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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 5446

AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND PARAEDUCATORS' SALARY AND RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.

In the House of Representatives since March 4, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require the Teachers' Retirement Board to study changes in teachers' disability and retirement benefits, (2) establish a minimum salary for paraeducators, (3) require the Office of Policy and Management to provide stipends for the difference between the current and required minimum salary for paraeducators, and (4) require boards of education to pay paraeducator employee contributions to the municipal retirement system or any other retirement system in which such board participates.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

9 co-sponsors

Kara Rochelle, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Kenneth Gucker, Josh Elliott, Patrick Biggins, Jillian Gilchrest, Rebecca Martinez, Aimee Berger-Girvalo, Nick Gauthier

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    MD Rahman

    Its course

    March 4 to April 20, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action9 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFrom Mar 4

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 4 to Apr 128 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – Apr 1

    1. Mar 4Introduced and sent to Appropriations Committee
    2. Mar 6Heard in Appropriations Committee
    3. Apr 1Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Mar 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Apr 1Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Apr 2FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 13REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 20RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 20FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 20HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 20FILE NO.Both houses