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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 423"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 423 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Board of Regents for Higher Education", "Central Connecticut State University", "Community colleges", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Plans", "Reports", "State universities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric C. Berthel", "Gale L. Mastrofrancesco", "Heather S. Somers", "Kenneth Gucker", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Paul Cicarella", "Rob Sampson", "Saud Anwar", "Stephen G. Harding", "Tom Delnicki"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-03-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c8edde-89cf-47b6-bc4d-e6d4e83a346d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "4ba5f17eb655d03a4d75047cca7395497fc8714cd48b048b9632ff5f1e81b508"
+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 423 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00423-R000360-FC.PDF)
+2. **GOS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00423-R01-SB.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 26-49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00049-R00SB-00423-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00423-R00-SB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
+- Gale L. Mastrofrancesco — primary (person)
+- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
+- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
+- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
+- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
+- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
+- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
+- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
+- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
+- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
+- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
+- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** 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 247
+- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 360
+- **2026-04-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-04-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 384
+- **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
+- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-49
+- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-19** 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/80c8edde-89cf-47b6-bc4d-e6d4e83a346d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+