Connecticut SB 385: AN ACT CONCERNING THE TITLING OF BILLS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 385
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TITLING OF BILLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 2-56 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) The legislative commissioners shall: 3
[(a)] (1) Collect and compare the laws of this and other states 4
pertaining to any subject upon which they are requested to report by the 5
Governor or any committee or member of the General Assembly; 6
[(b)] (2) Collect upon request of the General Assembly all available 7
information relating to any matter which is the subject of proposed 8
legislation by the General Assembly; 9
[(c)] (3) Prepare or advise in the preparation of any bill or resolution 10
when requested to do so by the Governor or any member of the General 11
Assembly; 12
[(d)] (4) Upon request of the Governor, advise the Governor 13
concerning any bill which has been passed by the General Assembly and 14
has been or is to be presented to the Governor for his approval or 15
disapproval; 16

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[(e) Before any bill is favorably reported to either branch of the 17
General Assembly, either commissioner shall approve its form and note 18
his certification to such effect on such bill. If such commissioner 19
disapproves of the form of any bill submitted to him, he shall return 20
such bill to the committee from which it was received with his 21
disapproval and the reasons therefor noted thereon. Either 22
commissioner shall, on request of the member introducing an 23
amendment, examine the same as to form and return it to the member 24
with his approval, or with his disapproval with the reasons therefor 25
noted thereon. After all amendments to any bill have been adopted by 26
either house of the General Assembly before final passage, such bill and 27
the amendments shall be immediately turned over to either 28
commissioner by the clerk of such house. Such commissioner shall 29
examine such bill, as amended, as to its form, shall cause the amended 30
sections of it to be reprinted as amended, unless reprinting is waived by 31
the majority and minority leaders of such house, and shall return it to 32
such clerk with his approval or disapproval, with the reasons therefor, 33
noted thereon. If such bill, as amended, is disapproved as to form, such 34
clerk shall call such disapproval to the attention of the General 35
Assembly. If any bill is amended during the last five session days, it 36
shall be so submitted to either commissioner but the amended sections 37
of it need not be reprinted. This subsection shall not apply to any 38
amendment adopted solely for the correction of clerical errors or errors 39
as to form or dates, except that a copy of any such amendment shall be 40
immediately transmitted to either commissioner by the clerk of the 41
house in which it is first adopted;] 42
[(f)] (5) Render such research and advisory services to the Joint 43
Committee on Legislative Management as said committee requests; and 44
[(g)] (6) Consolidate and codify all the statutes and public acts of the 45
state, and arrange and codify the same under chapter and sections with 46
headnotes, annotations and references to original text and to any 47
decisions of the Supreme Court interpreting the same, and revise such 48
volumes thereof as have become obsolete by reason of the number of 49
amendments thereto or related legislation subsequently enacted. One 50

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copy of such consolidation and codification and of each revised volume 51
shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. 52
(b) The legislative commissioners shall choose an appropriate title for 53
all bills. In the case of a bill to be favorably reported by a committee of 54
the General Assembly, any member of the committee may object to the 55
title of the bill prior to a committee vote to favorably report the bill, and 56
if the member and the legislative commissioners cannot agree on the bill 57
title, the title shall be "An Act Concerning Matters Related To" followed 58
by the name of the committee of cognizance. In the case of a bill on the 59
calendar of either house of the General Assembly, any member of such 60
house may object to the title of the bill prior to voting on the bill, and if 61
the member and the legislative commissioners cannot agree on the bill 62
title, the title shall be "An Act Concerning Matters Related To" followed 63
by the name of the committee of cognizance. 64
(c) Before any bill is favorably reported to either house of the General 65
Assembly, either commissioner shall approve its form and note the 66
commissioner's certification to such effect on such bill. If such 67
commissioner disapproves of the form of any bill submitted to such 68
commissioner, the commissioner shall return such bill to the commit