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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "Connecticut SB 318 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of", "Animal diseases", "Animal population control program", "Animal shelters", "Crime victims", "Domestic violence", "Service animals", "State Veterinarian", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61545f8b-ae55-48c8-80f4-92914aae4774"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "90af211e7df3f554f84b08fba974423f909d6e09b51f5d113996b59a18131e71"
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 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](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00318-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00318-R000221-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00112-R00SB-00318-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00318-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **1500** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **340** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61545f8b-ae55-48c8-80f4-92914aae4774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).