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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5509"
+citation: "Connecticut HB 5509 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Damages", "Electronic government information", "Employees", "Employers", "Investigations", "Justices of the peace", "Marriage licenses", "Registrars of vital statistics", "Reports", "Secretary of the State", "Task forces", "Town clerks", "Violations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Cristin Mccarthy Vahey", "Eric C. Berthel", "Heather S. Somers", "Joseph H. Zullo", "Stephen G. Harding", "Tom Delnicki", "William Pizzuto"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7127a64-9d67-4a08-8ba7-4d12b58087ac"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "8c1168772c4f04fc031468d14ad09b96b2ecb6f4444fd57193749c429217091a"
+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 5509 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05509-R000259-FC.PDF)
+2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05509-R01-HB.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 26-141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00141-R00HB-05509-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05509-R00-HB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
+- Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
+- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
+- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
+- Joseph H. Zullo — primary (person)
+- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
+- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
+- William Pizzuto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
+- **2026-03-13** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2026-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
+- **2026-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2026-03-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 215
+- **2026-03-30** FILE NO. 259
+- **2026-04-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 360
+- **2026-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-141
+- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-04** 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/d7127a64-9d67-4a08-8ba7-4d12b58087ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+