---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF SOMERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF SOMERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Connecticut SB 461 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conveyances", "Correction Department", "Public safety", "Somers", "State Properties Review Board", "State land"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Gordon", "John A. Kissel", "Kurt Vail"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-03"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ce28448-77ab-4fb6-b5e1-86e07636d7ce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d98bca95ac1c582cf7e3ee2e0cf56f24816f59a8f5d42b98743bcdd9811fc328"
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 461 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF SOMERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00461-R000589-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00461-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00461-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 24-13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/SA/PDF/2024SA-00013-R00SB-00461-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Kurt Vail — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0409
- **2024-04-10** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-22** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 361
- **2024-04-22** FILE NO. 589
- **2024-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2024-05-08** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2024-05-08** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 24-13
- **2024-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** 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/5ce28448-77ab-4fb6-b5e1-86e07636d7ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).