republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/sb-294.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY.	AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	SB 294	Connecticut SB 294 (2026)	bill	Certificates and certification Corporate annual reports Corporate dissolutions Electronic government information Fees Notaries public Notices Partnerships Secretary of the State Town clerks Trade names Unfair or deceptive trade practices Violations	enacted	Craig C. Fishbein Steven J. Stafstrom	4	19	2	2026-02-25	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/71dc9a02-4909-4e06-ac63-313ca01d222f	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	e438e7ba4fdc8381d37cb92f4926d4034f02e1b6348e7422024c4014c308006d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut SB 294 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING TRADE NAMES, FRAUDULENT FILINGS, IMPERMISSIBLE BUSINESS SOLICITATIONS, DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS, THE ISSUANCE OF AN APOSTILLE AND FEES CHARGED BY A NOTARY.

Version chain

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

1. File No. 615 (committee substitute) — source
2. JUD Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act No. 26-81 (committee substitute) — source
4. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Roll Call Vote — 148–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
• Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-25 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 PUBLIC HEARING 0304
• 2026-03-30 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-04-08 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 referral
• 2026-04-14 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-14 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-14 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 393
• 2026-04-14 FILE NO. 615
• 2026-04-29 SENATE PASSED 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 535
• 2026-05-05 HOUSE PASSED passage
• 2026-05-05 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-19 PUBLIC ACT 26-81
• 2026-05-22 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-22 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-26 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71dc9a02-4909-4e06-ac63-313ca01d222f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).