Connecticut SB 249: AN ACT CONCERNING PENSION REVOCATION OR REDUCTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND STATE OR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF CRIMES RELATED TO STATE OR MUNICIPAL OFFICE.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 249
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1431

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT

Introduced by:
(GOS)

AN ACT CONCERNING PENSION REVOCATION OR REDUCTION
FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND STATE OR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
CONVICTED OF CRIMES RELATED TO STATE OR MUNICIPAL
OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 1-110 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2
As used in sections 1-110 to 1-110d, inclusive: 3
(1) "Public official" means public official, as defined in section 1-79, a 4
judge of any court either elected or appointed, and any elected or 5
appointed municipal official; 6
(2) "State or municipal employee" means state employee, as defined 7
in section 5-154, and includes an employee of any quasi-public agency, 8
as defined in section 1-120, or any person, whether appointed or under 9
contract, who provides services for a [city, town or other political 10
subdivision of the state] municipality for which a pension is provided; 11
[and] 12

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(3) "Crime related to state or municipal office" means any of the 13
following criminal offenses committed by a person while serving as a 14
public official or state or municipal employee: 15
(A) The committing, aiding or abetting of an embezzlement of public 16
funds from the state, a municipality or a quasi-public agency; 17
(B) The committing, aiding or abetting of any felonious theft from the 18
state, including any agency of state government, a municipality or a 19
quasi-public agency; 20
(C) Bribery in connection with service as a public official or state or 21
municipal employee; or 22
(D) The committing of any felony by such person who, [wilfully and] 23
with the intent to [defraud] deprive a person of money or property, 24
knowingly realizes or obtains, or knowingly attempts to realize or 25
obtain, a profit, gain or advantage for himself or herself or for some 26
other person, through the use or attempted use of the power, rights, 27
privileges or duties of his or her position as a public official or state or 28
municipal employee; 29
(4) "Municipality" means any city, town or other political subdivision 30
of the state and includes any local or regional board of education that 31
receives funds from the state or a municipality; 32
(5) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability 33
company, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust or 34
other legal entity, including the state, a municipality or a quasi-public 35
agency; 36
(6) "Revoke" or "revocation" means to completely deprive a public 37
official or state or municipal employee of an otherwise vested publicly 38
funded retirement benefit; and 39
(7) "Reduce" or "reduction" means to partially deprive a public official 40
or state or municipal employee of an otherwise vested publicly funded 41

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retirement benefit by a fixed percentage for the duration of the receipt 42
of the publicly funded retirement benefit. 43
Sec. 2. Section 1-110a of the general statutes is repealed and the 44
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 45
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on or after 46
October 1, 2008, if any public official or state or municipal employee is 47
convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any crime related to 48
state or municipal office in state criminal or federal criminal court, the 49
Attorney General shall apply to the Superior Court for an order to 50
revoke or reduce the pension of any kind to which such public official 51
or state or municipal employee is otherwise entitled under the general 52
statutes for service as a public official or state or municipal employee. 53
(b) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, in any civil 54
action brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this section on or 55
after July 1, 2026, the Superior Court shall presume that: 56
(1) Revocation of the pension is the most appropriate remedy if the 57
Superior Court finds that the defendant was a public official when the 58
defendant committed a crime related to state or municipal office; and 59
(2) Reduction of the pension is the most appropriate remedy if the 60
Superior Court finds that the defendant was a state or municipal 61
employee when the defendant committed a crime related to state or 62
municipal office. 63
(c) The presumptions in subsection (b) of this section may be rebutted 64
if a party to the civil action proves specific facts that support findings 65
related to the factors set forth in subsection (d) of this section. 66
(d) In determining whether the pension shall be revoked or reduced, 67
the Superior Court shall, if requested by a party in a civil action, 68
consider and make findings on the following factors