---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Connecticut SB 317 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fees", "Fines (Penalties)", "General Fund", "Hartford County", "Municipalities", "Reports", "Resources recovery facilities", "Revenue Services", "Department of", "Solid waste assessments", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d0bd07-2dc7-456e-8041-33e819dea8c0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "95e6b3df77048576fdc33695b40a11319fadbbb5b611e31d20982d392646b4a7"
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 317 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00317-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00317-R000206-FC.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00317-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00025-R00SB-00317-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2026-03-13** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-20** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/25/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-26** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 127
- **2026-03-26** FILE NO. 206
- **2026-04-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-28** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 517
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-25
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/11d0bd07-2dc7-456e-8041-33e819dea8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).