---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPTROLLER TO WITHHOLD PAYMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PREVAILING WAGE STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPTROLLER TO WITHHOLD PAYMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PREVAILING WAGE STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "Connecticut SB 268 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Complaint", "Comptroller", "Contractors", "Employers", "Investigations", "Labor Department", "Notices", "Prevailing wages", "Subcontractors", "Subpoenas", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Morrin Bello", "Daniel Gaiewski", "James Sanchez", "Jillian Gilchrest", "Jorge Cabrera", "Kara Rochelle", "Kenneth Gucker", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Sarah Keitt", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70da2586-0c99-47c0-8615-54cb5f0665a2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "168755f70c1e84cb8b0058e384db6684816382f8ef9017c5754d75445d5e68b5"
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 268 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPTROLLER TO WITHHOLD PAYMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PREVAILING WAGE STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00268-R000076-FC.PDF)
2. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00268-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00017-R00SB-00268-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00268-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **107–40** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
- Daniel Gaiewski — primary (person)
- James Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
- Jorge Cabrera — primary (person)
- Kara Rochelle — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2026-03-05** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** 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 76
- **2026-03-19** FILE NO. 76
- **2026-04-15** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 462
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-11** PUBLIC ACT 26-17
- **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/70da2586-0c99-47c0-8615-54cb5f0665a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).