---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Connecticut SB 294 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certificates and certification", "Corporate annual reports", "Corporate dissolutions", "Electronic government information", "Fees", "Notaries public", "Notices", "Partnerships", "Secretary of the State", "Town clerks", "Trade names", "Unfair or deceptive trade practices", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Steven J. Stafstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-25"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71dc9a02-4909-4e06-ac63-313ca01d222f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e438e7ba4fdc8381d37cb92f4926d4034f02e1b6348e7422024c4014c308006d"
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 294 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 615** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00294-R000615-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00294-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-81** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00081-R00SB-00294-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00294-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **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 393
- **2026-04-14** FILE NO. 615
- **2026-04-29** SENATE PASSED `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 535
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-81
- **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/71dc9a02-4909-4e06-ac63-313ca01d222f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).