---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL AND MINOR REVISIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL AND MINOR REVISIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "Connecticut SB 470 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Regents for Higher Education", "Compensation", "Conservators", "Funeral service contracts", "Guardian and ward", "Notices", "Public welfare", "University of Connecticut", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/357cfd3d-ef55-4fa7-a8aa-29ec90621587"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c0230a6ba3a4153d5ee4c2449e58f757f830d141c3ddbaa8c5c304d168acb8a1"
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 470 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL AND MINOR REVISIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 504** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00470-R000504-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00470-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00118-R00SB-00470-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00470-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2026-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 316
- **2026-04-08** FILE NO. 504
- **2026-04-21** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 490
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-118
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-27** 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/357cfd3d-ef55-4fa7-a8aa-29ec90621587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).