Connecticut SB 425: AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE MODIFICATION.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 425
February Session, 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL STATE AGENCY PERFORMANCE
PLANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section, 1
"state agency" means any department, board, council, commission, 2
institution or other agency in the executive branch of state government, 3
including, but not limited to, each constituent unit. 4
(b) Not later than July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, each state 5
agency shall develop and implement an annual performance plan that 6
outlines the state agency's strategic and operational goals. The Office of 7
Policy and Management shall establish guidelines for the performance 8
plans and shall provide training and technical assistance in performance 9
plan development and implementation to state agencies upon request. 10
(c) Not later than January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, each state 11
agency shall report on the state agency's performance plan and its 12
progress in attaining the strategic and operational goals outlined in the 13
state agency's performance plan from the prior year to the Office of 14
Policy and Management, and shall concomitantly submit a copy of such 15
report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 16
cognizance of such agency, in accordance with the provisions of section 17
11-4a of the general statutes, except in the case of the Office of State 18

Substitute Bill No. 425

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Ethics, Freedom of Information Commission, State Elections 19
Enforcement Commission, State Contracting Standards Board, Office of 20
Governmental Accountability and Public Utilities Regulatory 21
Authority, such report shall only be submitted to such committee and 22
not to said office. The Office of Policy and Management shall institute 23
regular performance evaluations of state agencies other than the Office 24
of State Ethics, Freedom of Information Commission, State Elections 25
Enforcement Commission, State Contracting Standards Board, Office of 26
Governmental Accountability and Public Utilities Regulatory 27
Authority, concerning their progress toward attaining the goals 28
outlined in their performance plans and such evaluations shall occur not 29
less than every two years. 30
(d) After receipt of a report submitted under subsection (c) of this 31
section, each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 32
cognizance of any state agency that issued a report under subsection (c) 33
of this section shall hold a hearing where the executive authority, as 34
defined in section 4-37e of the general statutes, of the state agency shall 35
present the state agency's performance plan. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 New section

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (b), references to "plan" were changed to "performance plan"
for consistency, and Subsec. (c) was reworded for clarity.

GOS Joint Favorable Subst.