---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CROWDING."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CROWDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Connecticut SB 181 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospital emergency rooms", "Public Health", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christine Cohen", "Jaime S. Foster", "Jeff Gordon", "Jonathan Steinberg", "Kathy Kennedy", "Kevin C. Kelly", "Robin E. Comey", "Saud Anwar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c08f859-0708-47fb-baee-e4d31f177b6a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "915d4b28c278f2a8a9f59b4cff89223d2a7a3f1fa5093138d823a1fb44a9d7cc"
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 181 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CROWDING.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00181-R000019-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00181-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00004-R00SB-00181-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00181-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **140–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christine Cohen — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Jonathan Steinberg — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kevin C. Kelly — primary (person)
- Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2024-03-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-07** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/12/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 44
- **2024-03-13** FILE NO. 19
- **2024-04-17** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-17** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 386
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-07** PUBLIC ACT 24-4
- **2024-05-08** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-08** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09** 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/6c08f859-0708-47fb-baee-e4d31f177b6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).