There shall be within the executive branch of state government the following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department of Administrative 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 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 and Department of Veterans Affairs.

(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. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 28, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-195, S. 7, 83; 95-250, S. 14, 42; 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d), (f), 148; P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; 04-219, S. 2; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 11-48, S. 285; 11-51, S. 47, 142; 11-80, S. 1, 4; P.A. 13-125, S. 28; 13-247, S. 199; P.A. 16-167, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 286.)

*Note: On and after July 1, 2019, this section, as amended by section 7 of public act 17-237 and section 287 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, is to read as follows:

“Sec. 4-38c. Departments within the executive branch. There shall be within the executive branch of state government the following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department of Administrative 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 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. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 28, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-195, S. 7, 83; 95-250, S. 14, 42; 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d), (f), 148; P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; 04-219, S. 2; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 11-48, S. 285; 11-51, S. 47, 142; 11-80, S. 1, 4; P.A. 13-125, S. 28; 13-247, S. 199; P.A. 16-167, S. 13; P.A. 17-237, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 286, 287.)

History: 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. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 removed 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. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-195 deleted reference to Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Departments of Economic Development and Housing with the Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-257 replaced 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. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 removed reference to Department of Agriculture and changed “Department of Consumer Protection” to “Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection”, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Secs. 146 and 148 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 04-219 added Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, effective January 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “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. 11-51 deleted “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. 11-80 changed “Department of Environmental Protection” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” and deleted “Department of Public Utility Control”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-125 added Department on Aging to executive branch departments, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 13-247 deleted “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Department of Veterans’ Affairs” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 added reference to the Technical Education and Career System and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 deleted reference to Department on Aging, effective October 31, 2017, and July 1, 2019.