purposes, any interest income from obligations issued by or 29
on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, 30
or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar 31
public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut; 32
(vii) To the extent properly includable in determining the net gain or 33
loss from the sale or other disposition of capital assets for federal income 34
tax purposes, any gain from the sale or exchange of obligations issued 35
by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision 36
thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or 37
similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut, 38
in the income year such gain was recognized; 39
(viii) Any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase 40
or carry obligations or securities the interest on which is subject to tax 41
under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, to the extent that 42
such interest on indebtedness is not deductible in determining federal 43

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adjusted gross income and is attributable to a trade or business carried 44
on by such individual; 45
(ix) Ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the 46
taxable year for the production or collection of income which is subject 47
to taxation under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, or 48
the management, conservation or maintenance of property held for the 49
production of such income, and the amortizable bond premium for the 50
taxable year on any bond the interest on which is subject to tax under 51
this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, to the extent that such 52
expenses and premiums are not deductible in determining federal 53
adjusted gross income and are attributable to a trade or business carried 54
on by such individual; 55
(x) (I) For taxable years commencing prior to January 1, 2019, for a 56
person who files a return under the federal income tax as an unmarried 57
individual whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is 58
less than fifty thousand dollars, or as a married individual filing 59
separately whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is 60
less than fifty thousand dollars, or for a husband and wife who file a 61
return under the federal income tax as married individuals filing jointly 62
whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than 63
sixty thousand dollars or a person who files a return under the federal 64
income tax as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross income 65
for such taxable year is less than sixty thousand dollars, an amount 66
equal to the Social Security