---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF AND CASTING OF BALLOTS BY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF AND CASTING OF BALLOTS BY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Connecticut SB 257 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee ballots", "Ballots", "Candidates", "Complaint", "Election officials", "Presidential elections", "Secretary of the State", "State Elections Enforcement Commission", "Violations", "Voters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilda E. Santiago"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3849d598-c839-4df1-bd12-fbccbdf5c2f1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "df6583cbe8e686137be090f8857aed70a31a51d0696bb6d5f55d9f3e131f4942"
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 257 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF AND CASTING OF BALLOTS BY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00257-R000177-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00257-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00003-R00SB-00257-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00257-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2024-03-15** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 142
- **2024-04-02** FILE NO. 177
- **2024-04-17** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 391
- **2024-04-30** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-30** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-03** PUBLIC ACT 24-3
- **2024-05-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09** 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/3849d598-c839-4df1-bd12-fbccbdf5c2f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).