---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REMOTE NOTARIAL ACTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REMOTE NOTARIAL ACTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1040"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1040 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Acknowledgments", "Notaries public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delany, Hubert D.", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Pizzuto, William", "Stafstrom, Steven J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/280869ed-aec8-43e8-8a09-45e052793c64"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d30265c3023623d3912e5c5be3113ff77331d5f4fae43c1c8d24a988c3c76945"
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 1040 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING REMOTE NOTARIAL ACTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01040-R000509-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01040-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00028-R00SB-01040-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01040-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2023-03-28** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 305
- **2023-04-12** FILE NO. 509
- **2023-05-11** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-11** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 526
- **2023-05-31** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-31** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-31** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-05** PUBLIC ACT 23-28
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 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/280869ed-aec8-43e8-8a09-45e052793c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).