---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES TO SERVE ON MUNICIPAL BOARDS OF FINANCE."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES TO SERVE ON MUNICIPAL BOARDS OF FINANCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Connecticut SB 444 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal employees", "Municipal finance boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6ddcb14-ae09-468f-a58f-40d92bf43631"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4742a3e94605307aa990c26e6d3d52b378f031a60444250b9420593f7ff4fbeb"
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 444 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES TO SERVE ON MUNICIPAL BOARDS OF FINANCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00444-R000282-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00444-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00136-R00SB-00444-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00444-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **88–61** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **115–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2026-03-13** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-24** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-31** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 193
- **2026-03-31** FILE NO. 282
- **2026-04-28** SENATE PASSED `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 523
- **2026-05-04** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2026-05-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-04** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-136
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-28** 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/e6ddcb14-ae09-468f-a58f-40d92bf43631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).