Connecticut SB 475: AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS.
Status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (as of 2026-06-04)
State: Connecticut · Session: 2026 · Bill: SB 475
Subjects: Abandoned property, Adoption, Arbitration and award, Bail bonds, Bail bondsmen, Boards of education, Chief Court Administrator, Child abuse and neglect reports of cases, Child day care, Child support, Children, Children and Families, Department of, Children in custody or care of Department of Children and Families, Confidentiality, Correction Department, Court Support Services Division, Crime victim notification, Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund, Custody of children, Disclosure, Electronic medical records, Emergency medical responders, Family violence prevention and response, Felonies, Firearms offenses, Foster care, General Fund, Guardian ad litem, Guardian and ward, Health care providers, Hearings, Investigations, Judges, Judicial Department, Judicial marshals, Juvenile matters, Law enforcement, Maintenance and repair, Mental health, Municipalities, Parent and child, Parents, Personal property, Petitions, Prisoners, Probate Court, Probation, Probation officers, Public safety, Relative caregivers, Reports, Schools, State agencies, State buildings, State regulations, generally, Superior Court, Violations
Sponsors: John A. Kissel, Tom Delnicki, Steven J. Stafstrom
Bill Text
Substitute Senate Bill No. 475 Public Act No. 26-92 AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4b-52 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, no repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of one million dollars or less or, in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by (A) the Judicial Branch, three million dollars or less, or (B) a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, three million dollars or less, shall be made to any state building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government and no contract for any construction, repairs, alteration or addition shall be entered into without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, except repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or the Military Department and repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the supervision of The University of Connecticut. Repairs, alterations or additions which are made pursuant to such approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Substitute Senate Bill No. 475 Public Act No. 26-92 2 of 55 Services shall conform to all guidelines and procedures established by the Department of Administrative Services for agency-administered projects. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, (A) repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of five hundred thousand dollars or less may be made to any state building or premises under the supervision of [the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or] a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, under the terms of section 4b-11, and [any] (B) repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of three million or less may be made to any state building or premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator under the terms of section 4b-11. Any contract for any such construction, repairs or alteration pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection may be entered into by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system of higher education without the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Sec. 2. Section 4b-1 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall (1) be responsible for the administrative functions of construction and planning of all capital improvements undertaken by the state, except (A) highway and bridge construction, the construction and planning of capital improvements related to mass transit, marine and aviation transportation, (B) the Connecticut Marketing Authority, (C) planning and construction of capital improvements to the State Capitol building or the Legislative Office Building and related facilities by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, (D) any project as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, and (E) construction and planning of capital improvements related to the Judicial Department if such construction and planning pursuant to this subdivision do not [constitute a project Substitute Senate Bill No. 475 Public Act No. 26-92 3 of 55 within the meaning of subdivision (6) of section 4b-55] involve an expenditure of more than three million dollars, including the preparation of preliminary plans, estimates of cost, development of designs, working plans and specifications, award of contracts and supervision and inspection. For the purposes of this subparagraph (E), the term "Judicial Department" does not include the courts of probate, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Public Defender Services Commission, except where such agencies share facilities in state- maintained courts; (2) select consultant firms in accordance with the provisions of sections 4b-56 to 4b-59, inclusive, to assist in the development of plans and specifications when in the commissioner's judgment such assistance is desirable; (3)
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