Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut SB386: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN PARTY CAUCUSES, CONVENTIONS AND PRIMARIES, INCLUDING PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARIES, AND IN CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Status: In committee, April 14, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning the use of ranked-choice voting in party caucuses, conventions and primaries, including presidential preference primaries, and in certain municipal elections. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN PARTY CAUCUSES, CONVENTIONS AND PRIMARIES, INCLUDING PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARIES, AND IN CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2028) (a) As used in this section: (1) "Active candidate" means, with respect to a round of tabulation under ranked-choice voting, a candidate (A) whose name appears on the ballot or who is registered as a write-in candidate, and (B) who has not been eliminated, is not a winning candidate and is not a withdrawn candidate; (2) "Inactive ballot" means, with respect to a given round of tabulation and all subsequent rounds of tabulation under ranked-choice voting, a ballot on which no vote is tabulated because (A) no candidate ranked on the ballot remains an active candidate; or (B) two or more candidates are ranked at the same order of preference and no other candidates that are ranked higher remain as active candidates; LCO No. 2135 1 of Raised Bill No. (3) "Ranked-choice voting" means a system of casting and tabulating votes under which, with respect to a particular office, (A) each elector is able to rank candidates on the ballot in the order of such elector's preference, (B) one or more rounds of tabulation are used to determine active candidates in accordance with electors' preferences, and (C) the …
Sponsors
- Laurie Sweet (D, 91) · primary sponsor
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88)
- Nicholas Menapace (D, 37)
- Mary Mushinsky (D, 85)
- Steven Winter (D, 94)
- Aundre Bumgardner (D, 41)
- Paul Honig (D, 8)
- Jane Garibay (D, 60)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
- Michael Shannon (D, 117)
- Jonathan Steinberg (D, 136)
- Jennifer Leeper (D, 132)
Latest actions
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : No New File by Committee on Appropriations
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable
- : Immediate Transmittal to Committee on Appropriations
- : File Number 227
- : Senate Calendar Number 182
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
Votes
- APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (April 14, 2026): 40 yea, 11 nay, passed
- GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (March 11, 2026): 13 yea, 6 nay, passed
Subjects: Caucuses, Electronic government information, Voting, Candidates, Canvass and returns of votes, Elections, Ballots, Election officials
Common questions
- What is SB386?
- SB386 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN PARTY CAUCUSES, CONVENTIONS AND PRIMARIES, INCLUDING PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARIES, AND IN CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
- What does SB386 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning the use of ranked-choice voting in party caucuses, conventions and primaries, including presidential preference primaries, and in certain municipal elections. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB386?
- In committee as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB386?
- Laurie Sweet (D, 91), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB386?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00386&which_year=2026
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