General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 760 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1724 *01724* Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 760 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1724 *01724* Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING NEW STATE EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN 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 require all employees who entered state service after June 1, 2011, to participate in a defined contribution retirement plan rather than the current defined benefit system. Statement of Purpose: To ease the financial burden on the state by switching new state employees to a defined contribution retirement plan rather than the current defined benefit retirement plan.