There shall be within the executive branch of state government the following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department of Administrative Services, Department of Aging and Disability Services, Department of Revenue Services, Department of Banking, Department of Agriculture, Department of Children and Families, Department of Consumer Protection, Department of Correction, Department of Economic and Community Development, State Board of Education, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of Housing, Department of Public Health, Board of Regents for Higher Education, Insurance Department, Labor Department, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Developmental Services, Department of Social Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Technical Education and Career System.
P.A. 77-614, S. 3, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 1, 27; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 345, 348; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-175, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; 87-496, S. 3, 110; P.A. 93-0091 , S. 1 , 2 ; 93-262 , S. 28 , 87 ; 93-381 , S. 9 , 39 ; P.A. 95-0195 , S. 7 , 83 ; 95-250 , S. 14 , 42 ; 95-257 , S. 11 , 12 , 21 , 58 ; 95-309 , S. 11 , 12 ; P.A. 96-0211 , S. 1 , 5 , 6 ; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-0006, S. 146 (d), (f), 148; P.A. 04-0169 , S. 17 ; 04-189 , S. 1 ; 04-219 , S. 2 ; P.A. 07-0073 , S. 2 (a); P.A. 11-0048 , S. 285 ; 11-0051 , S. 47 , 142 ; 11-0080 , S. 1 , 4 ; P.A. 13-0125 , S. 28 ; 13-0247 , S. 199 ; P.A. 16-0167 , S. 13 .
Amended by P.A. 23-0204,S. 131 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by P.A. 19-0157, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by P.A. 19-0117, S. 284 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 19-0031, S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 17-0237, S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 18-0182, S. 21 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 6/14/2018.Amended by P.A. 18-0169, S. 13 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 18-0169, S. 12 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 6/14/2018.Amended by P.A. 17-0002, S. 287 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 17-0002, S. 286 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Special Session, eff. 10/31/2017.Amended by P.A. 16-0167, S. 13 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2016.P.A. 79-598 included department of housing; P.A. 80-482 deleted reference to department of business regulation and added departments of banking, insurance, liquor control, and public utility control; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors for clarity; P.A. 86-175 added department of veterans' affairs; P.A. 87-9 amended the section by replacing "banking department" with "department of banking"; P.A. 87-496 added department of public works; P.A. 93-0091substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-0262removed references to department on aging, department of income maintenance and department of human resources and added reference to department of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-0381replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-0195deleted reference to Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-0250and P.A. 96-0211replaced Departments of Economic Development and Housing with the Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-0257replaced Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Department of Public Health and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-0309changed effective date of P.A. 95-0250but did not affect this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-0006 and P.A. 04-0169removed reference to Department of Agriculture and changed "Department of Consumer Protection" to "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection", effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-0189repealed Secs. 146 and 148 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-0006, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 04-0219added Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, effective January 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 07-0073"Department of Mental Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Department of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-0048, "Board of Governors of Higher Education" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Board of Regents for Higher Education", effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-0051deleted "Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security" and "Department of Public Safety" and added "Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection" and replaced "Department of Public Works" with "Department of Construction Services", effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-0080changed "Department of Environmental Protection" to "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection" and deleted "Department of Public Utility Control", effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-0125added Department on Aging to executive branch departments, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 13-0247deleted "Department of Construction Services", effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-0167 replaced "Department of Veterans' Affairs" with "Department of Veterans Affairs", effective July 1, 2016. Cited. 175 Conn. 586 ; 182 Conn. 253 .