---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Connecticut SB 427 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of education", "College course credits", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Education Department", "Electronic government information", "Fees", "Institutions of higher education", "Scholarships", "State Education Resource Center", "State funds", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker", "Seth Bronko", "Tom Delnicki", "Tony Hwang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/702c29c8-191c-48e4-be97-d706656e8334"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e36143269198fc002888fdbd49f9675d0a175adba8cce42b124b634f238ea474"
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 427 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00427-R000178-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00427-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00018-R00SB-00427-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00427-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Seth Bronko — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 121
- **2026-03-25** FILE NO. 178
- **2026-04-29** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-29** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 541
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-11** PUBLIC ACT 26-18
- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** 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/702c29c8-191c-48e4-be97-d706656e8334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).