---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "Connecticut SB 220 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assessments", "Boards of education", "Education Department", "Grants by the state", "Institutions of higher education", "Literacy", "Plans", "Reading", "Reports", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony L. Nolan", "Antonio Felipe", "Christopher Poulos", "Eric C. Berthel", "Farley Santos", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Hubert D. Delany", "John A. Kissel", "Kenneth Gucker", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16a697e-ba14-474b-a922-9ab755064eb9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6c9a47719eb7d9842b836c67b3ed8ce894f7b73319527bd97a7cf9decca355ae"
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 220 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00220-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00220-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 650** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00220-R000650-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00149-R00SB-00220-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00220-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
- Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
- Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Farley Santos — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2026-03-18** Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference APP `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-24** FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-03-24** FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-01** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 412
- **2026-04-16** FILE NO. 650
- **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 531
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-06** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-149
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/c16a697e-ba14-474b-a922-9ab755064eb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).