General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5559 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2472 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5559 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2472 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist. AN ACT REPLACING THE DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN FOR STATE EMPLOYEES WITH A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to phase out the current defined benefit retirement plan for state employees and replace it with a defined contribution retirement plan. Statement of Purpose: To replace state employee pensions with a defined contribution plan.