Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut HB5446: AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND PARAEDUCATORS' SALARY AND RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: In committee, April 20, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning teachers' disability and retirement benefits and paraeducators' salary and retirement contributions. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND PARAEDUCATORS' SALARY AND RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The chief administrative officer of the teachers' retirement system, in consultation with the president of the Connecticut Education Association and the president of AFT Connecticut, shall study the feasibility of making changes to teachers' disability and retirement benefits to permit (1) retired teachers to be reemployed full-time by local and regional boards of education without the salary from such employment being included in such teachers' pension calculations, and (2) retroactive application of disability benefits so that former teachers are able to apply for and receive a disability allowance after leaving employment as a teacher, provided the disabling condition began when the former teacher was actively employed. (b) Not later than January 1, 2027, the chief administrative officer shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the LCO No. 2667 1 of Raised Bill No. 5446 general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the results of the study. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) A potential timeline for implementing such benefit changes; (2) the approximate cost of such benefit changes; (3) a description …
Sponsors
- Kara Rochelle (D, 104) · primary sponsor
- Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D, 17)
- Kenneth Gucker (D, 138)
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88)
- Patrick Biggins (D, 11)
- Jillian Gilchrest (D, 18)
- Rebecca Martinez (D, 22)
- Aimee Berger-Girvalo (D, 111)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
- MD Rahman (D, 4)
Latest actions
- : File Number 685
- : House Calendar Number 471
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/20/26 12:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable
- : Public Hearing 03/12
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
Votes
- APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (April 1, 2026): 39 yea, 13 nay, passed
Subjects: Disability benefits, Teachers' Retirement Fund, School paraprofessionals, Collective bargaining, Employment, Comptroller, Boards of education, Teacher retirement
Common questions
- What is HB5446?
- HB5446 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND PARAEDUCATORS' SALARY AND RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.
- What does HB5446 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning teachers' disability and retirement benefits and paraeducators' salary and retirement contributions. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB5446?
- In committee as of April 20, 2026. Latest action: File Number 685 (April 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5446?
- Kara Rochelle (D, 104), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5446?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05446&which_year=2026
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