AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIME FOR PASSAGE OF THE STATE BUDGET.

HB 6188 requires the state budget to be passed before the end of the regular legislative session, or else legislators and constitutional officers (like governors and secretaries of state) will have their salaries reduced proportionally for each day the budget remains unpassed. If the legislature adjourns without enacting the budget for the next biennium, pay cuts begin immediately and increase daily until the budget is approved. The bill directly affects elected officials' compensation, linking their pay to the timely passage of the state budget. This is a procedural measure focused on budget deadlines, not substantive policy changes.