Bill > SB00001

This bill makes various adjustments to the state budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and includes deficiency appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Key provisions include exempting certain clothing, school supplies, and household appliances from sales and use taxes, as well as specific food and beverage items sold by grocery stores. It also increases tax credits for primary residences or motor vehicles against personal income tax, establishes new tax credits for family caregiving expenditures and rent paid for a primary residence, and allows all taxpayers, regardless of income, to deduct the full amount of their Social Security benefits that are includable in federal gross income. The bill also adjusts appropriations across various state funds, including the General Fund, Special Transportation Fund, Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund, Banking Fund, Insurance Fund, Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund, and Workers' Compensation Fund, and makes numerous changes to existing laws related to state agencies, including the Department of Administrative Services, Department of Economic and Community Development, Department of Education, Department of Social Services, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Public Health, Judicial Department, and the Office of Policy and Management, often by transferring responsibilities from the Office of Health Strategy to other agencies like the Department of Public Health or the Office of Policy and Management. Additionally, it authorizes and adjusts state bonds for various capital projects, including those for the Department of Administrative Services, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Correction, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of Economic and Community Development, Department of Housing, Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Public Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Developmental Services, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Social Services, Department of Aging and Disability Services, Department of Education, Connecticut Technical Education and Career System, Office of Early Childhood, State Library, Office of Higher Education, University of Connecticut, University of Connecticut Health Center, Teachers' Retirement Board, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, Department of Correction, Department of Children and Families, Judicial Department, Public Defender Services Commission, and the State Treasurer. The bill also introduces new commemorative license plates for "Pizza State" to benefit Connecticut Foodshare and makes changes to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection's structure.