Connecticut SB 323: AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 323
February Session, 2026

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE
OF STATE ETHICS FOR REVISIONS TO THE STATE CODES OF
ETHICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 1-80 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(d) The board shall elect a chairperson who shall, except as provided 4
in subsection (b) of section 1-82 and subsection (b) of section 1-93, 5
preside at meetings of the board and a vice-chairperson to preside in the 6
absence of the chairperson. [Six] Five members of the board shall 7
constitute a quorum. Except as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection 8
(a) of section 1-81, subsections (a) and (b) of section 1-82, subsection (b) 9
of section 1-88, subsection (e) of section 1-92, subsections (a) and (b) of 10
section 1-93 and subsection (b) of section 1-99, a majority vote of the 11
members shall be required for action of the board. The chairperson or 12
any three members may call a meeting. 13
Sec. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1-83 of the general statutes 14
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 15
October 1, 2026): 16
(a) (1) All state-wide elected officers, members of the General 17
Assembly, department heads and their deputies, members or directors 18

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of each quasi-public agency, members of the Investment Advisory 19
Council and such other members of the Executive Department and such 20
employees of quasi-public agencies as the Governor shall require, shall 21
file electronically with the Office of State Ethics using the software 22
created by the office, under penalty of false statement, a statement of 23
financial interests for the preceding calendar year on or before the May 24
first next in any year in which they hold such an office or position. If, in 25
any year, May first falls on a weekend or legal holiday, such statement 26
shall be filed not later than the next business day. Any such individual 27
who leaves his or her office or position shall file electronically a 28
statement of financial interests covering that portion of the year during 29
which such individual held his or her office or position. The Office of 30
State Ethics shall notify such individuals of the requirements of this 31
subsection not later than sixty days after their departure from such 32
office or position. Such individuals shall file such statement 33
electronically not later than sixty days after receipt of the notification. 34
(2) Each state agency, department, board and commission shall 35
develop and implement, in cooperation with the Office of State Ethics, 36
an ethics statement as it relates to the mission of the agency, department, 37
board or commission. The executive head of each such agency, 38
department, board or commission shall be directly responsible for the 39
development and enforcement of such ethics statement and shall file a 40
copy of such ethics statement with the Office of State Ethics. 41
(b) (1) The statement of financial interests, except as provided in 42
subdivision (2) of this subsection, shall include the following 43
information for the preceding calendar year in regard to the individual 44
required to file the statement and the individual's spouse and 45
dependent children residing in the individual's household: (A) The 46
names of all businesses with which associated; (B) all sources of income, 47
including the name of each employer, with a description of the type of 48
income received, in excess of one thousand dollars, without specifying 49
amounts of income; (C) the name of securities in excess of five thousand 50
dollars at fair market value owned by such individual, spouse or 51
dependent children or held in the name of a corporation, partnership or 52

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trust for the benefit of such individual, spouse or dependent children; 53
(D) the existence of any known blind trust and the names of the trustees; 54
(E) all real property and its location, whether owned by such individual, 55
spouse or dependent children or held in the name of a corporation, 56
partnership or trust for the benefit of such individual, spouse or 57
dependent children; (F) the names and addresses of creditors to whom 58
the individual, the individual's spouse or dependent children, 59
individually, owed debts of more than ten thousand dollars; (G) any 60
leases or contracts with the state or a quasi-public agency held or 61
entered into by the individual or a business with which he or she was 62
associated; and (H) the name of any of the following that is a partner or 63
owner of, or has a similar business affiliation with, the business included 64
under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision: (i) Any lobbyist, (ii) any 65
person the individual filing the statement