republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/sb-452.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS.	AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	SB 452	Connecticut SB 452 (2026)	bill	Air pollution Energy and Environmental Protection Department of Fines (Penalties) Infractions Retail trade Violations	enacted	Aundre Bumgardner Hector Arzeno Irene M. Haines John-michael Parker Joseph P. Gresko Josh Elliott Kenneth Gucker Laurie Sweet Michael "mj" Shannon Nicholas Menapace Nick Gauthier Nicole Klarides-ditria	4	21	3	2026-03-06	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/5077434c-f133-4319-926c-9adb8ba4883e	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	4563b4d200865bebab060a86fed67f204090156f5e5ff16abb3aa04d50a7a1c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut SB 452 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BALLOONS.

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. 369 (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act No. 26-90 (committee substitute) — source
4. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 112–36 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
• Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
• Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
• John-michael Parker — primary (person)
• Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Michael "mj" Shannon — 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.

• 2026-03-06 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 PUBLIC HEARING 0313
• 2026-03-18 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-27 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 referral
• 2026-04-02 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-02 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-02 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 256
• 2026-04-02 FILE NO. 369
• 2026-04-21 SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-04-21 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B amendment-failure
• 2026-04-21 SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-04-22 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-22 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 488
• 2026-05-05 HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-05 HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-05 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-19 PUBLIC ACT 26-90
• 2026-05-22 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-22 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-27 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5077434c-f133-4319-926c-9adb8ba4883e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).