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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 400"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 400 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appeal and review", "Audits", "Complaint", "Conservators", "Fees", "Notices", "Occupational training", "Parental rights", "Probate Court", "Probate Court Administration Fund", "Probate Court Administrator", "Probate judges", "Reports", "Service of process", "Superior Court"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker", "Steven J. Stafstrom"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-03"
+last_action: "2026-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5711372e-294b-4164-97b3-ede511bc453e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "e4cdde07b909175c8c666130ddba3378969da16f9919a29280d73001d8bd45d1"
+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 400 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00400-R000588-FC.PDF)
+2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00400-R01-SB.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 26-87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00087-R00SB-00400-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00400-R00-SB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
+- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-16** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
+- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
+- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 381
+- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 588
+- **2026-04-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-04-28** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
+- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 520
+- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-87
+- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-04** 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/5711372e-294b-4164-97b3-ede511bc453e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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