Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut SB282: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE NEGLECTED CEMETERY ACCOUNT AND CONCERNING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF WARTIME VETERANS' GRAVES.
Status: Signed into law, June 4, 2026
What the bill says
An act appropriating funds to the neglected cemetery account, concerning care and maintenance of wartime veterans' graves and establishing a process for the notification of municipalities regarding such graves. assembly convened.
From the chaptered text:
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE NEGLECTED CEMETERY ACCOUNT, CONCERNING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF WARTIME VETERANS' GRAVES AND ESTABLISHING A PROCESS FOR THE NOTIFICATION OF MUNICIPALITIES REGARDING SUCH GRAVES. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 27-123 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): [In each city and town there shall be appointed annually, by the] (a) The chief executive authority of [the] each city or town [,] shall annually appoint a committee of three citizens of the city or town, who are veterans and whose duty it shall be to see that the grave of any person who served in time of war in the military or naval forces of the English colonies in America, prior to 1776, or of the state of Connecticut or in the armed forces of the United States, [shall be suitably kept and] is suitably cared for and maintained. (b) If the cost of [such care and maintenance] suitably caring for and maintaining any grave described in subsection (a) of this section is not paid by private persons or by the trustees of the cemetery where any such grave is situated, [it] such cost shall be paid by the city or town; and cities and towns are authorized to appropriate money, and to apply Substitute …
Sponsors
- Christine Cohen (D, 12) · primary sponsor
- Saud Anwar (D, 3)
- Jason Doucette (D, 13)
- Michael DiGiovancarlo (D, 74)
- Christopher Poulos (D, 81)
- Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (D, 22)
- Jaime Foster (D, 57)
- Kathleen Kennedy (R, 119)
- Craig Fishbein (R, 90)
- Tami Zawistowski (R, 61)
- Wood, Kerry S. (D, 29)
- Jill Barry (D, 31)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- : Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- : Public Act 26-111
- : In Concurrence
- : House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
- : House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
- : House Calendar Number 551
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
Votes
- House Roll Call 292 (May 6, 2026): 150 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 201 (April 30, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (April 30, 2026): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
- VA Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (March 10, 2026): 20 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Electronic government information, Veterans, Consumer Protection Department, Veterans Affairs, Department of, Complaint, Burial, Electronic mail, State funds
Common questions
- What is SB282?
- SB282 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE NEGLECTED CEMETERY ACCOUNT AND CONCERNING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF WARTIME VETERANS' GRAVES.
- What does SB282 do?
- In its own words: An act appropriating funds to the neglected cemetery account, concerning care and maintenance of wartime veterans' graves and establishing a process for the notification of municipalities regarding such graves. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB282?
- Signed into law as of June 4, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (June 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB282?
- Christine Cohen (D, 12), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB282?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00282&which_year=2026
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