AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS.
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SB 255 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS.
Last action — FILE NO. 384
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.
255384 February Session, 2024 LCOSenate Bill No.
1872255 ReferredSenate, toApril 10, 2024 The Committee on GOVERNMENTGovernment ADMINISTRATIONAdministration ANDand ELECTIONSElections Introducedreported by:through SEN.
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS.
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any specialact, municipalcharter ororordinance, ordinance, not laterthanOctober 1, 2025, each municipality shall adopt a conflict of interest provision for its elected and appointed officials, officers and employees which shall contain:
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255384 (b)1 ForSB255 purposesFile ofNo. complying with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, a municipality may adopt the following model definition of conflict of interest in lieu of creating its own definition:
384 (b) For purposes of complying with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, a municipality may adopt the following model definition of conflict of interest in lieu of creating its own definition:
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384 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:
None Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $ Various Municipalities Potential Minimal None Cost Explanation The bill requires each municipality to adopt a conflict of interest provision for its elected and appointed officials, officers, and employees by October 1, 2025.
Municipalities must alert the Office of State Ethics (OSE) to whether the municipality has adopted the required provision or is exempt from the requirement because it adopted one before 2025.
Municipalities must publish their adopted conflict of interest provision on their website or at the city or town clerk’s office.
There may be minimal administrative costs associated with the publication of these provisions for municipalities.
The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation.
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384 OLR Bill Analysis SB 255 AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS.
SUMMARY This bill requires each municipality, by October 1, 2025, to adopt a conflict of interest provision for its elected and appointed officials, officers, and employees.
The provision must (1) either define a “conflict of interest” or adopt the model definition in the bill and (2) specify what actions the municipality must take when a conflict of interest exists.
However, the requirement does not apply to a municipality that has established a conflict of interest policy before January 1, 2025.
The bill requires each municipality, by January 15, 2026, to submit a notice to the Office of State Ethics (OSE) certifying whether the municipality has adopted the required provision or is exempt from the requirement because it adopted onebefore 2025.
The notice, which must be submitted as directed by OSE, must include a copy of the adopted provision.
OSE must publish a copy of each municipality’s conflict of interest provision on its website.
Starting by January 15, 2026, the bill requires each municipality to publish its adopted conflict of interest provision on its website in an easily accessible location.
If the provision is part of the municipality’s established code of ethics, publishing the code on the website satisfies the requirement.
If the municipality does not have a website, it must make the provision or code publicly available at the city or town clerk’s office.
Under the bill, a “municipality” is a town, city, or borough, including districts (e.g., fire or sewer districts, but not school districts).
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October 1, 2024 MODEL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DEFINITION The bill allows municipalities to comply with the requirement by adopting the following model definition of a conflict of interest:
“A conflict of interest exists where an official, officer or employee believes or expects that such official, officer or employee, or any person within such official’s, officer’s or employee’s immediate family, or any business associate of such official, officer or employee, or any business by which the official, officer or employee is employed, or any business with which the official, officer or employee is associated, will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, by reason of such official’s, officer’s or employee’s official activity, but excluding any official action taken by the official, officer or employee in which any benefit or detriment is shared with a substantial segment of the population of the municipality.” COMMITTEE ACTION Government Administration and Elections Committee Joint Favorable Yea 15 Nay 4 (03/22/2024) SB255 / File No.
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Action History
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FILE NO. 384
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SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 246
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FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
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RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/24
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FILED WITH LCO
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Joint Favorable
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PUBLIC HEARING 0304
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REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections
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