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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "Connecticut SB 475 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abandoned property", "Arbitration and award", "Bail bonds", "Bail bondsmen", "Boards of education", "Chief Court Administrator", "Child abuse and neglect reports of cases", "Child day care", "Child support", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Children in custody or care of Department of Children and Families", "Confidentiality", "Correction Department", "Court Support Services Division", "Crime victim notification", "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund", "Custody of children", "Disclosure", "Electronic medical records", "Emergency medical responders", "Family violence prevention and response", "Felonies", "Firearms offenses", "Foster care", "General Fund", "Guardian and ward", "Health care providers", "Hearings", "Judges", "Judicial Department", "Judicial marshals", "Juvenile matters", "Law enforcement", "Maintenance and repair", "Mental health", "Municipalities", "Parent and child", "Parents", "Personal property", "Petitions", "Prisoners", "Probate Court", "Probation", "Probation officers", "Reports", "State agencies", "State buildings", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Kissel", "Steven J. Stafstrom", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-09"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d07304-d618-4c14-8f1b-5c914e0c99a0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f45b04968c44ea04cde760ee4f897ca6fefef86e4a93e5879a5c97523c91be81"
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 475 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 653** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00475-R000653-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00475-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00092-R00SB-00475-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00475-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **1470** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **341** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
- **2026-03-30** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-30** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 416
- **2026-04-16** FILE NO. 653
- **2026-05-01** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2026-05-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 560
- **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 26-92
- **2026-05-26** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-26** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d07304-d618-4c14-8f1b-5c914e0c99a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).