---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ESTABLISH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ESTABLISH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 417"
citation: "Connecticut SB 417 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Artificial intelligence", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Plans", "Reports", "Small businesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Savet Constantine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da4d5ab-31f0-479c-8665-eedae7f4cbf5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "060a22dd2eba5f5352216fd3dfec0e2ac832440ee96e7eb51c30922b87793281"
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 417 (2026) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ESTABLISH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00417-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 499** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00417-R000499-FC.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00417-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-23** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00023-R00SB-00417-SA.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-31** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 311
- **2026-04-08** FILE NO. 499
- **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 522
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-23
- **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/5da4d5ab-31f0-479c-8665-eedae7f4cbf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).