---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Connecticut SB 431 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospice services", "Litchfield County", "Medicaid", "Pilots", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John E. Piscopo", "Stephen G. Harding"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e0974a-341a-49eb-b166-ea285a45b1f6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "365aa7aaec7a00533de42d44a0e0ea5f349b6e6fb086d1475d8751d8895b79ae"
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 431 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00431-R000473-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00431-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00431-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00027-R00SB-00431-SA.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- John E. Piscopo — primary (person)
- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 285
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 473
- **2026-05-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 568
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-27
- **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/f8e0974a-341a-49eb-b166-ea285a45b1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).