---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "Connecticut SB 423 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Regents for Higher Education", "Central Connecticut State University", "Community colleges", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Plans", "Reports", "State universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric C. Berthel", "Gale L. Mastrofrancesco", "Heather S. Somers", "Kenneth Gucker", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Paul Cicarella", "Rob Sampson", "Saud Anwar", "Stephen G. Harding", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c8edde-89cf-47b6-bc4d-e6d4e83a346d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4ba5f17eb655d03a4d75047cca7395497fc8714cd48b048b9632ff5f1e81b508"
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 423 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00423-R000360-FC.PDF)
2. **GOS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00423-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00049-R00SB-00423-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00423-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Gale L. Mastrofrancesco — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 247
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 360
- **2026-04-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 384
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-49
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** 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/80c8edde-89cf-47b6-bc4d-e6d4e83a346d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).