Explore legislative updates
Each year, the Department of Administrative Services provides updates before the Connecticut General Assembly on various topics. On this page, you’ll find:
- DAS Testimony
- DAS Legislative Newsletters
- DAS Work Groups and Task Forces
- DAS Presentations
- DAS Legislative Reports
- DAS Fact Sheets
Explore all DAS testimony from the current and past legislative sessions here.
2024 Testimony
- HB 5049 - Deficiency Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024 (PDF)
- HB 5052 - Supporting Solar Energy in Schools (PDF)
- HB 5346 - Early Child Care, and HB 5347 - Authorization of State Grant Commitments for School Building Projects and Revisions to the School Building Project Statutes (PDF)
- HB 5444 - Test Bed Technologies (PDF)
- HB 5483 - Establishing and Transferring Various Fire Services Functions to DESPP (PDF)
- HB 5485 - Transportation Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (PDF)
- SB 2 - Artificial Intelligence, and SB3 - Consumer Protection (PDF)
- SB 5 - School Resources (PDF)
- SB 5 - School Resources (DAS and CET) (PDF)
- SB 11 - Resiliency Planning and Broadening Municipal Option for Climate Resilience (PDF)
- SB 158 - A Study of the Effect of Background Checks on Defense Industry Employment and Study of State Employment Outreach Efforts (PDF)
- SB 287 - Indoor Air Quality in Schools (PDF)
- SB 288 - Implementing the Recommendations of DAS Regarding the School Building Projects Statutes (PDF)
- SB 312 - A Janitorial Work Program for Persons with Disability and Persons with a Disadvantage (PDF)
- SB 343 - Various Changes Related to the State Building Code and Fire Safety Code (PDF)
- SB 353 - Public Availability of Information Related to the Maintenance of Elevators (PDF)
- SB 414 - Equity in State Employment (PDF)
- SB 433 - Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health (PDF)
- Appropriations Committee Testimony (PDF)
- DAS Commissioner General Bonding Subcommittee Testimony (PDF)
- Priority list Review Committee Testimony (PDF)
2023 Testimony
- HB 6607 - Nighttime Lighting of State-Owned Buildings for the Protection of Birds (PDF)
- SB 984 - Accelerating the State Hiring Process (PDF)
- SB 1124 - Study of Pathways to State Employment (PDF)
- SB 1183 - State Construction Related Thresholds (PDF)
- SB 1184 - State Contracting Requirements and Certain Procurement Thresholds (PDF)
- SB 1191 - Prohibiting Use of Certain Software on State Devices (PDF)
- SB 1198 - Implementing the Recommendations of the School Indoor Air Quality Working Group (PDF)
- SB 1201 - Authorization of Grant Commitment for School Building Projects (PDF)
- DAS Commissioner Gilman School Construction Priority List Hearing Testimony (PDF)
- Executive and Legislative Nomination Committee Testimony (PDF)
2022 Testimony
- HB 5255 - Recommendations by the Department of Transportation (PDF)
- HB 5289 - Nighttime Lighting of State-Owned buildings for the Protection of Birds (PDF)
- SB 166 - Appointment and Qualification of the State Building Inspector (PDF)
- SB 215 - The Development of a Transportation Engineering Recruitment Program (PDF)
- SB 428 and SB 248 - Authorization of State Grant Commitments for School Building Projects (PDF)
- Priority List Hearing Testimony (PDF)
Annual Legislative Summaries
DAS Presentations and Reports
- 2024 Report on Electric Vehicles and Buses, Pursuant to Public Act 22-25
- 2023 Report on Artificial Intelligence Inventory, Pursuant to Public Act 23-16 (PDF)
- 2023 Report on Connecticut Cybersecurity Initiatives and Programs (PDF)
- 2023 Report on Pathways to State Employment, Pursuant to Special Act 23-19
- 2023 Report on Apprenticeships and Training Programs for Building Code Officials, Pursuant to Special Act 22-14
- 2022 Legislative Presentation on DAS IT Optimization (PDF)
