---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 452"
citation: "Connecticut SB 452 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air pollution", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Infractions", "Retail trade", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Hector Arzeno", "Irene M. Haines", "John-michael Parker", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Josh Elliott", "Kenneth Gucker", "Laurie Sweet", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Nicole Klarides-ditria"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5077434c-f133-4319-926c-9adb8ba4883e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4563b4d200865bebab060a86fed67f204090156f5e5ff16abb3aa04d50a7a1c8"
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 452 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00452-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 369** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00452-R000369-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00090-R00SB-00452-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00452-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **112–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Nicole Klarides-ditria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2026-03-18** 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 256
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 369
- **2026-04-21** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-21** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 488
- **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
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-90
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** 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/5077434c-f133-4319-926c-9adb8ba4883e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).