---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ANNUAL RANDOM AUDITS OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ANNUAL RANDOM AUDITS OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Connecticut SB 228 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Audits", "Bail bondsmen", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Henri Martin", "Paul Cicarella", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae140b88-9dfc-47ff-8bad-3f21a744f207"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8c682b48cf867f5fbd869a2ff5bd81d34a8baa5f2e11fbf13d74efc483c87b76"
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 228 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING ANNUAL RANDOM AUDITS OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 204** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00228-R000204-FC.PDF)
2. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00228-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00026-R00SB-00228-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00228-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Henri Martin — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0229
- **2024-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 150
- **2024-04-03** FILE NO. 204
- **2024-04-18** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 403
- **2024-05-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 24-26
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** 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/ae140b88-9dfc-47ff-8bad-3f21a744f207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).