---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 383"
citation: "Connecticut SB 383 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Career entry and mobility program", "Colleges and universities", "Commercial driver's license", "Employment", "Occupational training", "Plans", "Private providers of human services", "Reports", "Social services", "Workforce Strategy", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Ackert", "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/76e3b763-8362-4edd-8d3e-ba7b8da301e2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7e6447ce93b9a9a8aeeb6d45d1113e9af1948c2e1473adcf5a1efa656201ea42"
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 383 (2026) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE STRATEGY RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00383-R000177-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00383-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00085-R00SB-00383-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00383-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Tim Ackert — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 120
- **2026-03-25** FILE NO. 177
- **2026-04-21** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 485
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-85
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** 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/76e3b763-8362-4edd-8d3e-ba7b8da301e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).