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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 457"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 457 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Beverage container deposits", "Beverage containers", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Misdemeanors", "Plans", "Product stewardship programs", "Revenue Services", "Department of", "Studies", "Vending machines", "Violations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Berger-girvalo", "John Santanella", "John-michael Parker", "Joshua M. Hall", "Kenneth Gucker", "Tom Delnicki"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-06"
+last_action: "2026-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246c8792-4a38-41bc-aacc-0cc0fae7043b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "375b8ea75ffbf303933d65736201d96117e952ab4d51e024998973c9fdd80096"
+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 457 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00457-R01-SB.PDF)
+2. **File No. 479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00457-R000479-FC.PDF)
+3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00457-R02-SB.PDF)
+4. **Public Act No. 26-148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00148-R00SB-00457-PA.PDF)
+5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00457-R00-SB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **138–11** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aimee Berger-girvalo — primary (person)
+- John Santanella — primary (person)
+- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
+- Joshua M. Hall — primary (person)
+- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
+- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
+- **2026-03-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
+- **2026-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-04-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 291
+- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 479
+- **2026-04-21** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-21** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary
+- **2026-04-21** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEE
+- **2026-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-04-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-04-27** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
+- **2026-04-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
+- **2026-05-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
+- **2026-05-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 579
+- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
+- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-148
+- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-29** 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/246c8792-4a38-41bc-aacc-0cc0fae7043b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+