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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION."
+description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 383"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 383 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Career entry and mobility program", "Colleges and universities", "Commercial driver's license", "Employment", "Occupational training", "Plans", "Private providers of human services", "Reports", "Social services", "Workforce Strategy", "Office of"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tim Ackert", "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/76e3b763-8362-4edd-8d3e-ba7b8da301e2"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "7e6447ce93b9a9a8aeeb6d45d1113e9af1948c2e1473adcf5a1efa656201ea42"
+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 383 (2026) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00383-R000177-FC.PDF)
+2. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00383-R01-SB.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 26-85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00085-R00SB-00383-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00383-R00-SB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tim Ackert — primary (person)
+- Tony Hwang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
+- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/26 `referral`
+- **2026-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-03-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 120
+- **2026-03-25** FILE NO. 177
+- **2026-04-21** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 485
+- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-85
+- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-22** 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/76e3b763-8362-4edd-8d3e-ba7b8da301e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+