General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5083 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 22 *00022* Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5083 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 22 *00022* Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 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 retirement plan.