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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 307"
citation: "Connecticut SB 307 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Arts", "Tourism", "Culture", "History and Film", "Connecticut Commission on", "Brownfield Remediation and Development", "Office of", "Brownfields", "Community development entities", "Connecticut Innovations", "Incorporated", "Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund", "Corporation business tax credits", "Digital media industries", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Economic planning and development", "Electronic data processing", "Electronic government information", "Governor", "Grants by the state", "Housing development", "Infrastructure", "Invest CT funds", "Job incentive grant program", "Jobs", "Loans by the state", "Manufacturing establishments", "Minority business enterprises", "Motion pictures", "Neighborhood economic development", "Nonprofit organizations", "Ombudsman", "Permits", "Pilots", "Plans", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Poverty", "Reports", "Responsible Growth", "Office of", "Small Business Express program", "State Bond Commission", "State bonds for community development", "Tax exemptions", "Tourism", "Women-owned businesses", "Workforce development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Santanella", "Savet Constantine", "Tom Delnicki", "Tony Hwang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/129d1342-a3b3-4ed8-8aaf-03292af633e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f8a62b11141fc16ff3bb9646e002c4cdb7ddad66860191f675a7472e6b7afe11"
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 307 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
## 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/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00307-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 561** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00307-R000561-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00122-R00SB-00307-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00307-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **1490** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **350** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John Santanella — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 327
- **2026-04-09** FILE NO. 561
- **2026-04-23** MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATE
- **2026-05-04** REMOVED FOOT OF CALENDAR SENATE
- **2026-05-04** MATTER PASS RETAINED
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-06** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2026-05-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 583
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-122
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** 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/129d1342-a3b3-4ed8-8aaf-03292af633e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).