---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES DUE TO THE DEATH OF CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES DUE TO THE DEATH OF CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "Connecticut SB 393 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nick Gauthier", "Rob Sampson", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-02"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c085373-925f-4e24-a969-0664deea1bca"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e582a400a02ed7497b1dfd040b435e8c0598c6205489a2ae8af5177b7e23cfac"
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 393 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES DUE TO THE DEATH OF CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 563** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00393-R000563-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00393-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00086-R00SB-00393-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00393-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-02** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2026-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 329
- **2026-04-09** FILE NO. 563
- **2026-04-15** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 464
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-86
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/6c085373-925f-4e24-a969-0664deea1bca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).