HB 5187

General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5187
      February Session, 2026  LCO No. 947
    Referred to Committee on  FINANCE, REVENUE AND
    BONDING
    Introduced by:
     REP. DOUCETTE, 13th Dist.  REP. KHAN, 5th Dist.
     REP. BIGGINS, 11th Dist.  REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.
     REP. BROWN, 56th Dist.  REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
     REP. BROWN M., 127th Dist.  REP. MARTINEZ, 22nd Dist.
     REP. CHAFEE, 33rd Dist.  REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist.
     REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.  REP. MCGEE T., 116th Dist.
     REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.  REP. MORRIN BELLO, 28th Dist.
     REP. FARRAR, 20th Dist.  REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist.
     REP. FORTIER, 79th Dist.  REP. PARIS, 145th Dist.
     REP. GAUTHIER, 38th Dist.  REP. SHAKE, 120th Dist.
     REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist.  REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist.
     REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.  REP. SIMMS, 140th Dist.
     REP. GUCKER, 138th Dist.  REP. SWEET, 91st Dist.
     REP. HEFFERNAN, 115th Dist.  SEN. SLAP, 5th Dist.
     REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.  REP. ROCHELLE, 104th Dist.
     REP. KAVROS DEGRAW, 17th Dist.        REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.
     REP. KEITT, 134th Dist.  REP. WINTER, 94th Dist.
 AN ACT ADJUSTING THE FISCAL GUARDRAILS.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1  That the general statutes be amended to (1) adjust the methodology
2      used to calculate the annual adjustment to the threshold amount of the
3      revenue transfer under section 4-30a of the general statutes, to use an
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4      inflation-adjusted five-year moving average of the revenue being
5      transferred, and (2) increase the maximum capacity of the Budget
6      Reserve Fund to twenty per cent of net General Fund appropriations.
       Statement of Purpose:
       To adjust the methodology used to calculate the threshold amounts for
       volatility funds transfers and increase the maximum capacity of the
       Budget Reserve Fund.
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