Connecticut Senate Bill 4

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 27 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-27 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

To (1) provide for the registration of data brokers, (2) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to establish an accessible deletion mechanism program, (3) require manufacturers to affix tariff cost estimates to new automobiles, (4) require disclosures regarding the use of personalized algorithmic pricing, (5) amend the Connecticut Data Privacy Act by (A) defining "facial recognition technology", (B) redefining "publicly available information", (C) eliminating the entity-level exemption for certain processing decisions concerning employment, (D) providing consumers with additional rights concerning certain profiling decisions, (E) prohibiting the sale, sharing, transfer or allowance of access to precise geolocation data, and (F) establishing new requirements concerning facial recognition technology, and (6) requiring certain state and municipal contracts to restrict the sale, sharing, transfer or allowance of access to automated license plate reader information.

An Act Concerning Consumer Privacy And Protection.

House General Law Committee	Sen. Martin Looney [D]	Sen. Robert Duff [D]	Sen. Saud Anwar [D]
Sen. Jorge Cabrera [D]	Sen. Christine Cohen [D]	Sen. Mae Flexer [D]	Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox [D]
Sen. Herron Gaston [D]	Sen. Joan Hartley [D]	Sen. Jan Hochadel [D]	Sen. Paul Honig [D]
Sen. Julie Kushner [D]	Sen. Matthew Lesser [D]	Sen. Rick Lopes [D]	Sen. Cici Maher [D]
Sen. James Maroney [D]	Sen. Martha Marx [D]	Sen. Douglas McCrory [D]	Sen. Patricia Miller [D]
Sen. Norman Needleman [D]	Sen. Catherine Osten [D]	Sen. MD Rahman [D]	Sen. Derek Slap [D]
Rep. Nick Menapace [D]	Rep. Anthony Nolan [D]	Rep. Travis Simms [D]	Rep. Rebecca Martinez [D]
Rep. Brandon Chafee [D]	Rep. Kara Rochelle [D]	Rep. Nick Gauthier [D]	Rep. Hubert Delany [D]
Rep. Kate Farrar [D]	Rep. William Heffernan [D]	Rep. Kaitlyn Shake [D]	Rep. Lucy Dathan [D]
Rep. Joshua Elliott [D]	Rep. Jennifer Leeper [D]	Rep. Renee LaMark Muir [D]	Rep. Michael Shannon [D]
Rep. Savet Constantine [D]	Rep. Laurie Sweet [D]	Rep. Marcus Brown [D]	Rep. Sarah Keitt [D]
Rep. Mary Welander [D]	Rep. Anne Hughes [D]	Rep. Roland Lemar [D]	Rep. Tom Delnicki [R]
Rep. Iris Sanchez [D]	Rep. James Sanchez [D]	Rep. Eilish Collins Main [D]	Rep. John-Michael Parker [D]
Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey [D]	Rep. Kenneth Gucker [D]	Rep. Daniel Gaiewski [D]	Rep. Larry Pemberton [D]
Rep. Bob Godfrey [D]	Rep. Dominique Johnson [D]	Rep. Gregory Haddad [D]	Rep. Martin Foncello [R]
Rep. Farley Santos [D]

2026-05-04 - House - House Roll Call Vote 205 AS AMENDED (Y: 141 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-04-23 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 144 (Y: 31 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-17 - Joint - APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 40 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-10 - Joint - JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-16 - Joint - GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - Joint - GL Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-27	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2026-05-15	Senate	Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2026-05-15	Senate	Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2026-05-14	Senate	Public Act 26-64
2026-05-04	Senate	In Concurrence
2026-05-04	House	House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2026-05-04	House	House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
2026-04-23	House	House Calendar Number 492
2026-04-23	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-04-23	House	Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
2026-04-23	Senate	Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2026-04-23	Senate	Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4531
2026-04-20	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2026-04-20	Senate	No New File by Committee on Appropriations
2026-04-17	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-17	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-17	Senate	Joint Favorable
2026-04-15	Senate	Immediate Transmittal
2026-04-15	Senate	Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
2026-04-13	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2026-04-13	Senate	No New File by Committee on Judiciary
2026-04-13	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-13	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-10	Senate	Joint Favorable
2026-04-08	Senate	Immediate Transmittal to Committee on Judiciary
2026-04-01	Senate	File Number 285
2026-04-01	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 196
2026-04-01	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-03-26	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PM
2026-03-17	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-03-16	Senate	Joint Favorable Substitute
2026-02-27	Senate	Public Hearing 03/04
2026-02-26	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
2026-02-25	Senate	Drafted by Committee
2026-02-11	Senate	Vote to Draft
2026-02-04	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00004&which_year=2026
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R01-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R02-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R03-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R04-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00064-R00SB-00004-PA.PDF
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO04076-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO04531-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/amd/S/pdf/2026SB-00004-R00SA-AMD.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FN/PDF/2026SB-00004-R000285-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/BA/PDF/2026SB-00004-R000285-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00004-R00LCO04076-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00004-R00LCO04531-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FN/PDF/2026SB-00004-R01-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/BA/PDF/2026SB-00004-R01-BA.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TS/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R00GL-CV22-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TS/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R00GL-CV53-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TS/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R00JUD-CV155-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TS/S/PDF/2026SB-00004-R00APP-CV71-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/VOTE/S/PDF/2026SV-00144-R00SB00004-SV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/VOTE/H/PDF/2026HV-00205-R00SB00004-HV.PDF