General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 346 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2073 *02073* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 346 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2073 *02073* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING STATE EMPLOYEES AND THE TRANSFER OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to allow retirement benefits to be transferred immediately to a state employee's significant other at the time of the state employee's death. Statement of Purpose: To allow state employee retirement benefits to be transferred to a significant other immediately upon the death of such state employee.