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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE."
+description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 305"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 305 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marketing", "Plans", "Reports", "Studies", "Tourism"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Santanella", "Jorge Cabrera", "Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Savet Constantine", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tony Hwang"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-26"
+last_action: "2026-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c277f28-abd1-4d03-ae1d-c59e1d1ec013"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "f79048422f22e3467d8b1b22819c8972fefcfa4f813de2dba22948dfcd4015a6"
+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 305 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00305-R01-SB.PDF)
+2. **File No. 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00305-R000291-FC.PDF)
+3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00305-R00-SB.PDF)
+4. **Special Act No. 26-24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00024-R00SB-00305-SA.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Santanella — primary (person)
+- Jorge Cabrera — primary (person)
+- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
+- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
+- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
+- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
+- Tony Hwang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
+- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
+- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 202
+- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 291
+- **2026-04-21** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 484
+- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-24
+- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-02** 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/6c277f28-abd1-4d03-ae1d-c59e1d1ec013`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+