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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 484"
citation: "Connecticut SB 484 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cellular telephones", "Children", "Fines (Penalties)", "Highway work zones", "Law enforcement", "Mobile electronic device", "Motor vehicle operation", "Municipalities", "Reckless driving", "School bus operators", "Speed limits and speeding", "Summons", "Traffic violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cara Christine Pavalock-d'amato", "Kathy Kennedy", "Paul Cicarella"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-11"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa696e2-62b2-4864-8280-71b66413eb6b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "325ea5fae40a191941d308e26dd2886ddc21bb972115e0dc37a2f5e202231925"
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 484 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 591** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00484-R000591-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00484-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-120** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00120-R00SB-00484-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00484-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **1500** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cara Christine Pavalock-d'amato — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 384
- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 591
- **2026-04-29** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `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 543
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-120
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aa696e2-62b2-4864-8280-71b66413eb6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).