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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS."
+description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 156"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 156 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Custody of children", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anne Dauphinais", "Anthony L. Nolan", "Christopher Rosario", "Craig C. Fishbein", "David Rutigliano", "Derell Wilson", "Gale L. Mastrofrancesco", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Iris N Sanchez", "Mark W. Anderson", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Rob Sampson", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom O'dea", "Trenee Mcgee", "William Heffernan"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd36d53a-796b-44c3-a872-02732ed6837e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "118be18ff151fae9f270ee7d50244259f4feac7df87130e4b74f313cdd389323"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
+---
+
+# Connecticut SB 156 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00156-R000006-FC.PDF)
+2. **KID Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00156-R01-SB.PDF)
+3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00156-R00-SB.PDF)
+4. **Special Act No. 26-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00005-R00SB-00156-SA.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
+- Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
+- Christopher Rosario — primary (person)
+- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
+- David Rutigliano — primary (person)
+- Derell Wilson — primary (person)
+- Gale L. Mastrofrancesco — primary (person)
+- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
+- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
+- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
+- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
+- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
+- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
+- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
+- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
+- Tom O'dea — primary (person)
+- Trenee Mcgee — primary (person)
+- William Heffernan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0217
+- **2026-02-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/09/26 `referral`
+- **2026-03-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-03-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 40
+- **2026-03-09** FILE NO. 6
+- **2026-04-15** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-15** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 459
+- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-05-01** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-11** SPECIAL ACT 26-5
+- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-14** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd36d53a-796b-44c3-a872-02732ed6837e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+