---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT-GERMANY AND CONNECTICUT-INDIA TRADE COMMISSIONS."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT-GERMANY AND CONNECTICUT-INDIA TRADE COMMISSIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 132"
citation: "Connecticut SB 132 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "International trade", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hector Arzeno", "Jorge Cabrera", "Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Michael D. Quinn", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Savet Constantine", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/771ee50e-af7b-4e46-a117-72cfdd32069c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d6c46e70bf08b892fdbf2ae3e199e058f3693893c1f5c09864c1058b31a0c6af"
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 132 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT-GERMANY AND CONNECTICUT-INDIA TRADE COMMISSIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00132-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 70** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00132-R000070-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00078-R00SB-00132-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00132-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Jorge Cabrera — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0217
- **2026-03-05** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 70
- **2026-03-19** FILE NO. 70
- **2026-04-15** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-15** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 457
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-78
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** 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/771ee50e-af7b-4e46-a117-72cfdd32069c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).