Bill > HB07287

This bill enacts the state budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, making appropriations and related provisions for revenue. * **Legislative Department:** Appropriates $93,416,883 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $99,243,541 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for Legislative Management and related entities, from the General Fund. * **Auditors of Public Accounts:** Appropriates $15,853,688 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $17,153,055 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity:** Appropriates $1,187,850 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $1,287,933 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Governor's Office:** Appropriates $4,734,840 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $4,740,627 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Secretary of the State:** Appropriates $17,044,732 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $15,809,732 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for early voting. * **Lieutenant Governor's Office:** Appropriates $911,921 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Elections Enforcement Commission:** Appropriates $4,257,796 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $4,255,296 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Office of State Ethics:** Appropriates $2,069,345 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $2,059,779 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **State Treasurer:** Appropriates $3,902,910 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **State Comptroller:** Appropriates $48,895,063 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Revenue Services:** Appropriates $59,219,374 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $59,318,342 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Office of Governmental Accountability:** Appropriates $4,003,262 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $3,977,255 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Office of Policy and Management:** Appropriates $109,004,564 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $211,468,564 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for private providers and tax relief for elderly renters. * **Department of Veterans' Affairs:** Appropriates $29,284,392 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $29,426,058 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Administrative Services:** Appropriates $232,956,189 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $232,996,689 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes substantial funding for personal services and IT services. * **Attorney General:** Appropriates $41,218,993 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $41,288,993 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Division of Criminal Justice:** Appropriates $66,275,856 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $67,033,743 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for Medicaid fraud control and a shooting task force. * **Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection:** Appropriates $233,290,892 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $233,189,635 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for personal services, fleet purchases, and law enforcement training partnerships. * **Military Department:** Appropriates $6,573,315 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $7,060,015 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Consumer Protection:** Appropriates $16,816,119 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $17,565,215 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Labor Department:** Appropriates $86,593,840 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $89,476,340 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes substantial funding for workforce investment and job funnel projects. * **Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities:** Appropriates $9,217,787 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $9,172,745 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Agriculture:** Appropriates $8,553,102 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $8,853,102 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for dairy farmer sustainability and the WIC coupon program. * **Department of Energy and Environmental Protection:** Appropriates $57,722,485 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $59,037,905 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for emergency spill response and solid waste management. * **Department of Economic and Community Development:** Appropriates $50,683,830 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $51,654,660 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for various grants and initiatives, including the CT Manufacturing Supply Chain Capital Region Development Authority. * **Department of Housing:** Appropriates $129,701,218 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $143,325,259 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for housing and homeless services. * **Agricultural Experiment Station:** Appropriates $9,270,012 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Public Health:** Appropriates $77,677,327 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $80,940,679 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for gun violence prevention and school-based health clinics. * **Office of Health Strategy:** Appropriates $5,040,861 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $4,540,861 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Office of the Chief Medical Examiner:** Appropriates $11,563,325 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Developmental Services:** Appropriates $1,562,227,724 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $1,628,565,506 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes substantial funding for community residential services and employment opportunities. * **Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services:** Appropriates $784,792,749 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $787,182,249 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for housing supports, managed service systems, and grants for substance abuse and mental health services. * **Psychiatric Security Review Board:** Appropriates $392,213 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Department of Social Services:** Appropriates $5,043,203,361 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $5,524,212,461 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for Medicaid, hospital supplemental payments, and various social services programs. * **Department of Aging and Disability Services:** Appropriates $35,851,820 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $35,991,820 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for vocational rehabilitation and programs for senior citizens. * **Department of Education:** Appropriates $3,526,761,252 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $3,593,605,722 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes substantial funding for education equalization grants, magnet schools, and charter schools. * **Connecticut Technical Education and Career System:** Appropriates $207,516,119 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Office of Early Childhood:** Appropriates $417,537,918 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $443,007,258 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for early care and education and the Care4Kids program. * **State Library:** Appropriates $10,553,900 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $10,572,192 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for the state-wide digital library and Connecticard payments. * **Office of Higher Education:** Appropriates $38,531,867 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $55,111,046 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship Fund. * **University of Connecticut:** Appropriates $268,185,005 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $253,493,874 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund for operating expenses and various initiatives. * **University of Connecticut Health Center:** Appropriates $143,304,890 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $139,103,259 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund for operating expenses. * **Teachers' Retirement Board:** Appropriates $1,844,045,333 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $1,761,069,083 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for retirement contributions to address unfunded liabilities. * **Connecticut State Colleges and Universities:** Appropriates $478,957,063 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $502,237,692 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for community colleges, state universities, and initiatives like debt-free community college. * **Department of Correction:** Appropriates $758,099,803 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $767,303,332 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for personal services, inmate medical services, and reentry centers. * **Department of Children and Families:** Appropriates $812,375,775 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $823,265,005 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes significant funding for board and care for children and community-based prevention programs. * **Judicial Department:** Appropriates $639,887,251 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $645,216,309 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. This includes funding for personal services, alternative incarceration programs, and legal aid. * **Public Defender Services Commission:** Appropriates $100,441,966 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $104,223,734 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **State Treasurer - Debt Service:** Appropriates $2,509,626,458 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $2,591,794,241 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund for debt service payments, including pension obligation bonds. * **State Comptroller - Fringe Benefits:** Appropriates $3,393,778,955 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $3,661,077,104 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund for various employee benefits, including health service costs and retirement contributions. * **Reserve for Salary Adjustments:** Appropriates $18,165,598 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $186,551,369 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Workers' Compensation Claims - Administrative Services:** Appropriates $97,148,643 for each fiscal year, from the General Fund. * **Total General Fund:** Appropriates a net total of $24,036,381,982 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $25,361,911,684 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. * **Special Transportation Fund:** * **Department of Motor Vehicles:** Appropriates $77,030,820 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $77,730,820 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the Special Transportation Fund. This includes funding for DMV modernization. * **Department of Transportation:** Appropriates $992,998,048 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $1,000,595,761 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the Special Transportation Fund. This includes significant funding for rail and bus operations. * **State Treasurer - Debt Service:** Appropriates $914,650,787 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $1,025,610,574 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, from the Special Transportation Fund for debt service. * **State Comptroller - Fringe Benefits:** Appropriates $261,697,243 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $254,069,619 for the 2026