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• 2019-04 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  The scope of the State Properties Review Board’s (“Board”) statutory authority to review certain state contracts.

• 2019-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  On the constitutionality of Senate Bill 1134, captioned An Act Restructuring the State Bond Commission and Establishing a Dedicated Bonding Section within the Legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis

• 2019-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Whether 2019 Senate Bill 64 (An Act Concerning Captive Audience Meetings) and 2019 Senate Bill 440 (An Act Protecting Employee Freedom of Speech and Conscience) are preempted by the federal National Labor Relations Act

• 2019-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Constitutionality of eliminating the religious exemption for required immunizations, as set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-204a(a)

• 2020-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Whether Section 3 of the July 15, 2020 version of the proposed Police Accountability Bill (LCO 3471) would interact with collectively bargained grievance procedures.

• 2023-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the abortion medication mifepristone remain legal and accessible in Connecticut?

• 2023-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  As a quasi-public agency, when can the Connecticut Port Authority enter into public-private partnerships?

• 2023-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut.

  Are Judicial Branch probation officers bound by the intervention and reporting requirements in 2020’s Police Accountability Act?

• Sections

• Government Fraud

  The Government Fraud Section protects Connecticut tax dollars from fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption. The Section investigates and litigates civil matters under the Connecticut False Claims Act and other laws. The Section develops cases independently and in conjunction with other state and federal law enforcement agencies and with state agencies that pay, directly or indirectly, for goods and services with Connecticut tax dollars. The Section investigates whistleblower complaints concerning state departments, state agencies, quasi-public agencies, and large state contracts. The Section also enforces Connecticut’s pension revocation or reduction laws when any public official or state or municipal employee is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any crime related to state or municipal office. The Section includes the Health Care Advocacy Unit, which provides advisory assistance to consumers who have health care related problems, particularly those that involve health insurance and managed care coverage denials.

• Indian Issues

  The Special Litigation Department also represents the interests of the people of the State in matters before the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the United States Department of the Interior and in litigation involving land claims brought by groups claiming Indian ancestry.

• Special Litigation

  This Section represents the Governor, the Judicial Branch, the General Assembly, the Secretary of the State, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditors of Public Accounts, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Office of State Ethics, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, the State Properties Review Board, the Judicial Review Council, the Judicial Selection Commission, the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, the Board of Accountancy, the Office of the Child Advocate, the Office of the Victim Advocate, the Commission on Women, Children and Seniors, the State of Contracting Standards Board, and the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission. In addition, through its Public Charities Unit, the Section protects the public interest in gifts, bequests and devises for charitable purposes; and in cooperation with the Department of Consumer Protection, administers and enforces state laws regulating charities and professional fundraisers who solicit from the public.

• Sections

• Consumer Advocacy

  The Consumer Advocacy Section is the clearinghouse for Connecticut constituent and consumer complaints involving potential unfair or deceptive acts or practices impacting Connecticut citizens or businesses. This Section strives to protect consumers and legitimate business enterprises, and encourages the development of fair consumer practices, and promotes statewide consumer education.

• 2021-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Whether Section 13 of House Bill 6443, and the process it proposes for expending public funds, would violate Connecticut's Constitution.