Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut SB491: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.
Status: In committee, April 9, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning the secretary of the state's recommendations for the implementation of no-excuse absentee voting. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 9-135 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): [(a)] Any elector eligible to vote at a primary or an election and any person eligible to vote at a referendum may vote by absentee ballot, [if such elector or person is unable to appear at such elector's or person's polling place on the day of such primary, election or referendum for any of the following reasons: (1) Such elector's or person's active service with the armed forces of the United States; (2) such elector's or person's absence from the town of such elector's or person's voting residence; (3) sickness; (4) physical disability; (5) the tenets of such elector's or person's religion forbid secular activity on the day of such primary, election or referendum; or (6) the required performance of such elector's or person's duties as a primary, election or referendum official, including as a town clerk or registrar of voters or as staff of the clerk or registrar, at a polling LCO No. 3082 1 of Raised Bill No. place other than such elector's or person's own during all of the hours of voting at such primary, election or referendum] …
Sponsors
- Kadeem Roberts (D, 137) · primary sponsor
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88)
Latest actions
- : File Number 581
- : Senate Calendar Number 347
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 5:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable Substitute
- : Public Hearing 03/18
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Votes
- GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (March 20, 2026): 13 yea, 5 nay, passed
Subjects: Absentee ballots, Electronic government information, Voting, Correction Department, Write-in candidates, Canvass of voters, Videos, Early voting
Common questions
- What is SB491?
- SB491 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.
- What does SB491 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning the secretary of the state's recommendations for the implementation of no-excuse absentee voting. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB491?
- In committee as of April 9, 2026. Latest action: File Number 581 (April 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB491?
- Kadeem Roberts (D, 137), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB491?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00491&which_year=2026
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