republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/sb-259.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.	AN ACT CONCERNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	SB 259	Connecticut SB 259 (2026)	bill	Children Civil actions Medical care Women	enacted	Aimee Berger-girvalo Amy Morrin Bello Aundre Bumgardner Craig C. Fishbein Devin R. Carney Dominique Johnson Donna Veach Eleni Kavros Degraw Gary A. Turco Heather S. Somers Hector Arzeno Iris N Sanchez Jennifer Leeper John A. Kissel Josh Elliott Julie Kushner Kate Farrar Kathy Kennedy Kenneth Gucker Kurt Vail Larry Pemberton Laurie Sweet Martha Marx Mary M. Mushinsky Michael D. Quinn Nicholas Menapace Nicole Klarides-ditria Patricia Billie Miller Paul Cicarella Sarah Keitt Steven J. Stafstrom Steven Winter Tammy Nuccio Tina Courpas Tony Hwang	3	18	2	2026-02-19	2026-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/0413d3d0-db92-4d52-86be-b9acb8141d4c	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	5071037d2b37cde6fd9a06f0f2457077698c82d0de68d2b5c46e907b2eca5399	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut SB 259 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

Version chain

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

1. File No. 586 (committee substitute) — source
2. Public Act No. 26-5 (committee substitute) — source
3. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 145–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aimee Berger-girvalo — primary (person)
• Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
• Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
• Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
• Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
• Dominique Johnson — primary (person)
• Donna Veach — primary (person)
• Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
• Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
• Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
• Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
• Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
• Jennifer Leeper — primary (person)
• John A. Kissel — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Julie Kushner — primary (person)
• Kate Farrar — primary (person)
• Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
• Kurt Vail — primary (person)
• Larry Pemberton — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Martha Marx — primary (person)
• Mary M. Mushinsky — primary (person)
• Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
• Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
• Nicole Klarides-ditria — primary (person)
• Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
• Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
• Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
• Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)
• Steven Winter — primary (person)
• Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
• Tina Courpas — primary (person)
• Tony Hwang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-19 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 PUBLIC HEARING 0302
• 2026-03-24 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-04-06 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 referral
• 2026-04-13 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-13 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-13 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 379
• 2026-04-13 FILE NO. 586
• 2026-04-21 SENATE PASSED passage
• 2026-04-22 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-22 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 482
• 2026-04-28 HOUSE PASSED passage
• 2026-04-28 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-04-30 PUBLIC ACT 26-5
• 2026-05-04 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-04 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-07 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0413d3d0-db92-4d52-86be-b9acb8141d4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).