---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES CONCERNING ROAMING LIVESTOCK AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTES CONCERNING ROAMING LIVESTOCK."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES CONCERNING ROAMING LIVESTOCK AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTES CONCERNING ROAMING LIVESTOCK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Connecticut SB 296 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dogs", "Fences", "Livestock", "Swine", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Dauphinais", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Craig C. Fishbein", "Francis Cooley", "Heather S. Somers", "Tami Zawistowski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d25c727-a0f4-4d66-a6ef-eb1b28522df6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9d5427fbb41d0193924fbe62e4b9327edece0fe8f4b8359f1176421ac4426c25"
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 296 (2024) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES CONCERNING ROAMING LIVESTOCK AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTES CONCERNING ROAMING LIVESTOCK.

## 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-00296-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00296-R000253-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00105-R00SB-00296-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00296-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **120–27** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Francis Cooley — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — 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`
- **2024-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 179
- **2024-04-04** FILE NO. 253
- **2024-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-03** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-03** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2024-05-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-05-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 483
- **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 24-105
- **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/1d25c727-a0f4-4d66-a6ef-eb1b28522df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).