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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE."
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description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 484"
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citation: "Connecticut SB 484 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cara Christine Pavalock-d'amato", "Kathy Kennedy", "Paul Cicarella"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-11"
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last_action: "2026-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa696e2-62b2-4864-8280-71b66413eb6b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "325ea5fae40a191941d308e26dd2886ddc21bb972115e0dc37a2f5e202231925"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut SB 484 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **File No. 591** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00484-R000591-FC.PDF)
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2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00484-R01-SB.PDF)
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3. **Public Act No. 26-120** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00120-R00SB-00484-PA.PDF)
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4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00484-R00-SB.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cara Christine Pavalock-d'amato — primary (person)
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- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
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- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
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- **2026-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
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- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 384
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- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 591
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- **2026-04-29** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-29** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2026-04-29** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
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- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 543
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- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-120
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- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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