---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEADLINE FOR FILING NOMINATING PETITIONS WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEADLINE FOR FILING NOMINATING PETITIONS WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1189"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1189 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nominations", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Administration And Elections Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91dc0bfa-3363-4df5-9604-65ed0f081dc1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f9db612e0eec80900a9158e1b20fb9f9d0f8ae7aa78ca0e1137f8c667b00b089"
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 1189 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEADLINE FOR FILING NOMINATING PETITIONS WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 501** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01189-R000501-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01189-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00178-R00SB-01189-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01189-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Government Administration And Elections Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2023-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-11** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 286
- **2023-04-11** FILE NO. 501
- **2023-06-02** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-02** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 634
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-178
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** 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/91dc0bfa-3363-4df5-9604-65ed0f081dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).