General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 570 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 932 Referred to Committee on Appropriations Introduced by: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 570 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 932 Referred to Committee on Appropriations Introduced by: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING NEWLY-HIRED STATE EMPLOYEES AND DEFINED CONTRIBUTION BENEFIT PLANS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require all newly-hired employees entering state service to participate in a defined contribution benefit plan rather than the current defined benefit system. Statement of Purpose: To change the state employee pension from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan.