---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Connecticut SB 156 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Custody of children", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Dauphinais", "Anthony L. Nolan", "Christopher Rosario", "Craig C. Fishbein", "David Rutigliano", "Derell Wilson", "Gale L. Mastrofrancesco", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Iris N Sanchez", "Mark W. Anderson", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Rob Sampson", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom O'dea", "Trenee Mcgee", "William Heffernan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd36d53a-796b-44c3-a872-02732ed6837e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "118be18ff151fae9f270ee7d50244259f4feac7df87130e4b74f313cdd389323"
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 156 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00156-R000006-FC.PDF)
2. **KID Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00156-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00156-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00005-R00SB-00156-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
- Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
- Christopher Rosario — primary (person)
- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- David Rutigliano — primary (person)
- Derell Wilson — primary (person)
- Gale L. Mastrofrancesco — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tom O'dea — primary (person)
- Trenee Mcgee — primary (person)
- William Heffernan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0217
- **2026-02-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/09/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 40
- **2026-03-09** FILE NO. 6
- **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 459
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-11** SPECIAL ACT 26-5
- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-14** 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/bd36d53a-796b-44c3-a872-02732ed6837e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).