Connecticut SB 405: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM NUMBER OF SWORN STATE POLICE PERSONNEL.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 405
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
AND DRUG RECOGNITION TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement" has the same 2
meaning as provided in section 7-294kk of the general statutes; 3
(2) "Drug recognition expert" has the same meaning as provided in 4
section 7-294kk of the general statutes; and 5
(3) "Police officer" has the same meaning as provided in section 7-6
294a of the general statutes. 7
(b) There is established an account to be known as the "impaired 8
driving enforcement and drug recognition training account", which 9
shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall contain any 10
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 11
account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 12
Management for the purposes of providing grants pursuant to 13
subsection (c) of this section. 14
(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 15
administer the impaired driving enforcement and drug recognition 16
training grant program. Pursuant to such program, the secretary shall 17

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provide grants-in-aid to reimburse or provide funding to municipalities 18
and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the 19
costs associated with providing training to police officers who receive 20
advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training or drug 21
recognition expert training. Such grants-in-aid may be provided to 22
municipalities or the department to (1) reimburse costs incurred from 23
having provided such training, provided such training occurred on or 24
after July 1, 2026, or (2) fund such training to be provided by a 25
municipality or the department. A municipality or the department may 26
submit an application for a grant under this section in a form and 27
manner prescribed by the secretary. 28
(d) Not later than January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the 29
secretary shall submit a report on the impaired driving enforcement and 30
drug recognition training grant program to the joint standing committee 31
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 32
safety and security in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 33
the general statutes. 34
Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 12-330ll of the 2026 supplement to the 35
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 36
thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 37
(i) The tax received by the state under this section shall be deposited 38
as follows: 39
(1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, in the 40
cannabis regulatory and investment account established under section 41
21a-420f of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 42
2025; 43
(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, sixty 44
per cent of such tax received in the Cannabis Social Equity and 45
Innovation Fund established under section 21a-420f of the general 46
statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2025, twenty-five per cent 47
of such tax received in the Cannabis Prevention and Recovery Services 48
Fund established under section 21a-420f of the general statutes, revision 49

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of 1958, revised to January 1, 2025, and fifteen per cent in the General 50
Fund; 51
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, sixty per cent of such tax 52
received in the social equity and innovation account established under 53
section 21a-420f, twenty-five per cent of such tax received in the 54
Cannabis Prevention and Recovery Services Fund established under 55
section 21a-420f and fifteen per cent in the General Fund; 56
(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, [sixty-57
five] sixty per cent of such tax received in the social equity and 58
innovation account established under section 21a-420f, twenty-five per 59
cent of such tax received in the Cannabis Prevention and Recovery 60
Services Fund established under section 21a-420f, [and] ten per cent of 61
such tax received in the General Fund and five per cent of such tax 62
received in the impaired driving enforcement and drug recognition 63
training account established under section 1 of this act; and 64
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, and each fiscal year 65
thereafter, [seventy-five] seventy per cent of such tax received in the 66
social equity and innovation account established under section 21a-420f, 67
[and] twenty-five per cent of such tax received in the Cannabis 68
Prevention and Recovery Services Fund established under section 21a-69
420f and five per cent of such tax received in the impaired driving 70
enforcement and drug recognition training ac