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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 5235"
+citation: "Connecticut HB 5235 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Controlled substances", "Electronic government information", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Hemp", "Labeling", "Law enforcement", "Licenses", "Manufacturing establishments", "Marijuana", "Packaging", "Police training", "Reports", "Sales"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Eric C. Berthel", "Juan R. Candelaria", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddca7cb5-501d-422e-99c1-4f6d523bf42e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "262809e7b3c1473594da7eaecdcb8193e1b86e81a4232f480ba4f816e7d31ebe"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
+---
+
+# Connecticut HB 5235 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05235-R000102-FC.PDF)
+2. **File No. 649** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05235-R000649-FC.PDF)
+3. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05235-R01-HB.PDF)
+4. **Public Act No. 24-115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00115-R00HB-05235-PA.PDF)
+5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05235-R00-HB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **138–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
+- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
+- Juan R. Candelaria — primary (person)
+- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
+- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
+- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
+- **2024-03-07** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2024-03-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/25/24 `referral`
+- **2024-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2024-03-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 98
+- **2024-03-25** FILE NO. 102
+- **2024-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2024-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 415
+- **2024-05-02** FILE NO. 649
+- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2024-05-21** PUBLIC ACT 24-115
+- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddca7cb5-501d-422e-99c1-4f6d523bf42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+