---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE."
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1140"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1140 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Justices of the peace", "Manchester", "Reports", "Studies", "Validations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delany, Hubert D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f52e86a-b2c8-44ec-b979-c0e993f5e86e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "236750866f2a8b3244321aefcc99ca224df0a28f89592415a98e6ee2d6d855b6"
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 1140 (2023) — AN ACT VALIDATING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 561** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01140-R000561-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01140-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01140-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 23-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00005-R00SB-01140-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2023-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 333
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 561
- **2023-05-17** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-17** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 559
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** SPECIAL ACT 23-5
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/3f52e86a-b2c8-44ec-b979-c0e993f5e86e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).