---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE PERMITS ALLOWING ORGAN TRANSPORT VEHICLES TO USE CERTAIN LIGHTS."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE PERMITS ALLOWING ORGAN TRANSPORT VEHICLES TO USE CERTAIN LIGHTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "Connecticut SB 407 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Department", "Motor vehicle lights", "Organ transplants", "Permits", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henry J. Genga", "Hubert D. Delany", "Tami Zawistowski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f027c5cc-a542-4c6f-b9f9-3eebd0222a61"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "83b50126c73dd6adea87427b32e3b3f8de91f2cbf7ff647e882f167e51b140a0"
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 407 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE PERMITS ALLOWING ORGAN TRANSPORT VEHICLES TO USE CERTAIN LIGHTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00407-R000305-FC.PDF)
2. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00407-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00147-R00SB-00407-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00407-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henry J. Genga — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `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 215
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 305
- **2026-04-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-28** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `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 521
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-147
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** 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/f027c5cc-a542-4c6f-b9f9-3eebd0222a61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).