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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXCAVATION PROJECTS."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXCAVATION PROJECTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 321"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 321 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Excavations", "Highways", "Internet service providers", "Permits", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Telecommunications services", "Transportation Department", "Underground utility facilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hector Arzeno", "John A. Kissel", "Kerry S. Wood", "Michael D. Quinn", "Savet Constantine", "Stephen R. Meskers", "Tom Delnicki"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-26"
+last_action: "2026-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6e812d-4b4e-43c4-b425-eb8d0e12e564"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "70e8522717400eaa08e5f09a892ab14699840e0c29a1d9e9bd38c9bccad7e55c"
+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 321 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXCAVATION PROJECTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **ET Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00321-R01-SB.PDF)
+2. **File No. 348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00321-R000348-FC.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 26-20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00020-R00SB-00321-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00321-R00-SB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
+- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
+- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
+- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
+- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
+- Stephen R. Meskers — primary (person)
+- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
+- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 `referral`
+- **2026-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-04-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 234
+- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 348
+- **2026-04-30** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-30** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-04-30** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
+- **2026-05-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 553
+- **2026-05-04** RULES SUSPENDED
+- **2026-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-11** PUBLIC ACT 26-20
+- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-20** 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/2a6e812d-4b4e-43c4-b425-eb8d0e12e564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+