---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Connecticut SB 439 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims Commission", "Claims against the state", "Compensation", "Wrongful convictions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Blumenthal", "Steven J. Stafstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-13"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14712d0-6775-41a9-ba21-c21aaf5e9a5f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "779b911f671b8979e00df5116769fe3ac31640c954aa5dfcd13b9e1d1b901783"
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 439 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00439-R000527-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00439-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-106** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00106-R00SB-00439-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00439-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-13** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2024-03-28** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-17** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 305
- **2024-04-17** FILE NO. 527
- **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 490
- **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 24-106
- **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/b14712d0-6775-41a9-ba21-c21aaf5e9a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).