---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Connecticut SB 250 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Entrepreneurs", "Pilots", "Surveys", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Poulos", "Jaime S. Foster", "Jill Barry", "Kerry S. Wood", "Kurt Vail", "Matt Blumenthal", "Rob Sampson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6ac7b1-7b46-48a5-a94e-cfd163b1c916"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1f75b0e2b1b2894751f4e5fb47bd30f8df8e2fd849bc1c1619982bd05b93e97a"
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 250 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00250-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 343** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00250-R000343-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00103-R00SB-00250-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00250-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
- Jill Barry — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Kurt Vail — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2024-03-21** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 229
- **2024-04-09** FILE NO. 343
- **2024-04-30** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-30** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 431
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 24-103
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-04** 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/fa6ac7b1-7b46-48a5-a94e-cfd163b1c916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).