---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Connecticut SB 305 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marketing", "Plans", "Reports", "Studies", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Santanella", "Jorge Cabrera", "Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Savet Constantine", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tony Hwang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c277f28-abd1-4d03-ae1d-c59e1d1ec013"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f79048422f22e3467d8b1b22819c8972fefcfa4f813de2dba22948dfcd4015a6"
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 305 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE-WIDE MARKETING AND TOURISM IN THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00305-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00305-R000291-FC.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00305-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00024-R00SB-00305-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Santanella — primary (person)
- Jorge Cabrera — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 202
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 291
- **2026-04-21** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 484
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-24
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** 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/6c277f28-abd1-4d03-ae1d-c59e1d1ec013`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).