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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES."
+description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5421"
+citation: "Connecticut HB 5421 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Grants by the state", "Health care facilities", "Medical supplies and equipment", "Public Health", "Department of", "State Treasurer", "State funds"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cristin Mccarthy Vahey", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Karen Reddington-hughes", "Kenneth Gucker", "Mark Decaprio", "Michael D. Quinn", "Mike Demicco", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Sarah Keitt", "Saud Anwar", "William Pizzuto"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0faa3fb-cc5a-4d55-a82a-5350c571b403"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "a43e4f7ee3e6589b945aacd08688bec6517992fc1947dced4b242bffa9fd3401"
+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 5421 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05421-R01-HB.PDF)
+2. **File No. 638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05421-R000638-FC.PDF)
+3. **File No. 753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05421-R000753-FC.PDF)
+4. **Public Act No. 26-36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00036-R00HB-05421-PA.PDF)
+5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05421-R00-HB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
+- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
+- Karen Reddington-hughes — primary (person)
+- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
+- Mark Decaprio — primary (person)
+- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
+- Mike Demicco — primary (person)
+- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
+- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
+- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
+- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
+- William Pizzuto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
+- **2026-04-01** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/26 `referral`
+- **2026-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-04-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 429
+- **2026-04-15** FILE NO. 638
+- **2026-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
+- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 489
+- **2026-04-30** FILE NO. 753
+- **2026-05-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-36
+- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-19** 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/e0faa3fb-cc5a-4d55-a82a-5350c571b403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+