---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL CUTS RESPONSE FUND."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL CUTS RESPONSE FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Connecticut SB 83 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Duff", "Hubert D. Delany", "Jason Rojas", "Martin M. Looney", "Matthew Ritter", "Nick Gauthier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/610ee53e-8c78-4b81-ada3-4ed46634571a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2a14a94c04111dbc943cb363b1767f080d8656fdaf30907d0d1d95bfef5b4b86"
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 83 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL CUTS RESPONSE FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00083-R00-SB.PDF)
2. **Special Act No. 26-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00001-R00SB-00083-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **97–48** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–24** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **48–98** (fail) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–24** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Duff — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Jason Rojas — primary (person)
- Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
- Matthew Ritter — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2026-02-04** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-04** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-04** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-02-04** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE HOUSE
- **2026-02-05** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-02-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-02-05** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2026-02-09** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-11** SPECIAL ACT 26-1
- **2026-02-26** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/610ee53e-8c78-4b81-ada3-4ed46634571a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).