Substitute for S.B. No. 3
Session Year 2026
 

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY.

To support affordable health care in the state and mitigate the effects of federal cuts to health care premium subsidies.

Introduced by:
Human Services Committee
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   Text of Bill
 APP Joint Favorable  [doc]
 File No. 447 [doc]
 HS Joint Favorable  [doc]
 Committee Bill  [doc]
 Proposed Bill [doc]
   Called Amendments
 Senate Schedule A LCO# 4183 (D) [doc]
   Committee Actions
 APP Joint Fav. Rpt
 APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 HS Joint Fav. Rpt
 HS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 HS Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
   Fiscal Notes
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4183 (No Fiscal Impact)
 Fiscal Note For File Copy 447
   Bill Analyses
 Bill Analysis For File Copy 447
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Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 4/20/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/20/2026No New File by Committee on Appropriations
 4/20/2026(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/20/2026(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/17/2026(APP)Joint Favorable
 4/15/2026Immediate Transmittal
 4/15/2026Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
 4/15/2026Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4183
 4/7/2026(LCO)File Number 447
 4/7/2026Senate Calendar Number 259
 4/7/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/7/2026(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/30/2026(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM
 3/20/2026(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/19/2026(HS)Joint Favorable
 3/13/2026Public Hearing 03/17
 3/12/2026Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services
 3/11/2026Drafted by Committee
 2/11/2026(HS)Vote to Draft
 2/4/2026Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services

Co-sponsors of SB-3

Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist.
Sen. Bob Duff, 25th Dist.
Sen. Saud Anwar, 3rd Dist.
Sen. Jorge Cabrera, 17th Dist.
Sen. Christine Cohen, 12th Dist.
Sen. Mae Flexer, 29th Dist.
Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, 22nd Dist.
Sen. Herron Gaston, 23rd Dist.
Sen. Jan Hochadel, 13th Dist.
Sen. Paul Honig, 8th Dist.
Sen. Julie Kushner, 24th Dist.
Sen. Matthew L. Lesser, 9th Dist.
Sen. Rick Lopes, 6th Dist.
Sen. Ceci Maher, 26th Dist.
Sen. James J. Maroney, 14th Dist.
Sen. Martha Marx, 20th Dist.
Sen. Douglas McCrory, 2nd Dist.
Sen. Patricia Billie Miller, 27th Dist.
Sen. Norman Needleman, 33rd Dist.
Sen. MD Rahman, 4th Dist.
Sen. Derek Slap, 5th Dist.
Rep. Rebecca Martinez, 22nd Dist.
Rep. Nick Gauthier, 38th Dist.
Rep. Kadeem Roberts, 137th Dist.
Rep. Susan M. Johnson, 49th Dist.
Rep. Josh Elliott, 88th Dist.
Rep. Travis Simms, 140th Dist.
Rep. Mary Fortier, 79th Dist.
Rep. Joshua M. Hall, 7th Dist.
Rep. Larry B. Butler, 72nd Dist.
Rep. Iris N Sanchez, 25th Dist.
Rep. Maryam Khan, 5th Dist.
Rep. Anthony L. Nolan, 39th Dist.
Rep. Amy Morrin Bello, 28th Dist.
Rep. Marcus Brown, 127th Dist.
Rep. James Sanchez, 6th Dist.
Rep. Nicholas Menapace, 37th Dist.
Rep. David DeFronzo, 26th Dist.
Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey, 133rd Dist.
Rep. Bobby G. Gibson, 15th Dist.

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