---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Connecticut SB 293 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Beverage container deposits", "Beverage containers", "Motor vehicle weight", "Municipalities", "Solid waste assessments", "Trucks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geraldo C. Reyes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a2c2991-97ef-4e60-976a-62e7dfac09de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a2dba61ffdf50af613f761a7461eb59b0c18ee4632e4835e1c6632fd6d762488"
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 293 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

## 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-00293-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00293-R000307-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00002-R00SB-00293-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00293-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **129–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2024-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 209
- **2024-04-08** FILE NO. 307
- **2024-04-24** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-24** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 422
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-29** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-03** PUBLIC ACT 24-2
- **2024-05-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-06** 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/4a2c2991-97ef-4e60-976a-62e7dfac09de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).