---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "Connecticut SB 472 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic surveillance", "Employees", "Employers", "Fines (Penalties)", "Labor Department", "Notices", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary A. Winfield", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c786347-e30f-4a9f-8cff-9dea5df2d479"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cdf0fd4f5f69d04b9534e1619b528a0815b272c7fa44fd829b986cb8d8ce14d0"
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 472 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 576** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00472-R000576-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00472-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00073-R00SB-00472-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00472-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary A. Winfield — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — 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 Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 342
- **2026-04-09** FILE NO. 576
- **2026-04-29** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN, SENATE AMENDMENT SCH. A
- **2026-04-29** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2026-04-29** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 542
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-73
- **2026-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-22** 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/1c786347-e30f-4a9f-8cff-9dea5df2d479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).