AN ACT CONCERNING HAZARD PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES.

HB 5702 amends Connecticut law to include specific judicial employees in the definition of "hazardous duty member" under the State Employees Retirement Act. It adds investigators from the Division of Public Defender Services and support service investigators in the Superior Court's Support Enforcement Services to the existing category eligible for hazard pensions. This change directly affects these judicial employees by extending them access to the same hazard pension benefits previously available to other public safety workers. The bill modifies a statute (section 5-192f) to expand eligibility without creating new benefits or funding. It is a technical adjustment to pension eligibility criteria.