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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL."
+description: "AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5916"
+citation: "Connecticut HB 5916 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agricultural lands", "Connecticut Siting Council", "Eminent domain", "Soil conservation", "Soil testing", "Solar electricity work"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doug Dubitsky", "Heather S. Somers", "Mark W. Anderson", "Nicholas Menapace", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Saud Anwar", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tim Ackert"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592dc567-7169-4412-9708-abb35f9cacbf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "c48462da8425e1a1729efcf648f4ceb41373e7b5db8673a1c268327878f5cc29"
+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 5916 (2025) — AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R01-HB.PDF)
+2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R02-HB.PDF)
+3. **File No. 452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05916-R000452-FC.PDF)
+4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R00-HB.PDF)
+5. **Public Act No. 25-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00127-R00HB-05916-PA.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doug Dubitsky — primary (person)
+- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
+- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
+- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
+- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
+- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
+- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
+- Tim Ackert — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-24** Vote to Draft
+- **2025-02-07** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
+- **2025-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0219
+- **2025-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 `referral`
+- **2025-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2025-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 282
+- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 452
+- **2025-06-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
+- **2025-06-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 618
+- **2025-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2025-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2025-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 25-127
+- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-08** 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/592dc567-7169-4412-9708-abb35f9cacbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+