---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 457"
citation: "Connecticut SB 457 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Beverage container deposits", "Beverage containers", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Misdemeanors", "Plans", "Product stewardship programs", "Revenue Services", "Department of", "Studies", "Vending machines", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Berger-girvalo", "John Santanella", "John-michael Parker", "Joshua M. Hall", "Kenneth Gucker", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246c8792-4a38-41bc-aacc-0cc0fae7043b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "375b8ea75ffbf303933d65736201d96117e952ab4d51e024998973c9fdd80096"
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 457 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00457-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00457-R000479-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00457-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00148-R00SB-00457-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00457-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **138–11** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aimee Berger-girvalo — primary (person)
- John Santanella — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Joshua M. Hall — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** 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 291
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 479
- **2026-04-21** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2026-04-21** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEE
- **2026-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-27** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2026-04-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 579
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-148
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** 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/246c8792-4a38-41bc-aacc-0cc0fae7043b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).