Connecticut HB 5495: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO MUNICIPALITIES THAT ADOPT POLICIES TO RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT POLICE OFFICERS FROM NOTIFYING FEDERAL AUTHORITIES OF ARRESTS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5495
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING REVIEW OF DECISIONS BY THE
CONNECTICUT STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT COMMISSION BY
THE SUPERIOR COURT AND AUTHORIZING APPEALS OF
DECISIONS OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 5-169 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2026): 3
(d) [No reconsideration of] (1) Prior to making a decision concerning 4
a member's eligibility for a disability retirement allowance or the 5
discontinuance of such allowance, [shall be made by the board unless a 6
member, upon application to the board for a redetermination, discloses 7
additional facts concerning his condition at the date of termination of 8
employment] the board shall hold a hearing. After the hearing, the 9
board shall send the member a written copy of the board's decision 10
containing a statement of the reasons for such decision. Any member 11
aggrieved by the decision of the board may appeal the decision to the 12
Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. 13
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall take effect until the State 14
Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition has provided its written 15
consent to the clerks of both houses of the General Assembly to 16

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incorporate the terms of this subsection into its collective bargaining 17
agreement. 18
Sec. 2. Subsection (g) of section 5-192p of the general statutes is 19
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 20
1, 2026): 21
(g) [No reconsideration of] (1) Prior to making a decision concerning 22
a member's eligibility for a disability retirement allowance or the prior 23
discontinuance of such allowance, [shall be made by the board unless a 24
member, upon application to the board for a redetermination, discloses 25
additional facts concerning his condition at the date of termination of 26
employment or at the time of discontinuance as appropriate] the board 27
shall hold a hearing. After the hearing, the board shall send the member 28
a written copy of the board's decision containing a statement of the 29
reasons for such decision. Any member aggrieved by the decision of the 30
board may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with 31
the provisions of chapter 54. 32
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall take effect until the State 33
Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition has provided its written 34
consent to the clerks of both houses of the General Assembly to 35
incorporate the terms of this subsection into its collective bargaining 36
agreement. 37
Sec. 3. Section 4-183 of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes is 38
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 39
1, 2026): 40
(a) A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available 41
within the agency and who is aggrieved by a final decision may appeal 42
to the Superior Court as provided in this section. The filing of a petition 43
for reconsideration is not a prerequisite to the filing of such an appeal. 44
(b) A person may appeal a preliminary, procedural or intermediate 45
agency action or ruling to the Superior Court if (1) it appears likely that 46
the person will otherwise qualify under this chapter to appeal from the 47

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final agency action or ruling and (2) postponement of the appeal would 48
result in an inadequate remedy. 49
(c) (1) Within forty-five days after mailing of the final decision under 50
section 4-180 or, if there is no mailing, within forty-five days after 51
personal delivery of the final decision under said section, or (2) within 52
forty-five days after the agency denies a petition for reconsideration of 53
the final decision pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 54
4-181a, or (3) within forty-five days after mailing of the final decision 55
made after reconsideration pursuant to subdivisions (3) and (4) of 56
subsection (a) of section 4-181a or, if there is no mailing, within forty-57
five days after personal delivery of the final decision made after 58
reconsideration pursuant to said subdivisions, or (4) within forty-five 59
days after the expiration of the ninety-day period required under 60
subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 4-181a if the agency decides 61
to reconsider the final decision and fails to render a decision made after 62
reconsideration within such period, whichever is applicable and is later, 63
a person appealing as provided in this section shall serve a copy of the 64
appeal on the agency that rendered the final decision at its office or at 65
the office of the Attorney General in Hartford and file the appeal with 66
the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain or 67
for the judici