OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa HB-5308 AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES. AMENDMENT LCO No.: 5087 File Copy No.: 407 House Calendar No.: 263 Senate Calendar No.: 372 Primary Analyst: TM 5/1/24 Contributing Analyst(s): (FN) Reviewer: PR OFA Fiscal Note Minimal Cost The amendment requires the Secretary of the State to create a signature verification process and requires signature verification for absentee voting and results in a minimal cost. The cost would depend on the additional resources and expertise that would be required to develop a signature verification process. The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.