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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Connecticut SB 508 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Motor vehicle operator license suspension", "School buses", "Traffic violations", "Youthful offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Godfrey", "Devin R. Carney", "Donna Veach", "Jason Buchsbaum", "Jeff Gordon", "Kara Rochelle", "Kathy Kennedy", "Kenneth Gucker", "Martin Foncello", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Paul Cicarella", "Steven J. Stafstrom", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f66075b3-f1b0-43a4-b5af-6b2563743ec3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "890b29ac6db3bee763f71a744f6a55238df342f88460c32bb516c4437643f097"
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 508 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00508-R000620-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00508-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00095-R00SB-00508-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00508-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **1500** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bob Godfrey — primary (person)
- Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
- Donna Veach — primary (person)
- Jason Buchsbaum — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Kara Rochelle — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2026-03-30** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-30** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 398
- **2026-04-14** FILE NO. 620
- **2026-04-29** SENATE PASSED `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 544
- **2026-05-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-95
- **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/f66075b3-f1b0-43a4-b5af-6b2563743ec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).