# Connecticut SB 00266: AN ACT LIMITING THE ACCESS OF PRIVATE EQUITY TO FUNDS FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ENDOWMENT.

Connecticut SB 00266, AN ACT LIMITING THE ACCESS OF PRIVATE EQUITY TO FUNDS FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ENDOWMENT., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Children; status failed, last action 2026-05-01 (House Calendar Number 549) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Connecticut SB 00266
- State: Connecticut
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT LIMITING THE ACCESS OF PRIVATE EQUITY TO FUNDS FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ENDOWMENT.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-19
- Last action: 2026-05-01, House Calendar Number 549
- Sponsor: Committee on Children
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: children
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (0 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

To give priority to funding from the Early Childhood Education Endowment to those child care service providers that are not backed by private equity.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Children
- Cosponsor: Saud Anwar (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tom Delnicki (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 206 | pass |   |   |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | KID Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) | pass |   |   |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 207 | pass |   |   |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-05-01: House Calendar Number 549 (House)
- 2026-05-01: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House (House)
- 2026-04-30: Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House (House)
- 2026-04-30: Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A (Senate)
- 2026-04-30: Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 5358 (Senate)
- 2026-04-30: Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4674 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: File Number 19 (legislature)
- 2026-03-11: Senate Calendar Number 47 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2026-03-05: Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/10/26 5:00 PM (legislature)
- 2026-03-04: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2026-03-03: Joint Favorable Substitute (legislature)
- 2026-02-20: Public Hearing 02/24 (legislature)
- 2026-02-19: Referred to Joint Committee on Children (legislature)

## Bill text

- File No. 19, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00266-R000019-FC.PDF)
- KID Joint Favorable Substitute, 2026-03-03: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R01-SB.PDF)
- Raised Bill, 2026-02-19: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R00-SB.PDF)
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 19: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/BA/PDF/2026SB-00266-R000019-BA.PDF)
- Bill Analysis for SB-266, as amended by Senate "A": [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/BA/PDF/2026SB-00266-R01-BA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 19: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FN/PDF/2026SB-00266-R000019-FN.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 3841 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO03841-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4057 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO04057-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4674 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO04674-FNA.pdf)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5358 (See Fiscal Note Details): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO05358-FNA.pdf)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5377 (See Fiscal Note Details): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO05377-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for SB-266, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 4674): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FN/PDF/2026SB-00266-R01-FN.PDF)
- KID Joint Fav. Rpt: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/JFR/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R00KID-JFR.PDF)
- KID Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TS/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R00KID-CV20-TS.PDF)
- Senate LCO Amendment #3841 (D): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO03841-R00-AMD.pdf)
- Senate LCO Amendment #4057 (D): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO04057-R00-AMD.pdf)
- Senate LCO Amendment #5377 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO05377-R00-AMD.pdf)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 206: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/VOTE/S/PDF/2026SV-00206-R00SB00266-SV.PDF)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 207: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/VOTE/S/PDF/2026SV-00207-R00SB00266-SV.PDF)
- Senate Schedule A LCO# 4674 (D): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/amd/S/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00SA-AMD.pdf)
- Senate Schedule B LCO# 5358 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/amd/S/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00SB-AMD.pdf)

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## Sources
- [File No. 19 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026SB-00266-R000019-FC.PDF)
- [KID Joint Favorable Substitute (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R01-SB.PDF)
- [Raised Bill (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R00-SB.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis For File Copy 19 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/BA/PDF/2026SB-00266-R000019-BA.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis for SB-266, as amended by Senate "A" (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/BA/PDF/2026SB-00266-R01-BA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note For File Copy 19 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FN/PDF/2026SB-00266-R000019-FN.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 3841 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO03841-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4057 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO04057-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4674 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO04674-FNA.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5358 (See Fiscal Note Details) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO05358-FNA.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5377 (See Fiscal Note Details) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/fna/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00LCO05377-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for SB-266, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 4674) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FN/PDF/2026SB-00266-R01-FN.PDF)
- [KID Joint Fav. Rpt (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/JFR/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R00KID-JFR.PDF)
- [KID Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TS/S/PDF/2026SB-00266-R00KID-CV20-TS.PDF)
- [Senate LCO Amendment #3841 (D) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO03841-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate LCO Amendment #4057 (D) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO04057-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate LCO Amendment #5377 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO05377-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 206 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/VOTE/S/PDF/2026SV-00206-R00SB00266-SV.PDF)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 207 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/VOTE/S/PDF/2026SV-00207-R00SB00266-SV.PDF)
- [Senate Schedule A LCO# 4674 (D) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/amd/S/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00SA-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate Schedule B LCO# 5358 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/amd/S/pdf/2026SB-00266-R00SB-AMD.pdf)

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- [SB 00220: AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB00220-2026)
- [SB 00191: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB00191-2026)
- [SB 00137: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB00137-2026)
- [HB 05563: AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFIC…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB05563-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB00266-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).