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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1430
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 4982
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE
OF STATE ETHICS FOR REVISIONS TO THE STATE CODE OF
ETHICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 1-85 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
(a) (1) For purposes of this section, "business with which the public 3
official or state employee is associated" has the same meaning as 4
"business with which he is associated", as provided in section 1-79. 5
(2) A public official, including an elected state official, or state 6
employee has an interest which is in substantial conflict with the proper 7
discharge of [his] such official's or employee's duties or employment in 8
the public interest and of [his] such official's or employee's 9
responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state, if [he] such official 10
or employee has reason to believe or expect that [he, his] any of the 11
following persons will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct 12
monetary loss, as the case may be, by reason of such official's or 13 Raised Bill No. 1430
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employee's official activity: The official or employee, or such official's or 14
employee's spouse, [a] dependent child [, or a business with which he is 15
associated will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary 16
loss, as the case may be, by reason of his official activity] or nonstate 17
employer or the nonstate employer of the official's or employee's 18
spouse, or a business with which the public official or state employee is 19
associated, except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection. 20
(3) In the case of an elected state official, such official only has a 21
substantial conflict regarding a matter concerning such elected official's 22
nonstate employer or the nonstate employer of such official's spouse or 23
a business with which the official is associated, if such official has actual 24
knowledge, rather than has reason to believe or expect, that such 25
nonstate employer or business will derive a direct monetary gain or 26
suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, by reason of such 27
official's official activity. 28
(4) A public official, including an elected state official, or state 29
employee does not have an interest which is in substantial conflict with 30
the proper discharge of [his] such official's or employee's duties in the 31
public interest and of [his] such official's or employee's responsibilities 32
as prescribed by the laws of this state, if any benefit or detriment accrues 33
to [him, his] such official or employee, such official's or employee's 34
spouse, [a] dependent child [,] or nonstate employer, the nonstate 35
employer of the official's or employee's spouse or a business with which 36
[he, his spouse or such dependent child] the public official or state 37
employee is associated as a member of a profession, occupation or 38
group to no greater extent than any other member of such profession, 39
occupation or group. [A] Except as provided in subsection (b) of this 40
section, a public official, including an elected state official, or state 41
employee who has a substantial conflict may not take official action on 42
the matter. 43
(b) If an elected state official has a substantial conflict regarding a 44
matter that concerns a direct monetary gain or direct monetary loss for 45
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official's spouse, such official shall either excuse himself or herself from 47
the matter or, prior to taking official action on the matter, prepare a 48
written statement signed under penalty of false statement describing the 49
matter requiring action, the nature of the conflict and explaining why, 50
despite the conflict, such official is able to vote or otherwise participate 51
fairly, objectively and in the public interest in such matter. Such official 52
shall submit a copy of such statement to the Office of State Ethics and 53
enter a copy of the statement in the journal or minutes of the state 54
agency to which such official has been elected, or, if such agency does 55
not have a journal or minutes, submit the copy to such agency. 56
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 1-86 of the general statutes is repealed 57
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 58
(a) For purposes of this section, "business with which such public 59
official or employee is associated" has the same meaning as "business 60
with which he is associated", as provided in section 1-79. Any public 61
official or state employee, other than an elected state official, who, in the 62
discharge of such official's or employee's official duties, would be 63
required to take an action that would affect a financial interest of such 64
official or employee, such official's or employee's spouse, parent, 65
brother, sister, child, [or] the spouse of a child, nonstate employer, 66
nonstate employer of the official's or employee's spouse or a business 67
with which such official or employee is associated, other than an interest 68
of a de minimis nature, an interest that is not distinct from that of a 69
substantial segment of the general public or an interest in substantial 70
conflict with the performance of official duties, as defined in section 1-71
85, as amended by this act, has a potential conflict of interest. Under 72
such circumstances, such official or employee shall, if such official or 73
employee is a member of a state regulatory agency, either excuse himself 74
or herself from the matter or, prior to taking official action on the matter, 75
prepare a written statement signed under penalty of false statement 76
describing the matter requiring action and the nature of the potential 77
conflict and explaining why despite the potential conflict, such official 78
or employee is able to vote [and] or otherwise participate fairly, 79
objectively and in the public interest in such matter. Such public official 80 Raised Bill No. 1430
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or state employee shall [deliver] submit a copy of the statement to the 81
Office of State Ethics and enter a copy of the statement in the journal or 82
minutes of the agency or, if such agency does not have a journal or 83
minutes, submit the copy to such agency. If such official or employee is 84
not a member of a state regulatory agency, such official or employee 85
shall, in the case of either a substantial or potential conflict, prepare a 86
written statement signed under penalty of false statement describing the 87
matter requiring action and the nature of the conflict and deliver a copy 88
of the statement to such official's or employee's immediate superior, if 89
any, who shall assign the matter to another employee, or if such official 90
or employee has no immediate superior, such official or employee shall 91
take such steps as the Office of State Ethics shall prescribe or advise. 92
Sec. 3. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1-83 of the general statutes 93
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 94
October 1, 2025): 95
(a) (1) All state-wide elected officers, members of the General 96
Assembly, department heads and their deputies, members or directors 97
of each quasi-public agency, members of the Investment Advisory 98
Council, members of a board, commission, committee or council within 99
the Executive Department who have the authority to enter into or 100
approve a large state construction or procurement contract, as defined 101
in section 1-101mm, and such other members of the Executive 102
Department and such employees of quasi-public agencies as the 103
Governor shall require, shall file electronically with the Office of State 104
Ethics using the software created by the office, under penalty of false 105
statement, a statement of financial interests for the preceding calendar 106
year on or before the May first next in any year in which they hold such 107
an office or position. If, in any year, May first falls on a weekend or legal 108
holiday, such statement shall be filed not later than the next business 109
day. Any such individual who leaves his or her office or position shall 110
file electronically a statement of financial interests covering that portion 111
of the year during which such individual held his or her office or 112
position. The Office of State Ethics shall notify such individuals of the 113
requirements of this subsection not later than sixty days after their 114 Raised Bill No. 1430
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departure from such office or position. Such individuals shall file such 115
statement electronically not later than sixty days after receipt of the 116
notification. 117
(2) Each state agency, department, board and commission shall 118
develop and implement, in cooperation with the Office of State Ethics, 119
an ethics statement as it relates to the mission of the agency, department, 120
board or commission. The executive head of each such agency, 121
department, board or commission shall be directly responsible for the 122
development and enforcement of such ethics statement and shall file a 123
copy of such ethics statement with the Office of State Ethics. 124
(b) (1) The statement of financial interests, except as provided in 125
subdivision (2) of this subsection, shall include the following 126
information for the preceding calendar year in regard to the individual 127
required to file the statement and the individual's spouse and 128
dependent children residing in the individual's household: (A) The 129
names of all businesses with which associated; (B) all sources of income, 130
including the name of each employer, with a description of the type of 131
income received, in excess of one thousand dollars, without specifying 132
amounts of income; (C) the name of securities in excess of five thousand 133
dollars at fair market value owned by such individual, spouse or 134
dependent children or held in the name of a corporation, partnership or 135
trust for the benefit of such individual, spouse or dependent children; 136
(D) the existence of any known blind trust and the names of the trustees; 137
(E) all real property and its location, whether owned by such individual, 138
spouse or dependent children or held in the name of a corporation, 139
partnership or trust for the benefit of such individual, spouse or 140
dependent children; (F) the names and addresses of creditors to whom 141
the individual, the individual's spouse or dependent children, 142
individually, owed debts of more than ten thousand dollars; (G) any 143
leases or contracts with the state or a quasi-public agency held or 144
entered into by the individual or a business with which he or she was 145
associated; and (H) the name of any of the following that is a partner or 146
owner of, or has a similar business affiliation with, the business included 147
under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision: (i) Any lobbyist, (ii) any 148 Raised Bill No. 1430
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person the individual filing the statement knows or has reason to know 149
is doing business with or seeking to do business with the state or is 150
engaged in activities that are directly regulated by the department or 151
agency in which the individual is employed, or (iii) any business with 152
which such lobbyist or person is associated. 153
(2) In the case of securities in excess of five thousand dollars at fair 154
market value held within (A) a retirement savings plan, as described in 155
Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent 156
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended 157
from time to time, (B) a tax-sheltered annuity retirement plan, as 158
described in Section 403 of said Internal Revenue Code, (C) a payroll 159
deduction individual retirement account plan, as described in Section 160
408 or 408A of said Internal Revenue Code, [(C)] (D) a governmental 161
deferred compensation plan, as described in Section 457 of said Internal 162
Revenue Code, or [(D)] (E) an education savings plan, as described in 163
Section 529 of said Internal Revenue Code, the names of such securities 164
shall not be required to be disclosed in any statement of financial 165
interests and only the name of such retirement savings plan, tax-166
sheltered annuity retirement plan, individual retirement account plan, 167
deferred compensation plan or education savings plan holding such 168
securities shall be required. 169
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 1-85
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 1-86(a)
Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 1-83(a) and (b)
GAE Joint Favorable