Substitute for S.B. No. 4
Session Year 2026
 


AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PRIVACY AND PROTECTION.

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.

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General Law Committee

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Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 4/23/2026House Calendar Number 492
 4/23/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
 4/23/2026Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
 4/23/2026Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
 4/23/2026Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4531
 4/20/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/20/2026No New File by Committee on Appropriations
 4/17/2026(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/17/2026(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
 4/13/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/13/2026No New File by Committee on Judiciary
 4/13/2026(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/13/2026(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/10/2026(JUD)Joint Favorable
 4/8/2026Immediate Transmittal to Committee on Judiciary
 4/1/2026(LCO)File Number 285
 4/1/2026Senate Calendar Number 196
 4/1/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/1/2026(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/26/2026(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PM
 3/17/2026(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/16/2026(GL)Joint Favorable Substitute
 2/27/2026Public Hearing 03/04
 2/26/2026Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
 2/25/2026Drafted by Committee
 2/11/2026(GL)Vote to Draft
 2/4/2026Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

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