---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO AQUACULTURE-RELATED STATUTES AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN FARMING-RELATED PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO AQUACULTURE-RELATED STATUTES AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN FARMING-RELATED PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Connecticut SB 148 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of", "Aquaculture", "Coastal management", "Electronic government information", "Notices", "Shellfish", "Water pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Dauphinais", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Christie M. Carpino", "Craig C. Fishbein", "Irene M. Haines", "Jaime S. Foster", "Jeff Gordon", "Jill Barry", "John-michael Parker", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Kathy Kennedy", "Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Mark Decaprio", "Mark W. Anderson", "Mary Welander", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Patrick S. Boyd", "Saud Anwar", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tim Ackert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56bbd4aa-dd6f-4b13-a405-ba3fa29db2e6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e6a348ce22d2ca0b734692762e84ddb3b1e65c2904f08847eba4b60c350180c5"
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 148 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO AQUACULTURE-RELATED STATUTES AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN FARMING-RELATED PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00148-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00148-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00148-R000073-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00075-R00SB-00148-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00148-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Christie M. Carpino — primary (person)
- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Jill Barry — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Mark Decaprio — primary (person)
- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
- Mary Welander — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Patrick S. Boyd — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tim Ackert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0220
- **2026-03-04** 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 73
- **2026-03-19** FILE NO. 73
- **2026-04-21** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-21** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEE
- **2026-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-27** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-29** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 530
- **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 26-75
- **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/56bbd4aa-dd6f-4b13-a405-ba3fa29db2e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).