---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 400"
citation: "Connecticut SB 400 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appeal and review", "Audits", "Complaint", "Conservators", "Fees", "Notices", "Occupational training", "Parental rights", "Probate Court", "Probate Court Administration Fund", "Probate Court Administrator", "Probate judges", "Reports", "Service of process", "Superior Court"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker", "Steven J. Stafstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5711372e-294b-4164-97b3-ede511bc453e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e4cdde07b909175c8c666130ddba3378969da16f9919a29280d73001d8bd45d1"
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 400 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00400-R000588-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00400-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00087-R00SB-00400-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00400-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 381
- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 588
- **2026-04-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-28** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 520
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-87
- **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/5711372e-294b-4164-97b3-ede511bc453e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).