republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/sb-318.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE.	AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	SB 318	Connecticut SB 318 (2026)	bill	Agriculture Department of Animal diseases Animal population control program Animal shelters Crime victims Domestic violence Service animals State Veterinarian Studies	enacted	Craig C. Fishbein Dave W. Yaccarino Devin R. Carney Donna Veach Kara Rochelle Kathy Kennedy Laurie Sweet Mark W. Anderson Martin M. Looney Nicholas Menapace Nick Gauthier Nicole Klarides-ditria	4	18	2	2026-02-26	2026-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/61545f8b-ae55-48c8-80f4-92914aae4774	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	90af211e7df3f554f84b08fba974423f909d6e09b51f5d113996b59a18131e71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut SB 318 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE.

Version chain

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

1. ENV Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. File No. 221 (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act No. 26-112 (committee substitute) — source
4. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Roll Call Vote — 150–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
• Dave W. Yaccarino — primary (person)
• Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
• Donna Veach — primary (person)
• Kara Rochelle — primary (person)
• Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
• Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
• Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
• Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
• Nicole Klarides-ditria — 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
• 2026-03-23 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 176
• 2026-03-30 FILE NO. 221
• 2026-04-08 SENATE PASSED passage
• 2026-04-09 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-09 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 380
• 2026-05-06 HOUSE PASSED passage
• 2026-05-06 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-20 PUBLIC ACT 26-112
• 2026-05-27 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-27 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; origin ocd-bill/61545f8b-ae55-48c8-80f4-92914aae4774. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).