---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARMING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARMING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Connecticut SB 194 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural lands", "Agricultural products", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Aquaculture", "Connecticut Seafood Advisory Council", "Preservation restrictions", "Transporters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric C. Berthel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9082281-4ef2-4291-b865-3af09aad46d7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cf5d4f143745ffca3b2f73c1701e7d5890deabbbbf828534214974db5d6ef0aa"
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 194 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARMING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

## 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/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00194-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00194-R000072-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00100-R00SB-00194-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00194-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2024-03-08** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 72
- **2024-03-21** FILE NO. 72
- **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 387
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 24-100
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-04** 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/b9082281-4ef2-4291-b865-3af09aad46d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).