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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 299"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 299 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney General", "Beverage container deposits", "Beverage containers", "Civil actions", "Complaint", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "General Fund", "Investigations", "Licenses", "Misdemeanors", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Rebates", "Reports", "Revenue Services", "Department of", "State trust funds", "Violations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Bob Duff", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Jason Rojas", "Martin M. Looney", "Matthew Ritter"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-24"
+last_action: "2026-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/367e9050-72d2-4b89-aa7d-daca5a27cd9c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "e6393980daf5bc1f7c1fad010350f136fe138f5cbd4dbe3f951bf3661a9b3537"
+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 299 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00299-R00-SB.PDF)
+2. **Public Act No. 26-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00002-R00SB-00299-PA.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **45–93** (fail) · lower
+- House Roll Call Vote — **130–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
+- Bob Duff — primary (person)
+- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
+- Jason Rojas — primary (person)
+- Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
+- Matthew Ritter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-24** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
+- **2026-02-25** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-25** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE HOUSE
+- **2026-02-26** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-26** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-02-26** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
+- **2026-03-03** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-05** PUBLIC ACT 26-2
+- **2026-03-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/367e9050-72d2-4b89-aa7d-daca5a27cd9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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