The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 24, aims to amend chapter 66 of the general statutes by excluding overtime payments from the calculation of base salary used to determine the retirement income of state employees. This legislative change is intended to prevent overtime pay from being factored into the pension calculations for state employees, thereby potentially reducing the overall retirement benefits that are based on salary.

The bill is introduced by Senator Sampson and Representatives Dauphinais and Mastrofrancesco and has been referred to the Appropriations Committee. The primary purpose of this bill is to ensure that state employees' pensions are calculated solely on their base salary, without the influence of additional overtime earnings, which could lead to inflated retirement income.