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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5288"
+citation: "Connecticut HB 5288 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Accessory apartments", "Municipal regulations", "Public utilities", "Zoning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Antonio Felipe", "Kenneth Gucker", "Martha Marx", "Nick Gauthier", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom Delnicki"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-19"
+last_action: "2026-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8908a070-48de-4322-9d88-4de5b7dc466c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "1b1fe4ac44d692d99ef6d60b67329bbc91256e9cccb648c19890ce31dc68e61e"
+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 5288 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 162** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05288-R000162-FC.PDF)
+2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05288-R01-HB.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 26-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00007-R00HB-05288-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05288-R00-HB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **135–13** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **26–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
+- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
+- Martha Marx — primary (person)
+- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
+- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
+- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
+- **2026-03-06** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-09** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/26 `referral`
+- **2026-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-03-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 137
+- **2026-03-25** FILE NO. 162
+- **2026-04-27** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-04-27** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
+- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 476
+- **2026-04-30** RULES SUSPENDED
+- **2026-04-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-04-30** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-04** PUBLIC ACT 26-7
+- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-07** 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/8908a070-48de-4322-9d88-4de5b7dc466c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+