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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Connecticut SB 233 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cable television", "Consumer Counsel", "Office of", "Consumer Protection Department", "Consumer contracts", "Consumer protection", "Electric storage batteries", "Employees", "Fines (Penalties)", "Home solicitation sales", "Licenses", "Public utilities", "Reports", "Solar electricity work", "Unfair or deceptive trade practices", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Rutigliano", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Kenneth Gucker", "Tom O'dea", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cd3c16-1600-4e9e-a5d4-907ac1fd3b8b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1ae5a4ca5f2378c0eae60b7eac7e899644f7ed47b869c44f7387109e1ba22b63"
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 233 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00233-R03-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00233-R000218-FC.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00233-R01-SB.PDF)
4. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00233-R02-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 26-16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00016-R00SB-00233-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00233-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **1420** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Rutigliano — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Tom O'dea — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2026-03-11** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 173
- **2026-03-30** FILE NO. 218
- **2026-04-08** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2026-04-10** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-13** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-15** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-15** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEE
- **2026-04-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-20** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-29** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 532
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-11** PUBLIC ACT 26-16
- **2026-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-14** 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/b6cd3c16-1600-4e9e-a5d4-907ac1fd3b8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).