OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
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sHB-7245
AN ACT CONCERNING A DEADLINE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
PROCESSES AT CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES.
Primary Analyst: TM 4/14/25
Contributing Analyst(s): DD, LD, PM, ES, JS
Reviewer: PR
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $
Secretary of the State GF - Transfer to None See Below
Constituent Units of Higher
Education; Social Services,
Dept.; Mental Health &
Addiction Serv., Dept.; Library,
CT State; Aging and Disability
Services, Dept.
GF - Transfer
from
None See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $
Various Municipalities STATE
MANDATE
1
- Transfer
from
None See Below
Explanation
The bill results in a potential transfer from various state agencies and
municipalities to the Secretary of the State (SOTS) associated with
penalties for non-compliance with implementation of the automatic
voter registration system (AVR). The bill requires the transfer of $5,000
per day to (SOTS) beginning in FY 27 from certain voter registration
1
State mandate is defined in Sec. 2-32b(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, "state
mandate" means any state initiated constitutional, statutory or executive action that
requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a way
as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues. 2025HB-07245-R000695-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
entities as a penalty for failure to provide AVR for public use beginning
3/31/27.
The exact transfer to the SOTS will depend on the number of
applicable state agencies, public libraries, and higher education
institutions that are not in compliance with AVR requirements as of
April 1, 2027, and the amount of time that would be required to reach
compliance to abate future penalties.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to compliance with voter registration
requirements.