republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/sb-397.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE AND RETENTION OF DATA DERIVED FROM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE AND RETENTION OF DATA DERIVED FROM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Connecticut SB 397 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Services", "Department of", "Attorney General", "Civil actions", "Civil rights", "Complaint", "Criminal Justice Division", "Damages", "Deadly physical force", "Deprivation of civil rights", "Electronic government information", "Evidence (Law)", "Fines (Penalties)", "Human Rights and Opportunities", "Commission on", "Identification", "Immigration", "Inspector General", "Office of", "Investigations", "Law enforcement", "Misdemeanors", "National Guard", "Peace officers", "Police training", "Reports", "Self defense", "State agencies", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Berger-girvalo", "Amy Morrin Bello", "Anne M. Hughes", "Anthony L. Nolan", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Brandon Chafee", "Ceci Maher", "Daniel Gaiewski", "David Defronzo", "Gary A. Winfield", "Geoff Luxenberg", "Hector Arzeno", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Hubert D. Delany", "Iris N Sanchez", "James Sanchez", "Jan Hochadel", "Jane M. Garibay", "Jason Doucette", "Jonathan Fazzino", "Jonathan Jacobson", "Josh Elliott", "Julie Kushner", "Julio A. Concepcion", "Kate Farrar", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Maryam Khan", "Matt Blumenthal", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Moira Rader", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Patrick Biggins", "Rebecca Martinez", "Renee Lamark Muir", "Roland J. Lemar", "Saud Anwar", "Steven Winter", "Sujata Gadkar-wilcox", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98dbdbf7-8734-4e84-9663-a43ca56a7fca"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "628c95512294abd7891032b388207c49aa2b5715fd468d2c6af6437201357469"
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 397 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE AND RETENTION OF DATA DERIVED FROM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 399** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00397-R000399-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00397-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00014-R00SB-00397-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00397-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **64–86** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **59–91** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **57–93** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **49–100** (fail) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **10–23** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **91–53** (pass) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **60–88** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **58–92** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **62–87** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **61–89** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **62–88** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **48–102** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aimee Berger-girvalo — primary (person)
- Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
- Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
- Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Brandon Chafee — primary (person)
- Ceci Maher — primary (person)
- Daniel Gaiewski — primary (person)
- David Defronzo — primary (person)
- Gary A. Winfield — primary (person)
- Geoff Luxenberg — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
- James Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jan Hochadel — primary (person)
- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jason Doucette — primary (person)
- Jonathan Fazzino — primary (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Julio A. Concepcion — primary (person)
- Kate Farrar — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Maryam Khan — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Moira Rader — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Patrick Biggins — primary (person)
- Rebecca Martinez — primary (person)
- Renee Lamark Muir — primary (person)
- Roland J. Lemar — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Steven Winter — primary (person)
- Sujata Gadkar-wilcox — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2026-03-23** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `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 245
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 399
- **2026-04-14** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 455
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. F `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. G `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. H `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. I `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. J `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-30** BILL PASSED TEMPORARILY
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-01** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2026-05-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** PUBLIC ACT 26-14
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98dbdbf7-8734-4e84-9663-a43ca56a7fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).