---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS IN EMPLOYEE LOUNGES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS IN EMPLOYEE LOUNGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Connecticut SB 439 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic surveillance", "Employees", "Employers", "Fines (Penalties)", "Recordings", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Barry", "Kenneth Gucker", "Rob Sampson", "Steve Weir", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef93a17-f54b-406e-b8ac-82ecca271003"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d52c630a8757aab823127d0760add209c590a018dd2d278fd08c53e0b9267915"
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 439 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS IN EMPLOYEE LOUNGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 366** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00439-R000366-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00439-R02-SB.PDF)
3. **LAB Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00439-R01-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00089-R00SB-00439-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00439-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **78–71** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jill Barry — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
- Steve Weir — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 253
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 366
- **2026-04-08** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2026-04-10** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-13** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-15** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 465
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-89
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** 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/9ef93a17-f54b-406e-b8ac-82ecca271003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).