SB 398 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES.

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3982250 Senate,Referred Aprilto 8, 2026 The Committee on JudiciaryJUDICIARY reportedthroughIntroduced SEN.by:

WINFIELD(JUD) ofAN theACT 10thCONCERNING Dist.,THE ChairpersonBOARD ofOF thePARDONS CommitteeAND onPAROLES. the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES.

The other members of the board shall receive, [one hundred ten dollars for each day spent in] within available appropriations, a per diem payment in such amount as the Commissioner of Administrative Services determines, subject to thetheprovisionsofsection4-40,fortheperformance provisionsofsection4-40,fortheperformance of their duties and additionally shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties.

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498 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do 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.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $ Department of Correction (Board GF - Cost Up to Up to of Pardons and Parole) 192,000 192,000 Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill, which replaces the current $110 per diem payment for the part-time members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles with an amount determined by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), results in a cost to the Department of Correction of up to $192,000 in FY and FY 28, to the extent that these payments are required.

The new per diem rate is estimated to be about $430 and each of the five part-time board members are anticipated to work up to 120 days per year.

However, these positions are currently vacant.

Each position that is filled is estimated to incur an additional cost of up to $38,400 annually.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to the per diem rate set by DAS.

1Under current law, each of the part-time positions would cost up to $13,200 annually if filled.

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498 OLR Bill Analysis SB 398 AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES.

SUMMARY This bill replaces the current $110 per diem payment for part-time members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles with an amount, subject to available appropriations, that the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) commissioner determines.

The commissioner’s set rate is subject to the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) secretary’s approval.

As under existing law, part-time board members must also be reimbursed for necessary expenses.

By law, the board includes 10 full-time members and up to five part- time members.

The DAS commissioner sets the salary of full-time members, subject to the OPM secretary’s approval.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2026 COMMITTEE ACTION Judiciary Committee Joint Favorable Yea 41 Nay 0 (03/23/2026) SB398 / File No.

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