---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FILLING OF VACANCIES AND REPLACEMENT OF CANDIDATES ON ELECTION BALLOTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FILLING OF VACANCIES AND REPLACEMENT OF CANDIDATES ON ELECTION BALLOTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Connecticut SB 349 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballots", "Candidates", "Nominations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Pizzuto, William", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0935858-44ec-4635-ae8f-7a92bceaf730"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ec65715b1aa2d22937197c43d2e6b366145b6dac706401030860541d93e4f803"
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 349 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE FILLING OF VACANCIES AND REPLACEMENT OF CANDIDATES ON ELECTION BALLOTS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00349-R000427-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00349-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00127-R00SB-00349-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00349-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2022-03-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 293
- **2022-04-12** FILE NO. 427
- **2022-04-26** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-26** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2022-04-27** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 492
- **2022-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-16** PUBLIC ACT 22-127
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** 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/b0935858-44ec-4635-ae8f-7a92bceaf730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).