Connecticut SB 347: AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR FELONY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FRAUD.

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General Assembly  
Raised Bill No. 347  
February Session, 2026 
 
LCO No. 1276 
 
 
Referred    to     Committee    on     LABOR    AND     PUBLIC 
EMPLOYEES  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(LAB)  
 
 
 
AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR FELONY 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FRAUD.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Subsection  (f)  of  section  31-273  of  the  general  statutes  is 1 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 
1, 2026): 3 
(f) Any   person   who   knowingly   makes   a   false   statement   or 4 
representation  or  fails  to  disclose  a  material  fact  in  order  to  obtain, 5 
increase, prevent or decrease any benefit, contribution or other payment 6 
under this chapter, or under any similar law of another state or of the 7 
United States in regard to which this state acted as agent pursuant to an 8 
agreement  authorized  by  section  31-225,  whether  to  be  made  to  or  by 9 
[himself or herself] such person or any other person, and who receives 10 
any such benefit, pays any such contribution or alters any such payment 11 
to [his  or  her] such  person's advantage  by  such  fraudulent  means  (1) 12 
shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such benefit, contribution or 13 
payment amounts to [five hundred] two thousand dollars or less, or (2) 14 

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shall  be  guilty  of  a  class  D  felony  if  such  benefit,  contribution  or 15 
payment  amounts  to  more  than [five  hundred] two  thousand dollars. 16 
Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  section  54-193,  no  person  shall  be 17 
prosecuted for a violation of the provisions of this subsection committed 18 
on  or  after  October  1,  1977,  except  within  five  years  next  after  such 19 
violation has been committed. 20 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
October 1, 2026 
31-273(f) 
 
LAB Joint Favorable  
JUD Joint Favorable