---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE STATE MARSHAL COMMISSION, THE STATE MARSHALS ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE STATE MARSHAL COMMISSION, THE STATE MARSHALS ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Connecticut SB 291 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Motor vehicle mileage", "Protective orders", "Reports", "Restraining orders", "Service of process", "Service of process fees", "State Marshal Commission", "State Marshals Advisory Board", "State marshals", "Summons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven J. Stafstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f5a089d-997c-44c7-9ab7-1b26b45b2516"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "99f455e1daa6b7bba76dd585a14d0a7f7858f09e48013cb4741f797c75032bd2"
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 291 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE STATE MARSHAL COMMISSION, THE STATE MARSHALS ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 613** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00291-R000613-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00291-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-80** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00080-R00SB-00291-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00291-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2026-03-30** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-30** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 391
- **2026-04-14** FILE NO. 613
- **2026-04-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-30** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-05-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 552
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-80
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** 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/6f5a089d-997c-44c7-9ab7-1b26b45b2516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).