---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF MEDICAL DEBT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF MEDICAL DEBT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "Connecticut SB 395 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer collection agencies", "Credit rating agencies", "Debts", "Fines (Penalties)", "Foreclosure", "Garnishments", "Health care providers", "Hospitals", "Medicaid", "Medical care", "Patients"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hubert D. Delany", "Juan R. Candelaria", "Kevin C. Kelly", "Martin M. Looney", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Saud Anwar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5a4ce03-843c-44ee-acf2-d4a6f1426a93"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c22c5c0e49fe2476f27c05b57e8f8bc1d523a04a186bfa1aef97d8e0b7e68b7b"
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 395 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF MEDICAL DEBT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00395-R000264-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00395-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00006-R00SB-00395-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00395-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **92–56** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **52–98** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **106–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Juan R. Candelaria — primary (person)
- Kevin C. Kelly — primary (person)
- Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2024-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 190
- **2024-04-04** FILE NO. 264
- **2024-04-18** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-18** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 406
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-07** PUBLIC ACT 24-6
- **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/d5a4ce03-843c-44ee-acf2-d4a6f1426a93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).