Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05697 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/26/2021

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5697  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 825 
 
 
Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BABY BONDS PROGRAM. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to establish a baby bonds 1 
program, in which each child born in the state is given a two-thousand-2 
five-hundred-dollar bond at birth, to which one thousand dollars is 3 
added each year, and which is held in trust by the state until the child 4 
reaches eighteen years of age. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To ensure that each child in the state has a level of financial security as 
they transition into adulthood.