Connecticut HB 5384: AN ACT CONCERNING HAZARD PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5384
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1645

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING HAZARD PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL
EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 5-192f of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2026): 3
(d) "Hazardous duty member" means a member who is a state 4
policeman in the active service of the Division of State Police within the 5
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, who is 6
engaged in guard or instructional duties at the Connecticut Correctional 7
Institution, Somers, the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Enfield-8
Medium, the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution, Enfield, the John 9
R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, the York Correctional 10
Institution, the Connecticut Correctional Center, Cheshire or the 11
community correctional centers, who is an employee of the Whiting 12
Forensic Hospital or its predecessor institutions with direct and 13
substantial patient contact, who is a detective, chief inspector, [or] 14

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inspector or investigator in the Division of Criminal Justice or chief 15
detective, who is employed as a correctional counselor, correctional 16
counselor supervisor, parole officer or parole supervisor or in a 17
comparable job classification by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, [or] 18
who has been designated as a hazardous duty member pursuant to the 19
terms of a collective bargaining agreement, who is an investigator in the 20
Division of Public Defender Services, or who is a support service 21
investigator in Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court. 22
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 5-192n of the general statutes is 23
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 24
1, 2026): 25
(a) Each "hazardous duty member" who has completed twenty-five 26
years of credited service while a hazardous duty member may be retired 27
on his own application on the first day of any future month named in 28
the application. For this purpose, leaves of absence, military service, and 29
any other period of nonstate employment which is included as credited 30
service shall be deemed credited service while a hazardous duty 31
member only if state employment as a hazardous duty member 32
immediately precedes and immediately succeeds such period of 33
nonstate employment. For a hazardous duty member who is (1) an 34
investigator in the Division of Criminal Justice, (2) an investigator in the 35
Division of Public Defender Services, or (3) a support service 36
investigator in Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court, 37
credited service while a hazardous duty member shall be calculated 38
from October 1, 2026. 39
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 5-192f(d)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2026 5-192n(a)

LAB Joint Favorable